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Tutorial – Etchings – Mixing Etchings With Popsicolor
We are delighted to publish the second of many tutorials that we’re planning with the app, Etchings. In this tutorial, our Head of Technical Tutorials, David Hayes, mixes Etchings with another popular app, Popsicolor, with some very interesting results. Don’t miss this (foreword by Joanne Carter). Over to you David… If you would like to purchase Etchings and/or Popsicolor the links are below: Etchings Popsicolor “In my previous tutorial, I covered many of the features offered by Etchings. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how I used the app, Popsicolor along with Etchings to create something new…using the same source image! Just as a bit of…
Gray’s Anatomy – How Ironic – By Richard Gray
Another week has come and gone but just before the weekend starts we have the pleasure in publishing the wonderful words and wisdom of none other, than our great columnist, Richard Gray. This week Richard discusses the ‘history’ of photography in his own very special humorous way, don’t miss this. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Over to you Richard… “I love Hipstamatic’s recent Tintype SnapPak, which includes the C-type (or cyanotype) film. In the words of the Hipsta blurb, this “film” adds a hand-painted quality to your portraiture” (not sure why they mention portraiture in particular – it does allow you take photos of non-portrait things). Some interesting things…
Shooting Star – Sequencing Still Images Into A Movie Format – By Star Rush
We’re delighted to publish this very interesting article by our Columnist Star Rush for her column with us ‘Shooting Star’, which offers inspiration and guidance in seeing as a photographer sees, for those interested in in exploring creative ways to observe, record, and comment upon the small and large moments of one’s life and those people, things and places around them with a smartphone camera. In this article Star takes a look at using still images within a movie style, as Star herself says, ‘it’s a practice for thinking about sequencing photo essays for online or print…’ (foreword by Joanne Carter). Over to you Star… “I collected many…
Year In Focus 2012 – Free Getty Images iBook
Don’t miss this great free book of the week from the iBoostore – today you can pick up Year In Focus 2012 by Getty Images for free. This interactive book is only viewable on an iPad but it looks back over some of the great milestones of 2012. These include the London Olympics, Superstorm Sandy, US re-election and so much more. Click here to download
Using Your iPhone Camera To Detect Diseases – Amazing Tech
I’m aware that that headline is ambiguous and I’m also aware that most of you know I’ve been unwell recently, so perhaps that helped me tune into this brand new app called Uchek. Quite remarkably it is an app that will test your urine sample, don’t worry you don’t have to bring the two into direct contact. How it works is that you produce a urine sample into a suitable container, then using a specially developed color-coded urinalysis strip, you dip that into the sample, next you take a photograph of the results and the app will then analyze it. There are twenty five diseases that Uchek can detect, including…
Tutorial – iPhone Adobe Photoshop Touch Tutorial
Adobe released Photoshop Touch for iPhone and Android smartphones today and both versions are available to download immediately. See our earlier post here. Elaina Wilcox has written a great tutorial to help you start enjoying this app straight away, please take a look at this. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Step 1 ‘I always start my Adobe Photoshop Touch projects by duplicating the layer. Step 2 After duplicating the layer, I used the Adjustment Brush, choosing the Saturation setting to bring more warmth and depth to the veil as well as her face. I wanted there to be a very strong definition separating the veil from her…
A Day in The Life of Gizem Karayavuz – Interview – A Very Talented Photographer/Artist Offering A Deep Psychological Aspect To Her Art
Welcome to our very exciting column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our eighty first installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Gizem Karayavuz. Gizem lives in Istanbul, Turkey where she worked as a financial adviser for three years whilst she studied fine arts part time. She then applied to Turkey-Istanbul Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Painting and graduated in 2012. During…
Wrapcam – Temporarily Free
Wrapcam is a popular app, I wouldn’t describe as ‘the coolest app’ as the developers do but you may find it to be of interest as it is temporarily free today. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69, but if you click here, you can download it for free.
Adobe Brings the Power of Photoshop Touch to Mobile Phones
Adobe today announced the immediate availability of a new version of Adobe® Photoshop® Touch, optimised for iPhone, iPod touch, and Android smart phones. Inspired by the highly successful Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to mobile devices and offers similar intuitive, touch-based gestures and features. “Mobile phones are increasingly becoming the primary tool for people to take and edit photos," said Winston Hendrickson, vice president products, Creative Media Solutions, Adobe. “Adobe is dedicated to serving our customers’ evolving creative workflow and we heard, loud and clear, that Photoshop fans wanted some core Adobe imaging magic on their smartphones.” Adobe Photoshop Touch for…
Thank YOU All From The App Whisperer – Don’t Miss This
I have been so touched by all the outpouring of kindness I have received during my recent illness and hospital stay. I have created a screenshow of the images and some of the messages I received, thank you so much. Please take a look. Click below to play the screenshow
