CAPTOR (iOS) 5.0.7 Upgraded Camera Options

Hello and thank you for reading our Secure Content Capture blog and staying up to date with CAPTOR app releases. This month we are releasing CAPTOR (iOS) v5.0.7 which includes some more upgrades and options for the CAPTOR camera.

The most noticeable change is the new button in the camera mode settings. Open CAPTOR and go to the Photo tab. Tap the mode settings button in the bottom right corner. The new button is labeled either HIGH or LOW, denoting the quality the photo will be captured in.

The value shown (either LOW or HIGH) indicates the pixel resolution that the image will be captured in. LOW will essentially produce HD (High Definition) photos in around 1080p resolution. HIGH will produce UHD (Ultra High Definition) photos that are roughly in 4K. The actual resolution varies by device, and is not exact due to the camera cropping the preview.

This setting will also impact the camera performance. If the user’s goal is to take a lot of photos quickly, we recommend LOW since the camera is able to process the images quicker. At LOW, you could capture as many as 8 photos per second.

If the goal is to capture high resolution photos, HIGH is the better choice. HIGH will allow you to capture up to 4 photos per second, but the resolution will be roughly three times as high.

Let’s look at an example to illustrate the difference in photo quality.

These two photos were captured by CAPTOR. The photo on the left was captured in LOW, while the one on the right was captured in HIGH.

Some stats on the two photos above:

LOW (Left photo) is 2.5 MB with resolution of 1120x1557.

HIGH (Right photo) is 8.3 MB with resolution of 1984x2762.

When you start to zoom in you will begin to see the differences between the two photos.

You can see the LOW (Left) photo becomes pixelated while the HIGH (Right) photo maintains smoother lines.

These options come down to the use case. Now with CAPTOR you can easily switch between photo capture quality modes, just like you have been able to with video capture, and get the photo right every time.

We hope this new option allows your CAPTOR users the flexibility to perform their job more productively, and securely capture content exactly suiting the needs of your business. If you have questions please contact us today.

CAPTOR for Intune Biometric Authentication

CAPTOR for Intune has been updated to support biometric (Touch ID/Face ID) authentication. Here is a quick explanation of how to enable this feature.

Prerequisite: The App protection policy applied to CAPTOR for Intune must be set to allow TouchID and/or FaceID instead of a PIN, as shown in this screenshot.

Once the CAPTOR for Intune app protection policy is set to allow biometrics, there are three states the app can exist in:

1) Biometric auth is off, but the app user can turn it on. This is the default state if you do nothing more than enable biometrics in the app protection policy. CAPTOR will treat TouchID/FaceID as disabled, but the user can go to CAPTOR Settings and toggle it on. 

2) Biometric auth is locked on. Edit the CAPTOR for Intune app configuration by adding the key "allowbiometrics" with the value "True".

Once this change has been pushed to the device, the next time the user opens the app they will be prompted with the standard permission request to enable TouchID/FaceID. You can verify this by going to the CAPTOR Settings and look for Enable Biometric Authentication as shown in this screenshot.

3) Biometric auth is locked off. If you add "allowbiometrics" key with the value "False" the app setting will be locked off (the user cannot toggle it) and the app would not request permission to enable TouchID/FaceID. In other words, biometric authentication would be disabled and the user would not be able to turn it on.

If you have any questions on how this feature works or would like assistance enabling it for your users please contact Inkscreen Support.

CAPTOR (iOS) 5.0.5: Improved Camera Performance + Barcode Reader Support + More

This week we released CAPTOR (iOS) 5.0.5. Here is a quick overview of what is new and improved.

Camera Performance. There is a lot going on under the hood of the CAPTOR camera -the app does not just take photos. For every photo captured, the app processes location data, object recognition, optical character recognition, encryption, photo processing, thumbnails, file nomenclature, and more. The 5.0.5 release dramatically improves the camera performance, enabling a user to take photos faster. The increased performance is a key criteria for many of our customers, such as police officers and insurance adjustors.

Barcode Reader Support. CAPTOR has had support for reading QR Codes for many years. The app now has added support for reading other types of barcodes and symbols, including Code 39/93/128, UPC-E, EAN8, EAN13, DataMatrix-Code, and ITF14. When the app detects one of these barcode symbols in the camera preview, it will display the text string or URL and allow the user to either copy the results or open the URL with the managed browser. If your organization requires support for a barcode style that is not yet included please let us know by opening up a support ticket.

New Full-Screen Content View. CAPTOR added a new content view that displays photos, videos, audio visualizer, and documents in full screen format, allowing app users to swipe left and right to preview content within a folder. The view can be toggled between 1) Detailed View, which displays a small thumbnail with the file name, location, and time/date of capture, 2) Thumbnail View, which displays a grid of content thumbnails, and 3) Full-Screen Content View.

We hope you enjoy and appreciate the new CAPTOR features. Please continue to send us feedback and ideas for improvement. Cheers!