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i pad pro and portrait pics

This model will not take rear camera pics in portrait mode. Only selfies. Can anyone recommend a camera/editing app that will facilitate this. Many thanks.

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 3rd Gen, Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 4:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2020 4:21 AM

Apple iPad doesn’t support the iPhone’s Portrait photo mode. More details here:

Use camera modes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

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Oct 3, 2020 5:10 AM in response to Andante152

The so called Portrait mode emulates/renders a shallow depth of field - to produce a synthetic bokeh effect that you would otherwise only be able to achieve using proper photographic lenses.


There are many Camera Apps in the Apple App Store - as there are professional post-processing Apps (e.g., Affinity Photo and multiple Abobe Apps) - from which to choose - each with their own strengths.


The perceived benefit of the iPhone Portrait mode is the Apple proprietary processing - that produces acceptable results without the need for post-processing. Apple do expose this functionality to post-processing Apps by way of API. However, to my knowledge, the Portrait photo mode found in recent models of iPhone are not available to the iPad Camera hardware.



i pad pro and portrait pics

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