DepthCam + Apple Pencil

DepthCam adds iPad and Apple Pencil support

James Grote
BrainFeverMedia
2 min readJan 24, 2019

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DepthCam for iOS has been updated for full iPad and Apple Pencil support. Now you can load your Portrait Mode photos and edit the depth maps with precision using your Apple Pencil.

Depth Map Editing

Editing depth data is easier now with the new grayscale Depth Mode, along with Mask Mode.

Depth Mode for directly editing the depth map

Depth Mode

Depth Mode displays the depth map as a grayscale image with in-focus areas brighter and out of focus areas darker. Technically this is a disparity map but is the same depth information and easier to work with shades of gray.

Grayscale is useful for seeing multiple levels of depth as opposed to a foreground and background mask.

There’s also a new Picker tool so you can pick a depth level then brush with that level.

Using the Apple Pencil is nice for brushing in detail.

Double Tap to switch brush modes

When using the Auto wand tool, you can set the depth level that will fill an area.

Mask Mode

Mask Mode is the default mode with the green overlay representing a mask. This is useful for portraits where you want a clean foreground and background.

Mask Mode for separating foreground and background

Of course, DepthCam on the iPad brings all of the visualizations of the iPhone version, but on a bigger screen!

DepthCam has multiple ways to view depth data

Download DepthCam now on the App Store!

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