… We have two eyes, mounted horizontally on our faces. Our view of the world is a wide horizontal slice. Movie cameras, movie screens, TV screens, and computer screens are horizontal for the same reason.
But then the iPhone happened. It became the #1 most used camera on earth, and everything changed.
The smartphone wasn’t designed to accommodate our eyes; it was designed to accommodate our hands …
Which way should you shoot your photos / videos?
One option is to shoot BOTH horizontal and vertical at the same time. (Alternatively you can crop a large image into either horizontal or vertical.)
Alternatively, some software allows “outpainting.”
A.I. fills in the missing data. OF COURSE this doesn’t look good all the time. 😀
In September, iOS 27 will arrive on 1.5 billion iPhones. The Photos app will include an Extend button. (A similar feature, called Uncrop, is already available on some Android phones.)
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