Just a few days after releasing Halide Mark III, the folks at Lux are already getting ready to roll out Halide 3.1: Scarlet Edition. Here’s what’s coming.
Halide 3.1: Scarlet Edition out this Friday
With the update (via MacMagazine), scheduled to go live this Friday, July 10, Halide 3.1 will introduce a new batch of features, including new framing tools in the Frame tab.
In addition to allowing users to rotate and flip photos, Halide 3.1 will now also include a perspective correction tool that lets users scroll through a dial to get the perspective just right.
According to Lux, the tool is “similar to classic keystone correction, which photographers traditionally performed with view cameras or tilt-shift lenses.”
Here are two examples of perspective-corrected photos:
While the tool is mostly intended for light perspective corrections, Lux noted that “sometimes you can push corrections pretty far while retaining a realistic photo,” like in the example above.
In addition to the revamped Frame tab, Halide 3.1 is also getting a new look called Scarlet. In a nutshell, it is meant for photos where the user wants “reds to really pop.”
Here’s Lux:
Halide 3.1 will also bring a list of small tweaks and improvements based on user feedback. That includes:
- A dedicated Customization panel in Settings for changing UI themes and app icons;
- New compression controls in Settings, complete with a preview example to help users balance image texture and file size;
- A new opt-in RAW-only mode for advanced users who want to capture RAW files without a companion JPEG or HEIC;
- Smarter tap behavior in the viewfinder, so tapping no longer changes focus while in manual focus mode;
- Similar behavior for manual exposure mode, where tapping the viewfinder no longer overrides the user’s exposure setting.
To learn more about Halide 3.1, follow this link.
