PhotoTropedelic has just been updated to a universal app, bringing with it iPad support.
So what's new?
Completely new workflow, iPad support, and new features: e-mail vector PDF, browse through previous runs, upload to facebook, line width control, border reduction option, auto-loads settings from previous runs, delete individual images, manual save to camera roll.
Yeah, it's psychedelic baby!! It's iPhoneography on acid!!
Developers Description: PhotoTropedelic uses advanced image processing techniques to analyze your ordinary photographs; translate the colors, textures, and lighting; then draw upon the colors and symbols of 60's Pop Art to produce boldly unique art.
Creative Information for Artists: Several built-in options let you create spectacular images that will impress your co-workers, friends, and family.
Complexity:
Select the amount of detail from clean simple lines to intricate layers of pattern.
Color Spectrum:
Choose the PhotoTropedelic color palette including bright pinks, blues, yellows, and greens, or generate intensified true to life colors.
Color Variety:
Select the number of colors you want in your final image.
Special Features: Choose from the essential embellishments to add drama and interest to your art.
god ray bursts of alternating colors radiating out to the heavens
stars and circles sprinkling psychedelic fairy dust
auto-mirror the symmetry and balance of yin and yang
Technical Information:
Bitmap and Vector images created
Generates a jpg, png, and scalable pdf for each image. Pdf versions utilize vector curves and fills to print well at any resolution.
Heuristic Artfullness:
We made up the term (we couldn't find any reference on Google or Bing)
Compatibility:
Runs on iPhone and iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
Editors comments: This is a real interesting app that can give your iPhone photos that psychedelic edge synonymous with the 1960's and Austin Powers.
As my video demo below shows the app is real easy to use and can produce some very wacky looking results, with the only real downside being that it does not save at full res (on my iPhone 3G, files sizes were an odd 1023 x 768). The only other gripe I have with this app, is it places a watermark on every photo saying "PhotoTropedelic.com", and there is no way to turn this feature off, something the dev must allow with a paid for app.
Below is the photo I produced whilst making the video...
Above: The "Magic Lighthouse" created with PhotoTropedelic using the 'Tropedelic' colour palette...but if the Tropedelic colours don't suit the photo, then why not try "Image Colors" as below, which analyzes and uses the colours found in the actual photo.
Above: The "Magic Lighthouse" created with PhotoTropedelic using the 'Image Colors' paletteDespite the low resolution and watermark gripe, this app is well worth trying and I would happily give this app 4 stars out of five, for its unique results.
Update on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 8:13AM by
Glyn Evans
There is some good news, the developer submitted an update to Apple today, so as soon as version 1.0.1 has been approved the watermark will be gone :)
As for the resolution issue, just download the PDF from with in the app to get infinite resolution.
Update on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:04AM by
Glyn Evans
PhotoTropedelic version 1.0.1 has just been released and removes the watermark from the final image and improves the colors for the 8 and 22 color options.
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:16AM | 
