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Entries in Photo fx (9)

Saturday
Aug072010

App Update: Photo fx & Photo fx Ultra

DateSaturday, August 7, 2010 at 12:39PM | AuthorGlyn Evans

I'm a little bit late on this one, but back at the end of July Tiffen released major updates to both of their Photo fx apps for the iPhone and the iPad.

So Photo fx for the iPhone is now at version 4.0 with the following updates...

  • Paint filter added to the Image group. Paint includes the following brushes: Color, Clone, Blur, Black and White, Mosaic, Red Eye, Repair, Scatter and Eraser
  • Levels filter added to the Image group
  • Sharpen filter added to the Image group
  • Auto Adjust filter added to the Image group
  • Eye Light filter added to the Light group
  • Color Compensating, Color Conversion, Light Balancing, and Photographic filters were added to a new Photographic group
  • Quickly find filters and presets using the new Search mechanism
  • Paint Mask Enhancements: Opacity added to the Brush > Size and Softness controls; The paint cursor is now displayed when resizing or painting; Changed the Reset icon to double arrows
  • Crop and Rotation Enhancements: Crop using standard print sizes including: 4x6, 5x7, 8x8, 8x10, 8x12, 11x14, 12x12, 12x18, 16x19, 16x20, 16x24 and 20x30; Rotate by 1/10 of a degree; Specify a user defined rotation angle
  • Filter groups have been renamed to match Photo fx Ultra for the iPad
  • Filter placement and group naming has been re-organized and changed to match Photo fx Ultra for the iPad
  • Compatibility with the still image editions of the Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Suite through emailing of setups
  • Slider background was removed
  • Before/After icon was changed from double-arrows to a lightning bolt icon
  • Save icon was changed from a disk to an arrow icon which is the iPhone/iPad standard
  • Fixed a bug where the Tint > Amount sliders would freeze when set to O

...whilst Photo fx Ultra for the iPad is now at version 2.0, with these updates.

  • Added Paint filter to the Image group. Paint includes the following brushes: Color, Clone, Blur, Black and White, Mosaic, Red Eye, Repair, Scatter and Eraser
  • Levels filter added to the Image group
  • Sharpen filter added to the Image group
  • Auto Adjust filter added to the Image group
  • Eye Light filter added to the Light group
  • Color Compensating, Color Conversion, Light Balancing, and Photographic filters were added to a new Photographic group
  • Opacity control added to the Mask brush settings
  • Crop and Rotation Enhancements: Crop using standard print sizes including: 4x6, 5x7, 8x8, 8x10, 8x12, 11x14, 12x12, 12x18, 16x19, 16x20, 16x24 and 20x30; Rotate by 1/10 of a degree; Specify a user defined rotation angle
  • Fixed a bug where the Tint > Amount sliders would freeze when set to O

If you don't already have these apps, then they are well worth checking out.

AppStore Link: Photo fx - Price: £1.79/$2.99/€2.39

AppStore Link: Photo fx Ultra - Price: £3.49/$5.99/€4.78

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Wednesday
Feb102010

App Update: Photo fx

DateWednesday, February 10, 2010 at 8:10AM | AuthorGlyn Evans

Tiffen's Photo fx has just been updated to version 3.0, and gets the following new features:

  • Added the Light fx filter group
  • New Light fx filters: Ambient Light, Edge Glow, Ice Halos, Light, ReLight, Water Droplets

AppStore Link: Photo fx - Price £1.79/$2.99

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Saturday
Jan022010

New Feature: My photo, by...

DateSaturday, January 2, 2010 at 2:30PM | AuthorGlyn Evans

Following on from the success of "The iPhoneography Showcase of..." series and following comments about Steven Mc Garr showcase, I am introducing a new feature to the blog.

This new feature will be called "My photo, by...", and its aim is to share details on where and how a photo was taken and created.

To get the ball rolling, here is my photo titled "Soldiers Bride"

Back in September 2009 my wife and I went to London for a short break. At the time it was London Fashion week, and one day whilst walking through Horse Guards Parade we spotted a group of people and an attractive lady wearing a wedding dress, so decided to stop and see what was going on.  I was a little confused that there seemed to be no groom, as I thought this was a wedding day shoot, and even more confused when she walked up to the guard and began to pose. Then the penny dropped, of course it was fashion week, and I had just stumbled across a fashion shoot, and so as this was in a public place I grabbed my iPhone and snapped away.

I was quite chuffed that I'd stumbled across this photo shoot, but of course new that the shots would not be that good as I would have liked, as I could not get very close to the model.

Anyway that's how the photo came to be, and here is how it went from this...


...to the final photo the "Soldiers Bride".

I took the original photo (which was shot on my iPhone 3G) and cropped it using Cropulator. Then because I new by cropping the photo it was going to affect the image sharpness, I loaded it in to Tiffen Photo fx and applied a Soft/FX filter to soften to photo, before finally loading it in to CameraBag and applying the Magazine effect.

If you want to see more of the "Soldiers Bride" or my other CamerBag shots, then check out My CameraBag Tumblr site.

So this is how I got my shot. If you would like to share your shot with the rest of us, then send me an email and I'll reply with details on how to submit.

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Tuesday
Sep082009

My top iPhone photo apps

DateTuesday, September 8, 2009 at 10:00AM | AuthorGlyn Evans

There have been several post recently on various blogs listing peoples top iPhone apps, so I've decided chuck my hat in to the ring and post my current crop of favourite photo apps, so here goes.

