Turn off Auto-Enhance / edit on iPhone

This happens for iphone 14 pro max too!! and it´s very disappointing because well it is a very expensive phone and you would expect it to take great pictures, the lenses work just fine actually, it´s the camera app that changes the photos. The only "solution" I could come up with is taking a screenchot of every photo before it is automatically edited so... yeah... that´s pretty much all you can do, Apple you should at least let us choose if we want our pictures edited, please? thanks :)

Got my first iPhone 13 after years of Android.. I had chosen 13 mainly for taking pictures . I should say Iam deeply regretting the purchase.. The pictures are horribly smoothed over sharpen and there is no way to toggle off the HDR ..The highlight's and shadows are crushed even skies are blown out at times .. Please fix the camera and give us an option to manually ride the toggles

I found the decision! I'm with iOS 17.

Go to Settings, Photos and turn off "View Full HDR" function. 

The problem doesn't appear to me anymore!

If you screenshot the photo immediately after taking it, you can obtain the good photo before the over-processing kicks in.

Oops! I have the Pro. Photo software is embarrassing. Changing to RAw does not solve the issue. The only fix I’ve found is to turn highlights down by a ton. Ridiculous to spend this much $ on a phone when most pll upgrade the phone purely for the camera upgrades. iPhone 13 camera is useless without a third party app. Not a workable solution for something that costs this much $.

I have exactly the same problem with my iPhone 13. I have to walk around with two iPhones in my pockets - I use my old iPhone XS only to take photos because they’re so much better.

I’m a photographer and it’s absolutely devastating to see your photos being destroyed infront of your eyes with the IPhone 13.

I’ve talked to so many different people from Apple, I went to different apple stores and all of them had no idea how to turn it off. I’ve tried everything!

I wanted to change it to an iPhone 14 because I thought it was only iPhone 13 that had that issue - but I’m chocked when I realised that iPhone 14 also has this auto enhancement.

I was then able to report the issue properly and make a complain where I could send screenshots of the issue and I had a call with people from apple. I told them that it’s absurd that this issue isn’t fixed when people have been complaining about this since the iPhone 13 was realised, and the dude from apple replies “I’m sorry that you think it’s an issue”… (!!!!!!!)

It’s ridiculous that a phone’s camera in 2022 has an auto adjustment that you can’t turn off. Makes ZERO sense.

Go to settings.

Go to Camera.

Scroll down to “Photogenic Styles”

Make sure it set to “standard” and not a preset filter.

I accidentally set a filter when I was setting up this phone when I first got it. This has since fixed my auto filter problem.

To turn off Auto-Enhance or edit photos on an iPhone using the built-in Photos app, follow these steps:

1. Open Photos App: Launch the "Photos" app on your iPhone.
2. Select Photo: Choose the photo you want to edit by tapping on it.
3. Tap "Edit": Once the photo is open, tap the "Edit" button located in the top-right corner of the screen. It looks like three horizontal sliders.
4. Adjustments and Filters: If Auto-Enhance is enabled, you might see automatic adjustments applied to the photo. To turn off Auto-Enhance or manually adjust settings:

• • Tap the "Magic Wand" icon at the top of the editing options (this is the Auto-Enhance feature).
  • If it's currently on, tap it again to turn off Auto-Enhance. The icon should become white instead of blue.

1. Manual Editing: To make manual adjustments:

• • Tap the sliders icon (three overlapping circles) to access manual editing options.
  • Adjust settings like Light, Color, and B&W (if applicable) by sliding your finger left or right on the screen.

1. Undo Changes: If you've made changes and want to revert to the original, tap "Cancel" to discard the edits.
2. Save Changes: Once you're satisfied with the edits, tap "Done" to save the changes.

This process allows you to turn off Auto-Enhance and manually edit your photos using the native Photos app on your iPhone, providing more control over the final look of your images.

For More visit : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254875560?answerId=260033687022&sortBy=best#260033687022

I found an app called ProCam (light blue icon, not procamera , or 8, or anything else) and it removes the post processing. Its paid but its pretty cheap, it was totally worthy!!!!! Iphone 13 post processing is terrible 😞

glorisette wrote:

@apple

Please highly consider turning off this feature it makes pictures overexposed and sharpened . Please please please

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Angryiphoneuser19 wrote:

Dear Apple-

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Unless, of course, this was just performative

It's really sad and apple isn't doing anything about it.

It is the most frustrating feature!!! I have a business making portraits out of felt and when I photograph the art the auto enhance makes every little fiber super detailed and changes the look. In person they look so much better. I have to try and edit the images to look more realistic before sharing on social media. This is ridiculous! Added so much more time when all I want is a photo that I get to decide how it appears. There are no settings that work for every image so nothing should be auto on Apples end. The enhancements on this image make it look horrible and in person the art looks softer and more realistic.

Use PROCAM app and take back control of your camera