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Looking for more ways to give your iPhone photos some extra kick? Stephanie Chu reviews Pano, TiltShift Generator, and Photoshop.com Mobile.
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If you’re looking for way to give your photo some kick, I’ve got two iPhone apps that might do the job. The great thing about the iPhone is that you’ve got a decent, terrific megapixel camera with you at all times. The not so great part of my experience is that you need a healthy amount of light since there is no built-in flash. So, the common scenario is that your photo library has a bunch of average looking photos. You’re about to learn how to take those photos up a notch. If at one time, you need a fancy software to stitch together your digital photos into a single panoramic image, if you love the final product, you’ll be pleased to know that you can do the same thing with an iPhone app Pano. Right from your iPhone without any other software. This app works by simply shooting from your iPhone’s camera and following the ghost image to position your next shot. You can take up to 16 photos for stitching and when done, the app magically blends the images together saving to your photo library. According to Pano, they worked in advanced alignment, blending and color correction algorithms to create seamless images. And after trying it our over and over and over, they’re definitely onto something. Occasionally, you will get some crooked lines and it would be nice to manually adjust the photos but the app does really well on its own. Of course practice makes perfect and Pano has a whole set of tips and tricks for getting quality images such as taking photos at a distance. You can check out the full list of tips at the developer’s website. If you haven’t heard of TiltShift Photography before, the term refers to the movement of blends which creates selected focus. Often simulating mini models, the effect can be done with either special ends or some fancy Photoshop work and now, you can get a similar effect right from your iPhone with TiltShift Generator. You can start by either taking a new photo in the app or choosing from your photo library. Then, adjust the radial or lateral blur that creates the TiltShift effect. Once satisfied with your blurry, check out these options to adjust the saturation, brightness and contrast of the photo and even add some vignetting. After you’re done, you have to option to save to your photo library or export to email or Twitter. Pretty simple and easy to use, right? Now, here’s a cap of the pros and cons for today’s app. For Pano, this app is fun and expends the benefits of your iPhone camera with quality stitching. You no longer need expensive third party software and you get a decent resolution of your images. Plus, exiting the app doesn’t entrap to your Pano masterpiece. Cons; you can’t adjust individual photos after you stitch the Pano. So, whether your outdoors, on vacation or simply taking a hike, I don’t think you’ll regret capturing the scenery with Pano. It’s such a fun photography out that produces that great images. Download Pano for the iPhone. As for TiltShift Generator, the pros include hi-res support in the newest version. Sleek color control and great looking final results. The only con I found was that you can’t return to the original photo once you start making changes. This is a simple, inexpensive app with a classic lens effect. And though I’d like to see this one feature piggy backed onto another photo editing app, I still think that TiltShift gives ordinary photos and fresh perspective and I recommend to download TiltShift Generator for the iPhone. Okay. now, I’ve got a bonus app for you. In our first creative apps episode where we reviewed Photogene and several view road in, pinging me about Photoshop’s official iPhone app which released after we’d already filmed. Doxit—informs, I was surprised that you didn’t include the Photoshop app. I mean, it’s probably one of the most famous applications and now, it’s available for the iPhone. Doxit is absolute right and as the top-notched program, there is a certain level of expectation. With this app, basic needs or fixing images are a snap such as rotation, cropping and color adjustments. That is awesome because this is a free app and many people just need those simple fixes but beyond that, I felt that there weren’t enough practical unique features. Now, if they introduce a fix for red eyes, spot smudging, interesting edge effects or combine the features from the other two apps reviewed today, Photoshop.com Mobile would be money. Maybe that will show up in a future release. I’ll cross my fingers but until then, I unfortunately don’t think that Photoshop one ups Photogene even if it is free. In this case, you get what you paid for and I find myself returning to other apps for image fixes instead of Photoshop.com Mobile. It pains me because I love Adobe but I recommend that you go with a powerful app and don’t download Photoshop.com Mobile. Bummer. But hey! I am Stephanie Chu and if you’ve got a tip for us, send us an email at appjudgment@revision3.com. List up on our forums of contact me directly on Twitter@marilee. Be sure to join the AppJudgment Facebook fun page for the latest news and subscribe to AppJudgment by visiting our home on Revision3.com. I look forward to seeing your panoramic and TiltShift images posted in the forums. Show me what you’ve got. I’ll see you next time.
