Photo settings

Get suggested modes and scenes

Available on moto g55 5G, moto g85 5G, moto g stylus 5G - 2024.

Your camera uses AI to suggest changing modes when it determines that a shot could be improved. It can also optimize the exposure, contrast, saturation, and color when it detects the following scenes:

  • Fireworks
  • Food
  • Motion
  • Holiday lights
  • Sunrise/Sunset
  • Moon

To turn these suggestions on or off:

  1. Tap settings icon.
  2. Turn Shot Optimization on toggle on switch or off .

When Shot Optimization is on and you're framing a photo:

  • If your camera detects a scene, you'll see a bar with the name of the scene (like Food). To use the enhancements, just take the photo. If you don't want the enhancements, turn the scene off first.
  • If your camera suggests changing modes, tap the suggestion to change modes before taking the photo. Or, to use the current mode, press a Volume button or tap shutter icon on the screen.

Choose enhanced or natural photo style

Your camera can elevate the quality of your images with AI-enhanced image processing.

About photo enhancement

AI works behind the scenes to:

  • Improve the dynamic range (ratio between the brightest and darkest parts of an image)
  • Deliver finer image details, especially when zooming
  • Achieve better Portraits
  • Provide outstanding noise reduction, especially noticeable in low light environments

In addition, it combines settings from multiple modes (like Night Vision, Portrait), delivering optimized quality.

Unlike other image processing methods, these enhancements use the RAW image data from the camera sensor, before any image frames even reach the chipset image signal processor (ISP). Uncompressed RAW image data offers the highest image quality and is easier to adjust for exposure, contrast, and white balance. This image processing method allows for better overall results, as it’s not bound by the chipset’s ISP capabilities.

Switch between enhanced and natural photo styles

Set your camera to automatically enhance your captured images by adjusting the white balance, color, saturation, brightness, and contrast. Or, if you don’t want auto enhancements, set the style to natural.

On the Photos screen:

  • To turn AI-enhanced image processing off, tap to change to Natural.
  • To use AI-enhanced image processing, tap to change to Auto Enhance. It might take longer to capture photos when Auto Enhance is on.

Add watermark on photos

  1. Tap settings icon > Watermark.

  2. Choose which elements to add to new photos:

    • For time & date, turn Timestamp on toggle on switch.
    • For a Motorola logo and device info, turn Device watermark on toggle on switch.
    • To identify yourself as the photographer in the watermark, make sure it's on, then type your name in the Signature field.

Watermarks do not appear on:

  • Panoramic photos
  • Photos using Pro mode
  • Still photos taken while recording video.

Use camera to search for info

You can use Google Lens to:

  • Search for information about objects and surroundings: Learn about products, landmarks and buildings, plants and animals, books and visual art
  • Scan barcodes and QR codes: Search for related information, open a website to purchase a product
  • Digitize real-world text: Copy text to paste in another app, translate text, save business card information to Contacts, create calendar events from dates on posters or billboards

To use Google Lens:

  1. In the Camera app, tap on the screen.

    If you don't see , make sure Google Lens is on. At the top of the screen, tap settings icon.

  2. Frame the item you want to learn about and tap .

  3. Tap the item you want to learn about.

    For text, tap it to select it, and use to select more.

  4. In the list of results:

    • Review results, then tap a selection to view it or take the suggested action.
    • To crop the area of your search for more accurate results, adjust the frame corners.

To learn more, read Google's help.