App Update: TiltShift Video

TiltShift Video the only app currently in the App Store that lets you create tilt-shift videos on your iPhone has just had a major update, which includes the much requested circular blur.

Above: The new circular blur effect.

So what's new?

This is a HUGE update that includes several enhancements and new functionalities.

• Added support for all the possible video orientations. Now, videos recorded in portrait mode or in landscape mode but upside down will be treated correctly by the application.
• As a result of supporting portrait videos, the App's interface has been updated to support all the possible device orientations. Just choose the one that is right for you.
• The "Select Video" screen has been redone. Now it shows a preview of each video at different times, making much easier to identify the video you are looking for!
• The old "Image Adjustment" screen has been split in two: "Image" and "Blur", to support new functionalities and make easier to get the video you want.
• Improved how the "Saturation" adjustment works. Now, it provides better image quality.
• Added "Contrast" adjustment: you can increase it when necessary to get even greater miniature effect!
• Changed the linear blur: now it is no longer restricted to different areas of the screen. Put your blur sections in any way you want: horizontal, vertical or even diagonal. You're not even restricted to have parallel lines.
• Added circular blur!!! You can position the circle in any place you want just by dragging it around. Pinch with two fingers to change its size.
• Improved blur quality and better transition from the blurred areas to the normal ones. Now the smoothness of the transition is adjustable too!
• Added a "Final Preview" screen! In the Blur adjustment screen, double tapping the preview image will open a full screen preview that will show the image just like it will be rendered in the final video (of course, limited by the screen resolution). Tap the Final Preview to go back to the Blur Adjustment screen.
• Preview Generation Speed improvement: when adjusting the image parameters (saturation, contrast, blur amount and position), the preview generation is x12 times faster!!! That means that you get an immediate feedback while modifying the different parameters, making the edition much easier.
• Render Speed improvement: Even with all the improvements done to the image quality, the rendering process is now 25% FASTER!!!
• Fixed a bug where, under certain conditions, the App could allow the device to enter in sleep mode, interrupting the export process.
• Several internal fixes and optimizations that increase the App stability and performance.

Above is a sample video using the new circular blur effect.

There is however one bug that I have found with this release, and that is, adding a title with the circular blur option, blurs the edges of the title.  I have reported this to the developer, and hope to see this fixed in the next release.

Even with this bug, this is a great update with improved performance, and come highly recommended.

App Store Link: TiltShift Video; Price: £1.19/$1.99/€1.59

Comments

[Doug Chapin]

Awesome update! First rate.
I did, however, find one "bug." Not sure if it is a bug or just doesn't work on video which is not camera native. I took a time lapse video at 1280x720 using ReelMoments and can't get it to render it - it just crashes. I tried running the video through CinemaFXV first. Still no luck.

[Fidel Lainez]

Hello Doug,

Thanks for your nice comments!

I'm Fidel, the guy behind the App. The problem you mention has been already reported by other users, so yesterday I took a go to the ReelMoments App and examined its video output: the problem is that it doesn't export an audio track in the video, which is logical but something my App didn't expect.

Knowing this, what can you do to bypass this problem?

- Wait until v1.2: it will fix this problem. (But it will take around 2 weeks to come).
OR
- When processing the video with the TiltShift Video App, ensure to assign a soundtrack to it, that should do the trick.
OR
- Other users have reported that processing the ReelMoments video with iMovie or ReelDirector results in a usable format by the App.

Hope you can work around the issue in some of these ways!!!

[Ed]

These are really some great updates. This app is just about perfect now. Thanks to the developer(s) for great work.