8mm HD – New iPad Movie Recording App
8mm HD brings your iPad and iPad 2 back in time to capture the beauty and magic of old school vintage movies. By mixing and matching films and lenses, you can recreate the atmosphere of those bygone eras with 42 timeless retro looks. Dust & scratches, retro colors, flickering, light leaks, frame jitters – all can be instantly added with a single tap or swipe.
This app is available for $2.99 and you can pick it up here.
What’s In The Camera
Viewfinder
▶ Total live view of the effects. What you see in the viewfinder is what you record.
Lenses
▶ 6 lenses bundled – Super 8, Clear, Flickering Frame, Spotlight, Light Leak and Color Fringing.
Films
▶ 7 grainy, discolored, dusted and aged films from different eras – 1920, Noir, 60s, 70s, Sakura, XPro, Siena.
Jitter Button
▶ Add random up and down displacement of frames to imitate real 8mm projectors.
Sound
▶ Add projector sound for extra authenticity, mute the video to make a silent movie, or use the microphone only – your choice.
Post Processing
▶ Import videos from Photo Albums; Apply and adjust effects while they are playing, like you are filming them for the first time.
Features
• Record 720p movies with retro effects in real time (iPad 2 only)
• Apply effects to existing videos up to 720p
• Swap lenses and films at any time
• Trigger frame jitter during recording
• Switch between front and back cameras (iPad 2 only)
• Tap to adjust exposure (iPad 2 only)
• Export options: Save to Camera Roll, email, or share on YouTube
• Transfer movies quickly to computer via iTunes File Sharing
• Support video geo-tagging when location service is on
• AirPlay enabled
Compatible devices:
Live recording and post-processing on iPad 2
Post-processing on 1st generation iPad with iOS 4.3 or later
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter BA (Hons), ARPS is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator, and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.She holds a First Class Honours degree in Photography and is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS).Her journalism, criticism and editorial work have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography and NikonPro, among other international publications.Through TheAppWhisperer, she brings together academic knowledge, professional photographic expertise and more than 17 years of specialist editorial experience to examine contemporary photography, mobile imaging, computational photography, photographic applications and emerging imaging technologies.
One Comment
Steve Michaels
This app is great on the iPod touch. They’ve recently made some great improvements too. If you have an iPad2, this is a must-buy in my opinion.