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Camera settings: photo quality, aspect ratio, and location and time stamp

Choose photo quality and aspect ratio, add a date, time, and location stamp to your photos, and save a copy to your phone's camera roll.

Written by Rhet Porter

Set up the camera once and every photo comes out the way you want. Pick your photo quality and shape, choose whether photos get a date, time, and location stamp, and decide if a copy also goes to your phone's photo library.

Open the camera settings

  1. Open the camera on a project.

  2. Tap the gear icon at the top of the right side of the camera.

The Settings sheet opens. RelayCam remembers what you choose.

Photo Quality

Option

Best for

Lightning

Smallest photos and fastest uploads. Use it when you're worried about data or a weak signal.

High Resolution

A balance of detail, size, and speed. This is the default and works well for most jobs.

Ultra HD

The most detail and the biggest files. Photos take longer to upload.

Aspect Ratio

Tap 4:3 for a standard photo shape or 16:9 for a taller, widescreen shape. The default is 16:9.

Show Location/Time Stamp

When this is on, RelayCam prints the date and time on every photo, and the GPS coordinates too when your phone can get a location. It's useful proof of when and where work was done. It's on by default.

The stamp is part of the photo. It's printed in the bottom right corner and can't be removed later. Stamps are added to photos only, not videos. To take photos without a stamp, turn this off before you shoot.

When the stamp is on, you also get two more settings:

Setting

Choices

Stamp Size

Small, Medium (default), or Large

Stamp Style

Classic (default) is white text with a shadow. Bold Banner puts the text on a dark banner so it's easy to read on bright photos.

Save to Device Camera Roll

Turn this on to also keep a copy of each photo in your phone's photo library. It's off by default. The first time you turn it on, your phone asks for permission to save to your photo library. Tap allow.

Troubleshooting

What you see

What to do

"Adding Location to Photos"

Keep RelayCam open for a few seconds while it adds where each photo was taken, then your photos are ready to post.

"Photo library access required"

Allow photo access for RelayCam in your phone's Settings, then turn on Save to Device Camera Roll again.

"Couldn't save to gallery"

Check that RelayCam has photo library access and that your phone has free storage.

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