Repix – Review/Tutorial Of This Brand New iOS Photography App
When I was asked if I wanted to take a look at a beta version of a new app and then write about it…well…of course I did! So after a couple of emails to get myself set up as a “tester”, the app Repix showed up on my iPhone 5. What follows is my first look at what this app can do…and I found many things that impressed me! (Please keep in mind as you read this review, that I was looking at a Beta copy so what you will see when it hits the App Store may be somewhat different. Also…I only had a short window of time to…
Tutorial – PhotoStation….formerly known as AnyShape – Photo Editor
Last month I sat down to write an article describing the latest up dates on an app that I have given some attention in the past, AnyShape. The developers had updated it and included an in-app camera function and social networking sharing capabilities. Nice, but not really anything to write home about. Then…they came out with an update that allowed for more control on placing the selection points around an image. Now…this was a great enhancement! I had my article about all of this practically in the bag….then…then they came out with yet another update and this one also had a couple enhancements of note! And a name change to…
Benamon Tame Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist
We’re delighted to welcome Benamon Tame as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. We recently featured Benamon Tame in our interview with the World Photography Organization (WPO), if you missed that, please go here. We also recently published a great article by Benamon – ‘A Toys Story or Finding Loki’, if you missed that, please go here. Benamon is a UK based Photographer, iPhone photographer, writer and Gothic Surrealist. His work has been featured on iPhone photography websites and blogs of note. International Galleried artist including the Mobile Photography Awards 2012, the International iPhoneography Show, LA Mobile Arts Festival 2012 and most recently the Light Impressions at Art Basel Miami. Benamon’s…
Layover Tutorial – Putting It Through Its Paces!
For a long time there were only a couple of apps that everyone seemed to use when they wanted to blend layers. Apps like Iris, Image Blender, and Juxtaposer. Each of these have their strengths and are quite dependable blenders. However, you can only blend two layers at a time when using these which can slow you down if, you’re working with more than two layers while building your image. In my first tutorial on the app, Layover, I gave you a quick overview…just enough to get you started. In this tutorial, I’d like to show you how easy it is to use Layover’s layering and blending tools to create…
Our Flickr Group Showcase – Mobile Photography & Imagery – December 02, 2012
Don’t miss this weeks’ Flickr Group Showcase – our group Mobile Photography and Imagery is growing all the time. We now have 15,388 images uploaded. Every week the level of submissions is outstanding, so for the month of December, we have decided to increase our Top Picks. Each showcase will feature 15 images instead of our normal 10. With special thanks this week to Shoot Too Kill, Amy Leibrand, Elodie Hunting, Lola Mitchell, El Aldo, Clearer Reflections, David Hayes, VeronicainMo, JQ Gaines, Catherine Restivo, Sarah Jarrett, dcemmy, Emily Reid, Gary Gardiner, Denis Perekhrest and Cat Morris. Don’t forget to keep uploading your images and next week you could be featured…
AnyShape – Photo Editor – Updated
We’ve mentioned this app several times here and our Head of Technical Tutorials, David Hayes has written some excellent tutorials based on it too, if you’ve missed those you can read them here. This update now includes increased zooming capabilitiy tenfold to provide more control and allow greater precision when working with images captured by older devices with significantly lower resolution cameras. There’s a bunch of other fixes but perhaps (at least to us) the most important part of this update is an integrated TheAppWhisperer icon within the app to go straight to read our tutorials – excellent update! This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded this…
Tutorial – Technical – Layover – A First Look
For a long time there were only a couple of apps that everyone seemed to use when they wanted to blend layers. Apps like Iris, Image Blender, and Juxtaposer. Each of these have their strengths and are quite dependable blenders. However, you can only blend two layers at a time when using these which can slow you down if, you’re working with more than two layers while building your image. Recently the same folks, Peak Systems, that brought us Diptic introduced a new blending app, Layover. It’s been out long enough to work out some of its newness and was updated back in mid-October. What’s special about Layover is that…
Halftone Tutorial – A Closer Look At The Photo Editor – ‘More There Than Meets The Eye’
In the “Tale of the Tilted Lamp” I showed you how easy it was to create a great comic book style panel using Halftone. In this article, I would like to take a closer look at the great Photo Editor that comes with this app and how you can use it to change the “feel” or “mood” of your panel. I also want to show you how the different paper styles available in Halftone and the dot settings can also be put to use! Sounds like a lot to cover in one article…and it is! So I’ll be moving through some things pretty quickly with the suggestion that you open…
Our Flickr Group Showcase – Mobile Photography & Imagery – October 21, 2012
Don’t miss this weeks Flickr Group showcase – our group Mobile Photography and Imagery is growing all the time. Take a look at our Top Ten Picks for this week. To join our Flickr group, go here With many thanks to Hochlander, David Hayes, Millo Salgado, M a r i k o, Fernando Prats, Souichi Furusho, Cindy Patrick, Tal Shafik, Benamon Tame and Dionne Hartnett. Don’t forget to keep uploading your images and next week you could be featured in our showcase too. Many thanks to everyone and have a great weekend! Music in this weeks showcase is JDP – Blue Sky
Pop Dot Comics Tutorial – Step By Step To Having Fun
It seems more and more that app developers are trying to out do each other with all the “bells and whistles” they’re putting into new apps…and I’m sure this will escalate with IOS 6 and the capabilities of iPhone 5. So I’m always happy when I run into an app that is designed for serious fun…and nothing more. Pop Dot Comics by JixiPix is just that type of app! I recently downloaded the app and thought it would be fun to try it out on this image! (I’m not going to show you the final until the end…but don’t worry, this isn’t a long tutorial!) If you would like to…
