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iPhone Photography App Technical Tutorial – PhotoStation – Taking A Look At Layering
We have published many iPhone Photography app technical tutorials with PhotoStation, formerly known as AnyShape – Photo Editor here at theappwhisperer.com (TAW). If you have missed those, please go here. This time our Head of Technical Tutorials, David Hayes takes us through the practice of Layering within PhotoStation, this is a new feature that was recently included in a new update. PhotoStation retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here. When PhotoStation first came out as AnyShape, it was a quite interesting app given its unique Bezler selection tool. My first articles focused on using this tool…. and I’ll have to say it took awhile to fully master…
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Technical iPhone Photography App Tutorial With Halftone 2
We’re delighted to publish our latest Technical Tutorial, this time exploring Halftone 2, written by our Head of Technical Tutorials, David Hayes. We have published several articles and tutorials using the earlier version of Halftone and if you’ve missed those, please go here. We also published a Creative Tutorial, using Layout and Halftone apps in combination, by Nettie Edwards – if you missed that please go here. This tutorial focuses on the very latest version of Halftone, aptly called Halftone 2 and David gives an absolutely fabulous overview to really help you get to grips with it. It’s an incredible comprehensive tutorial and one that we feel you will find…
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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…
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Image Blender Tutorial – Creating Unique Images
Image blender is a wonderful app to help you create unique images. This short tutorial will show you how to accomplish this. This tutorial was created before the recent update to Image Blender. There are some changes in the the update on the bottom controls. Even with the changes you can follow this tutorial easily. Original Image Number 1 These are the two images I chose to blend, a yellow field flower and a fossil rock with interesting markings. Original Image Number 2 Step 1 I brought the two images into Image Blender. The image on the left (bottom thumbnail) is the dominant image, which determines…
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Image Blender Tutorial – How To Create A Stunning Composite Image
The Image Blender app is a easy and wonderful way to blend different images together to get a unique look. With the new update to this app, you can now take the second image and arrange and mask. It can also be useful to up a resolution that was cut down by another app. In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to create a stunning image from many composites. Take a look at this. If you’re inspired don’t hesitate to download this app. It is one of the most popular iPhone photography apps currently available. Image Blender retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here. Step 1…
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Olloclip Tutorial – How To Create An Incredibly Artistic Macro Image With An Olloclip
The Olloclip lens system consists of three lenses. A wide-angle, fish-eye and a macro lens. The macro lens magnifies your image roughly around ten times. It allows you to get close to focus on your subjects with your iPhone, usually within 12 to 15 mm of your subject. In this tutorial I take you through the steps necessary to recreate this incredibly artistic macro image. Step 1 I arranged the daisies in a short vase and set them against a black velvet backdrop in natural light. I used 645 Pro on my iPhone 4S with the Olloclip macro lens attached. My film choice was FC5 in a 6×6…
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Olloclip Tutorial – Macro Insect Photography
The Olloclip lens system consists of three lenses. A wide-angle, fish-eye and a macro lens. The macro lens magnifies your image roughly around ten times. It allows you to get close to focus on your subjects with your iPhone, usually within 12 to 15 mm of your subject. In this tutorial I talk through my experiences when using the macro lens on the Olloclip. We are still in the midst of winter in Australia but the unseasonably warm weather has brought out some creatures, one of which was this adorable caterpillar. Step 1 I use the app 6×6 for almost all of my macros. I find it the…
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Olloclip Tutorial – Creating A Stunning Macro Flower Image, Using An Olloclip
The Olloclip lens system consists of three lenses. A wide-angle, fish-eye and a macro lens. The macro lens magnifies your image roughly around ten times. It allows you to get close to focus on your subjects with your iPhone, usually within 12 to 15 mm of your subject. With the Olloclip macro lens I had to learn how close to get to my subject in practice and when to back up. Initially, I tended to get in very close to my subject and then have to back up to get some kind of focus. It does help to have your iPhone on some kind of tripod/support to keep your hand…
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Wood Camera – iPhone Photography Tutorial – How To Create A Dynamic Image – Part 2
As I mentioned in my earlier Wood Camera tutorial, I didn’t warm up to this app right away. When I first looked at it, my thoughts were those of “not impressed… I already have apps that do the same thing…” These thoughts quickly changed as I started working with Wood Camera. This tutorial is the second of two were I will show you how to quickly create a dynamic image…without having to leave the app! If you haven’t picked up Wood Camera yet, you can do so here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49/download. Final Image This is the final image, the one we are going to show you how to…
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Wood Camera – iPhone Photography Tutorial – How To Create A Dynamic Image
I will have to admit that I didn’t warm up to this app right away. When I first looked at it, my thoughts were those of “not impressed… I already have apps that do the same thing…” These thoughts quickly changed as I started working with Wood Camera! This tutorial is the first of two were I will show you how to quickly create a dynamic image…without having to leave the app! If you haven’t picked up Wood Camera yet, you can do so here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49/download. This is the final image, the one we are going to show you how to create. Step 1 …