Turn off Auto-Enhance / edit on iPhone

I’m so happy I finally got to fix it. I downloaded and installed the new software 15.2.1. I then went to settings then camera then to formats and then turned on the apple pro raw option. I think this works for Pros only but now the pictures are gorgeous and they no longer change to those dark and dull ones due to deep fusion.

I have this issue too, it's terrible! I take a photo with perfect manual settings, then tap on it to see it and after one second of seeing the original it automatically gets enhanced, you're not able to undo this

UPDATE: I found an answer: https://appletoolbox.com/disable-photo-auto-enhance-iphone/

Basically it's a "feature" built into to phone chip by Apple and you can't undo it. All you can do is shoot in RAW (and have every single pic be 20 -30 MB). Congrats, Apple. Way to go. This is the worst scenario for photographers.

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upset that we cant undo this, but if you take photos using Live, you can hit edit and click the live icon and choose a different “key photo”. it will look regular and not dark and grainy like the auto enhancement!

Let me tell you its not a feature iam using my first iphone 13 pro at first i too annoyed about this then I studied about it and i have a solution its not a inbuilt camera feature or any algorithm just go to settings > photos> turn off view full hdr. Thats it your all photos will show normally so its not the issue of camera its the issue of photos app. Thank you

I don’t think it’s possible to turn off but I’ve found a way of making the situation better.

If you go to Settings>Camera>Preserve Settings and turn on Exposure Adjustment

then on the camera app in the top left you can adjust a sliding scale that will apply a preserved exposure adjustment. This is means you can set it so any photo you take will have slightly less exposure automatically, and so when the phone auto enhances the photo it will increase the exposure to a normal level instead of a ridiculously high level.

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.

SOLUTION DISCOVERED !!

I have the iPhone 15pro… multiple generations later and the front camera is still atrocious. Back as well changes the colors so drastically. Burst photo helps keep the warmth and softness without auto editing dark and sharp and grainy, but it’s not a natural way to take a photo and it’s slightly blurry it seems.

A will be forever grateful to the poster who shared you can adjust your exposure up slightly so the auto edit isn’t so drastic. And you can have your settings preserve the last used exposure so that you don’t have to adjust it every time you take a photo.

Steps below:

1. Settings - Camera - Preserve Settings - toggle ON Exposure Adjustment… next go to Formats - toggle OFF ProRAW
2. Open your camera - top left will show 0.0 and lines under, click that - Adjust the exposure higher (.7 and 1.0 work best for me)

That’s it! It is adjusting the back camera as well but I’m okay with it. It also will sharpen the photo but it’s not nearly as dark and harsh. It gives some vibrancy back but not a perfect fix.

Hey guys, so I have the exact same issue. Pretty infuriating that apple haven’t yet provided a fix. One thing I do as a temporary fix is I downloaded this app called pro camera by moment which is free and well rated on the App Store. If you take photos through this instead of apples native camera app it will solve this issue. (This isn’t a plug) hope this helps.

I changed it to Raw and the highlights are still blown after the auto enhance. The only solution I’ve found is to use a third party camera app. When I do the pics are beautiful. The camera is obviously capable of taking beautiful photos when the horrendous software is hobbled. But you have to use a third party app? Ridiculous.

Let us turn off this trash auto HDR.

I found a solution for me. I have found if you take off live. And enable “burst” on your phone it won’t alter the photo. The only downside is the burst option you have to take multiple photos instead of just 1. But it works. I have also found if you use the front flash it won’t alter it.

You can find the burst option in settings, go to camera and enable the option “Use Volume Up for Burst.”

When you take your photos make sure you’re using the volume up button on the side of your phone and not the button on the screen. Hold it down for at least 2 seconds and that’s it! I also show below the effects of using burst vs no burst with no editing.

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I have the same issue using the 13 Pro Max. After turning on/off all the buttons in the setting, I think turning of the View Full HDR button in the Camera section of the settings (Settings>Camera>View Full HDR>Off) helped quite a bit. My pictures no longer flick and auto corrects after snapping a photo. Hope this helps :)

i have the same problem, and turning off full range HDR didnt fix it. so my solution has been to set the affected photos exposure (or really any setting) to -1 or 1 so it doesnt really affect the look of the pic but still registers as an edited photo. then it doesnt look terrible with the auto fix

Guys, like some people said, go to settings > photos > disable view FULL HDR. It worked for me ! There's still a slight edit on the picture taken though but it's really much better than before.

On my phone I fixed it by going into camera settings then going into photography styles then swipe through them and choose standard this worked for me but if not you good luck on fixing it