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iPhone SE can take portrait photos of non-humans using an app
Halide's updated camera apps let you snap iPhone SE portrait photos of anything, not just people.
This app gives your pets the iPhone XR portrait treatment
While the iPhone XR can take some fantastic photos, it has a pretty disappointing limitation: You can't take advantage of Apple's portrait mode to take high-resolution and detailed portraits unless the subject is a person. Third-party camera app Halide recently announced that it's working on a solution to the issue, and now it's out as part of its latest software upgrade. Halide version 1.11 brings Apple's Portrait Effects to anything, so you can take some detailed photos (with the mode's characteristic blurry background) of your pets and various objects.
iPhone XR may take portrait photos of non-humans through an app
The iPhone XR can take some quality portrait mode photos with its single camera, but there's a catch: for now, its reliance on software-based object detection limits it to photos of people. You might have more flexibility before long. The developers of the camera app Halide have found enough available depth data to snap portrait shots of non-human objects, starting with pets. The depth map is crude and could lead to more "temperamental" photography than with the iPhone XS' dual cameras, particularly in situations where there's not enough difference between the foreground and background. However, it's at least "usable."
