Gadgetory

I'm dan Graziano and I'm here with HTC's latest flagship device the HTC One m8 this phone is faster has a bigger screen and even more features than its predecessor the HTC one one of the main selling points is the rear camera unlike Samsung Nokia and Sony who continue to push megapixel counts higher and higher HTC is banking on new dual camera to win customers over the HTC One m8 includes an updated ultra pixel rear camera which in reality is a 4 megapixel camera with better low-light performance it also has this a second depth of field sensor that sits above the main camera and allows you to refocus your photos after you take them after snapping a photo view the image in the gallery click on the edit option on the lower right hand side of the screen and select you focus then just simply click on the object you would like to focus the foreground and seasons tools use the depth of field sensor to recognize the different layers in your photo and apply special effects to them the foreground tool has four options sketch zoom blur cartoon and colorize the sketch option will apply a graphite sketch the background of your image the zoom blur will dramatically blur everything except for the focused object the cartoon mode will make everything a background look cartoonish and the colorized mode will change the background to black and white the seasons feature adds a seasonal flare to your images such as snowfall or flowers while the dimension plus tool uses the depth of field sensor to give you a sort of 3d view of your images tilting your phone will change the perspective of the image and give you a sense of depth it's similar to Apple's parallax wallpaper in iOS 7 these images can then be saved at a new angle or as a dimension plus file for later viewing unfortunately these features are not available for burst photos while using the Zowie camera or in modes like HDR portrait or landscape in fact the you focus foreground seasons and dimension plus features are only available for photos taken in auto mode the phone does include a Photoshop s touch up menu which includes a wide range of options for editing photos of people you can smooth out a person's skin contour their face remove redeye and more of course the m8 also includes plenty of Instagram like filters and frames as well as tools for cropping rotating and flipping images for more how-to like this one be sure to check out how to dot cnet.com as always feel free to reach out to me on Twitter with questions or comments I'm Dan Graz era CNET thanks for watching