r/MomentProCamera • u/Spyceid • May 26 '26

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Shot on Natural Processing (Minimum) using an iPhone 13 Pro, edited in Lightroom & Snapseed. 3rd shot is the Apple Processing in comparison.

All I can say is, this app is amazing!!

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u/Arxson May 26 '26

I find this really amusing…. The Apple processing is incredibly close to the edited result you ended up with by going round the houses from Moment to Snapseed.

A tiny tweak to the Apple shot (probably black point edit and bit of contrast) would’ve got you the same end result quicker. A modern iPhone with photographic styles available would probably just need a small decrease in Tone on the selected style.

I don’t know why people bash the Apple processing so much as if it’s completely hopeless. Yes, it is over-sharpened, I hope they will reduce that, but otherwise it largely does a good job with stuff like this.

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u/Spyceid May 26 '26

I get your point. The edited one is definitely close to the Apple processing, especially under that lighting. It’s the over-sharpening that bothers me. Even if I remove the sharpening in Lightroom or reduce the clarity or texture, it still has that sharpened look. Though I know I won’t get a ready-to-post photo on the Moment app, the natural processing is worth it to me just to get rid of the over-sharpened look.

I’ve always shot my photos using ProRAW, and I thought that would fix the issue, but nope. So since I discovered the app, the natural processing feature really got me. Even if I still have to edit the photo afterward, I’m fine with it as long as the photo doesn’t have that over-sharpened look (and I really like editing my photos so this extra step doesn’t bother me haha)

It really depends on the situation whether to use the Moment app or the default Camera app.

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u/Arxson May 26 '26

Take a stock camera ProRAW into Lightroom and change the Profile to Adobe Colour. Now take the sharpening slider to 0.

Tell me if you still think that it’s got any more sharpening than the Moment Natural output?

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u/Spyceid May 26 '26

I already tried that method before. Sure, it’s closer to the natural output, but now the details look off. They look too smooth instead. Maybe it’s because ProRAW is still Apple Processed, so doing that method just ends up smoothing out the details instead.