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Samsung gives Galaxy S6 camera app a facelift (pictures)

You'll find a few new and improved features in the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge camera apps.

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What's new in the Galaxy S6 camera?

BARCELONA -- Guess what? The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have a few new camera features and a cleaner, sparer look.

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Portraits

In the editor, a portrait mode contains tools just for faces.

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Fix your face

You can enlarge your eyes and slim or widen your face. Oh yeah, it'll fix red-eye, too.

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Filters

Filter effects you add from the Gallery adopt Samsung's (and Google's) more minimalist Android look.

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New layout

This menu gets a new layout.

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Sliders and more

Here's the updated look for correcting gallery photos.

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Make a collage

Here's something fun and new: in the editor, you can turn photos into a collage, say for easy Instagramming.

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Add pics

The collage-building tools are very simple. You press the + button to add photos from your gallery. I chose about five.

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Lay it out

A layout tool rearranges the images automatically.

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Other tools

A few other tools in the menu handle custoization.

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Give it space

Add a buffer between images, and round the edges for extra effect.

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Viola!

Yeah, I'd post that.

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Metering

Spot metering helps brighten your skin. It isn't new, but the way you find it is.

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"3D" object

This new mode creates GIFs of an object and plays it back to you. Think of it as Photo Sphere Light.

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Rotation game

Rotate the phone around the object to capture its sides.

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New camera layout

Samsung has really nicely consolidated its photo modes into this new, very readable menu.

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Be a pro

More granular settings live in the Pro mode, like applying these filters before you shoot.

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Save custom settings

Pro mode users can also save their favorite settings combinations in a profile.

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