FotoNation embeds red-eye reduction for that cellphone cam
Are you that avid cellphone cam user who snatches a dozen nocturnal photos a day to wirelessly upload to that Flickr or other photo blog account? If you use the measly flash found on most cellphone cams these days, dontcha' wish there was a way to have that nasty red-eye effect taken out before your precious photos ended up on the global net of photos? It's a pity when you have to download that sweet pic into PhotoShop, Picasa or some other app just to wipe that red-eye out. That concern will be a non-issue to many cellphone cam users shortly if FotoNation gets its way. The online imaging company has announced its "Red-Eye Correction Technology" (snazzy name, eh?) it hopes will be soon embedded into the firmware of most cellphones.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul @ Mar 3rd 2007 11:41AM
Motorola phones for Verizon have had red eye reduction for a couple of years now....not sure about other carriers or other brands.
baz.mobile @ Mar 4th 2007 5:59PM
Hang on. Red eye happens when the bright flash catches the iris off guard and open wide in a dark room, and the flash lights up the red retina. This only happens with Xenon true-flashes. Other than the SE800i, all the phones have those terrible LED lights - which do not create red-eye in the first place.
Sumat @ Mar 6th 2007 2:03AM
baz.mobile is right - the RedEye effect takes place only with Xenon flash. As mobile camera's become more like the DSC there is more companies that will have models that work like a DSC. The led just doesn't cut ! So the problem of RedEye will need to be tackled sooner or later.....