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Google Declares War On Vertical Video

Apr 20, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 14 Comments

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If you use an Android device (or just read photo and tech blog) there was no way to avoid hearing about Google’s blitz into the Camera app realm with their new Google Camera. The camera has many new features (like adaptive lens blur, Photo spheres and others).

Interestedly, it looks like Google also declared a war on vertical video (also known as VSS or vertical video syndrome).

When you switch into video more the camera app will provide a ‘gentle’ reminder in the form of a ‘please rotate’ icon. This icon should alert you  on the fact that you are not shooting horizontally as any educated photographer should be shooting.

Once you tilt the phone all the way to horizontal, the icon is gone.

If you are not really sure why vertical video is bad for you, you may wanna watch this VSS PSA from Glove and Boots

http://youtu.be/Bt9zSfinwFA

 [Thanks for the heads up Itay]

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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