In this guide, we will be discussing plausible methods to turn off Auto Enhance and fix over exposure on your iPhone. When it comes to smartphone photography, then there’s hardly an iota of doubt that iPhones take the best pictures out there. However, even then, there’s one major caveat with the way it tends to process these images- the end results are always way overexposed than what we saw in the viewfinder.
The likes of photos being over-saturated, over-enhanced, contrast, over-sharpness, dark, and grainy are just some of the ways users tend to describe the output. So is there a way to click an image in a normal JPEG or HEIC format without it being unnecessarily “enriched”? In other words, could you turn off Auto Enhance and fix over exposure on your iPhone? Let’s find out.
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How to Turn off Auto Enhance/Fix Over Exposure on iPhone
Unfortunately, there doesn’t exist any way through which you could turn off Auto Enhance on your iPhone. This is because this functionality is baked into the Bionic chip and automatically comes into play as soon as you take a picture. All this is taken care of by DeepFusion, which is an image processing algorithm that Apple introduced way back in the iPhone 11 and has since incorporated into every model.
While the OEM proudly brags about this feature, the same sentiments aren’t being echoed by the users. With that said, since we cannot turn off this feature, what else can be done to at least improve the current situation? Let’s find out.
FIX 1: Turn off Auto HDR
Your first course of action should be to turn off the Auto HDR feature and then check if it spells out success for you. Here’s how it could be done:
- Head over to Settings > Camera, and turn off Smart HDR.
- Then from the camera screen, tap HDR to turn it off or on.
- Now go to Settings > Camera > Record Video > Turn off HDR Video.
FIX 2: Use Burst Mode
Another nifty workaround involves using the Burst mode, clicking at least 2 pictures, and then using one of them. The photos in the Burst Mode aren’t as enhanced as the ones taken via the normal mode.
FIX 3: Use Live Photo
You also have the option to take a Live Photo, hit Edit, click the Live icon, and choose a different photo. It will look like a regular one instead of being dark and grainy.
So as of now, these three are your best workarounds to fix over exposure since we cannot turn off Auto Enhance. As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers are aware of this issue [for well over a year!], but they haven’t given out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when that happens, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.
