New iPhone App: ToyCineCam

App Store Description: ToyCineCam is a simple yet fun application that allows you to take movie-like videos and pictures (Required iPhone 4 or 4th generation iPod touch. iPhone 3G/3GS is not supported).

With ToyCineCam you can make a toy camera style video or give it a cool video processing using numerous effects just like a movie. You can preview the effects in real-time while taking a picture or shooting a video.

Not only you can record audio from the microphone but also you can add background music from your iPod library (all music data in iPhone except DRM data) while shooting a video. (Music will be recorded even when you use the headsets). The app features the full-fledged functions such as fade out, real-time tone curve edit and more.

Main Features:

• 18 different real-time effects
• Selectable aspect ratio: 3:2, 4:3 and 1:1
• Choose either white fade out or black fade out
• Add background music from your iPod library (not including DRM data)
• Adjust the tone curve and saturation in real-time
• Save/Load the tone curve file, and share files through iTunes file sharing.
• Post to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Picasa

Gesture Controls:

• Tap: Adjust exposure and focus on the tapped area
• Pinch: Adjust the vignetting effect
• Flick: Show or hide the menu

Main Specifications:

• Still image size(HQ): 3:2 1080x720, 4:3 960x720, 1:1 720x720
• Still image size(SD): 3:2 640x426, 4:3 640x480, 1:1 480x480
• Video size: 3:2 480x320, 4:3 480x360, 1:1 360x360

Edit Tone Curve:

• You can edit the tone curve and check the preview of the effect in real-time by selecting the "Tone Curve" effect button.
• Tap on the tone curve to add the control point.
• The control point can be moved by dragging.
• Drag the control point outside the edit area or tap and hold to delete it.

Effects:

• Basic
• Cool Cinema / High contrast sharp cinematic effect (Bleach Bypass processing).
• Toy Camera
• Mint Green
• Pink Cider
• Ruby Red
• Cross Process
• Marshmallow
• Retro
• Infra Red
• Illustration
• Thermography
• Old Photo
• Hi-Con B&W
• Sepia
• Smoky Green
• Blue Ink
• Tone Curve / Effect that allows to adjust the tone curve in real-time.

App Store Link: ToyCineCam; Price: £0.59/$0.99/€0.79

Comments

[Mr Timney]

Major BUG, change between the two still image resolutions & see, then save in both & you'll see a major bug. As well use this on a 3GS & mistakenly tap the button to swap between front & rear cameras & another bug.

And add in low resolution saves.

Yet I like the real time filter effects, poor development & delivery in v1.0

[Glyn Evans]

Pat, thanks for the heads up on this one.

[KC]

I purchased this one but have yet to try it out.

Hopefully they will take note of the flaws and improve the app with an updated release sometime soon.

[elxsound]

I'll probably give a try soon, but responding to the first post... didn't you see that 3GS is not supported?

[lasthippie]

Purchased this one, 'coz i wanted a real-time vdeo ffects processor. It's cool except for the low resolution. Good for Facebook and Posterous though. Version 3 could be awesome

[Johnny Lightsped]

Purchased it in spite of the negative comments on Apple and found:

1. Interface clunky and confusing
2. No apparent way of applying effects on videos from your library
3. If you film video and click the wrong icon, your video is deleted- it does not autosave to the Camera Roll or to a lightbox
4. Adjusting individual RGB channels (i.e. the screenshot in the top fo this post) will cause the app to go into a loop trying to update the effect- nothing happens- had to hit the home button and relaunch the app where the video started updating correctly.

This app has way too many design flaws and bugs to be considered a final working app. It's definitely more a beta app than anything else. Hopefully they developer will let people who actually shoot on the ipod use his app for beta testing and feedback because this program could actually be very nice if it worked. Right now, it'll sit in a folder unused until it gets an update one day.