Apple has released a new video introducing Portrait Lighting, but it's a bit misleading

The new Portrait Lighting feature is one of the main innovations that Apple talked about during the September keynote. This is a sophisticated feature that can enhance the portraits you take by adjusting the lighting conditions and the background of the subject. The new feature is available for the new iPhones as it uses the new A11 Bionic processor. Apple released a new XNUMX-second spot that showcases this feature. The problem is that the video is quite misleading.

The video, titled iPhone 8 Plus - Portraits of Her, was published on Apple's official YouTube channel on Saturday. You can view it below. The video demonstrates several effects that the Portrait Lighting mode can do. From the classic bokeh effect, through absolute suppression and darkening of the background, "pulling out" the colors of the photographed object, etc. Apple calls the individual modes Natural Light, Studio Light, Contour Light and Stage Light. However, the problem arises in how the entire video sounds.

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If you've never heard of Portrait Lighting, after watching this clip you'll probably think it works for both photos and video – given that the video showcases the feature. In practice, however, this is not the case, as this mode is only available for taking pictures.

https://youtu.be/REZl-ANYKKY

Foreign reactions (mainly in the USA) go so far as to blame Apple for misleading advertising. Another suspicious factor is that Apple used an actress who has short hair for this clip. Since last year's Portrait mode, it has been known that long hair is a huge problem for him, because the software cannot reliably recognize it and remove it from the image. Many times it happened that with this photo mode the area around the hair is blurred or completely poorly rendered.

Users who have the new iPhone 8 at home claim that the new Portrait Lighting mode definitely does not work as reliably as the newly released advertising spot suggests. It will take some time (just like last year in the case of the original Portrait mode) before Apple manages to catch the novelty.

Source: YouTube