1. CameraBag
CameraBag [AppStore Link] lets me enhance my iPhone photos with 10 different effects filters, and whilst this app needs a much needed update for iPhone 3GS users, it still delivers what I am looking for on my iPhone 3G.

2. iFlashReady
iFlashReady [AppStore Link] lets me enhance/lighten the poorly exposed photos that I sometimes get from my iPhone.

3. ShakeItPhoto
ShakeItPhoto [AppStore Link] gives me that instant photo experience, and is currently my favourite iPolaroid app.

4. Spica - Super Monochrome
I love high contrast and grainy/gritty black and white photos, and Spica - Super Monochrome [AppStore Link] give me that.

5. AutoStitch
For me AutoStitch [AppStore Link] is the easiest app for creating panoramic photos on you iPhone.

6. EffectsLab
Originally I did not like this app when it was first released, but after spending time playing with it, EffectsLab [AppStore Link] has become my pocket Photoshop of choice, allowing me to manipulate almost all aspects on my photos.

7. Polarize
Polarize [AppStore Link] is another instant photo app, but has the added bonus of letting me add market pen notes to my iPolaroids.

8. HiCon Pro
If I need to add some extra contrast and saturation to a photo quickly and easily, then HiCon Pro [AppStore Link] is the first app I turn to, and on most occasions delivers what I am looking for.

9. Photo fx
Photo fx [AppStore Link] and Cool fx have slipped down my list of used apps, but they both still remain in my top 10, but I now tend to use them in combination with other apps like Spica Super Monochrome to add that extra dimension to my photos.

10. Cool fx
Like Photo fx, Cool fx [AppStore Link] has slipped down my list of used apps, but they both still remain in my top 10, but I now tend to use them in combination with other apps like Spica Super Monochrome to add that extra dimension to my photos.

In addition to these editing/effects apps I also use Mobile Fotos [AppStore Link] for uploading my photos to Flickr, Tumblr [AppStore Link] for uploading to my Tumblr blogs and occasionally PicPosterous [AppStore Link] for my new Posterous blogs, although I do prefer to email my photos to Posterous rather than use their iPhone app.

Ah, and there's one last thing. There is an app that would have made it in to my top 5, but it is currently only available to a select group of beta testers (of which I am one), and so can't be listed just yet.

You may or may not agree with my list, or even the order they are in, so please feel free to post your favourite apps in the comments section below.

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Thursday
Aug272009

The Tiffen Company listens to its customers

DateThursday, August 27, 2009 at 8:36AM | AuthorGlyn Evans

If you do a check for apps updates today you will notice that Photo fx has received an update, as Tiffen address the complaints it has received following the apps last update.

In this update Tiffen have brought back the Bleach Bypass and Cross Processing presets they mistakenly removed from the Color Looks filter, and removed the DFx advert from the apps launch screen.

In addition to these they now show the cost of the in app purchase options , but this is only after you have selected the filter. What I would like to see with this is a $, £ or € sign on the filter icon on the filters homepage so that you know which filters are paid for extras before selecting them. That said I have to say "thank you Tiffen for listening to your customers".

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Friday
Aug142009

Photo fx gets update

DateFriday, August 14, 2009 at 6:00PM | AuthorGlyn Evans

Tiffen Photo fx has just been updated to version 2.0 with the following new/updated features:

  • Added the following new filters at no charge: Temperature in Classic fx; Grain in Wild fx; Close-Up Lens, Depth of Field and Wide Angle Lens in a new Lens fx filter group; B&W Looks and Color Looks in Fun fx.
  • Removed Fun fx > Looks (replaced by B&W and Color Looks)
  • Color Picker replaces color slider
  • Two paid filter group options: Portrait fx and Color fx
  • Presets for filters that previously did not have any
  • Home screen with icons for loading images, taking pictures, setting options and accessing Help

AppStore Link: Photo fx - Price £1.79/$2.99

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Sunday
Mar292009

Digital Film Tools apps get an update

DateSunday, March 29, 2009 at 3:45PM | AuthorGlyn Evans

All three Digital Film Tools apps have recently been updated with the following features.

Photo fx

  • Ability to add multiple filters using Save (Disk Icon) > Add Layer
  • Crop and Rotate
  • Integrated Help
  • Filters with presets automatically display the presets once the filter is selected
  • Streamlined image loading and picture taking
  • Camera photos are always saved separately at full resolution when Options > Save Original Photo is selected
  • New Maximum Output Resolutions on Options screen

AppStore Link: Photo fx - Price £1.79 ($2.99)

Cropulator

  • Image filtering is no longer used when only cropping
  • Removed 1 pixel border from cropped images

AppStore Link: Cropulator - Price £0.59 ($.99)

Light

  • Streamlined image loading and picture taking
  • Camera photos are always saved separately at full resolution when Options > Save Original Photo is selected
  • New Maximum Output Resolutions on Options screen
  • Image filtering is no longer used when only cropping

AppStore Link: Light - Price £1.19 ($1.99)

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Thursday
Feb192009

Best selling photo apps, ColorSplash & Photo fx

DateThursday, February 19, 2009 at 10:59PM | AuthorGlyn Evans

I was just looking at the UK AppStore this evening, and ColorSplash and Photo fx are the top 2 best selling photo apps for the iPhone, and rightly so.

If any of you are interested I have create Facebook groups for both of these apps, for you to share your photo's and discuss these apps, so if interested go check them out.

The ColorSplash facebook group can be found here and The Photo fx group can be found here.

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