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iPhone Photography

Randal L. Schwartz, merlyn@stonehenge.comVersion 1.02 on 16 Sep 2011

This document is copyright 2011 by Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011

Categories

• Capture• Processing• Publishing• Education

Monday, September 19, 2011

ProHDR

• Category: capture• My “go to” app for HDR• Can work with existing pictures, or camera• Fast, good results• Can publish directly to sharing services• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

TrueHDR

• Category: capture• Similar to ProHDR• Has “natural/enhanced” selection• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

TimeLapse

• Category: capture• Create a movie from time lapse photos• Lots of options• Includes “single-shot delay” mode• Start by date, timer• End by date, count, timer• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

NightCamera

• Category: capture• Uses accelerometer to shoot only when steady• Fullscreen shutter mode (no hunting!)• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

360 Panorama

• Category: capture• Uses gyro for immediate alignment• Stitches in real-time• Post to sharing services• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

PhotoSynth

• Category: capture• Microsoft’s technology for panoramas• Camera gyro and image matchup drive overlap• Results can be uploaded to Facebook• Interactive viewer for zoom/rotate

• and Photosynth.net• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Soundsnap

• Category: capture• Trigger snapshot at sound threshold• Use bluetooth headset for precise control• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Clearcam

• Category: capture• Two modes: clear, and enhanced• Clear snaps five images, saves least jittery• Enhanced snaps five images for post processing• Pics are combined to 8-megapixel image• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Synthcam• Category: capture• Captures movies, aligns the frames• Small movements simulate large aperture lens• Can also accurately generate tilt-shift images• Shoot through a chain-link fence or bushes!• Also use for auto-stabilized long exposures• Downside: resulting photo is video resolution• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

ClaireVue

• Category: capture• Enhances camera for low-light shots• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Slow Shutter Cam

• Category: capture• Enhances camera for low-light shots• More flexible than ClaireVue• Automatic or manual settings• Light-trail mode• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Magic Shutter

• Category: capture• Take long exposures and repeated exposures• Flash sync• Smart exposure avoids over-exposure• Typical photo-sharing options• Price: $3

Monday, September 19, 2011

Magic Hour• Full name: Magic Hour - Camera & Unlimited

Filter• Category: capture• Flexible camera options• Create complex filters• Share filters on free Filter Market• Post directly to many sharing services• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

HipstaMatic

• Category: capture• Cool effects simulating classic cameras and

lenses• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Pocketbooth

• Category: capture• Fun classic “4 photo strip” camera• Apply image effects for authentic experience• Use flash for even more “realism”• Typical photo-sharing exports• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Fusioncam

• Category: capture• “Toy Camera” feel• Can re-expose same shot for multiple images• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

iMotion HD

• Category: capture• Stop-motion capture with onion-skinning• Export directly as movie to YouTube• Triggers with timer, WiFi, manual, sound• Price: Free• Works with iMotion Remote (also Free)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Stereogram

• Full name is: Stereogram - photos with depth• Category: capture• Take two photos at eye’s gap apart• Creates “wiggling” GIF perceived in 3D• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Camera+• Category: capture/processing• My “main” camera• Flexible picture capture• Pictures are held in intermediate queue• Flexible image processing• Favorite button: “clarity”• Promoted by Lisa Bettany (“Mostly Lisa”)• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

ProCamera

• Category: capture/processing• Similar to Camera+• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Camera Genius

• Category: capture/processing• Similar to Camera+• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

CamWow

• Full name is: CamWow: Free photo booth effects live on camera

• Category: capture• Apply real-time effects and capture image• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

PlayFace

• Full name: Playface - The Ultimate Photo Booth• Category: capture• Like the PhotoBooth effects• Viewed in real-time• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

ToonCamera

• Category: capture• Apply real-time “toon” effect and capture• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

PictureShow

• Category: capture• “Toy Camera” with various post-processing• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Photoshop Express

• Full name: Adobe Photoshop Express• Category: processing• Like having a very lame Photoshop• As in, other apps do all of this better• Links to your photoshop.com storage though• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Photoforge2

• Category: processing• What Photoshop should have been• Multiple layers• Extensive edits• Save edits for repeated use• Price: $3

Monday, September 19, 2011

Picture Effect Magic

• Category: processing• Various picture effects including displacements• Price: Free• Or Picture Effect Magic PRO for $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

ToonPaint

• Category: processing• Turns photos into toons• Inked outlines• Arbitrary color, or paint original color back• Post to sharing services directly• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Halftone

• Category: processing• Turn a series of images into a halftone comic!• Lots of options for text style, balloons, layout• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Filterstorm

• Category: processing• Sophisticated filtering suite• Can manage EXIF/ITPC info• Includes automation (save this setup as...)• Export to Flickr or Dropbox• Price: $4

Monday, September 19, 2011

Iris Photo Suite

• Category: processing• Many filters with live preview• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Photogene

• Category: processing• Comprehensive editing suite• Includes levels and curves over histograms• Add borders, crop to needed dimensions• Export directly to social streams• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Perfect Photo

• Category: processing• Simplified “fix my photo” tool suite• Export to social streams• Price: $1• Or Perfect Photo Free (for Free with ads)

Monday, September 19, 2011

MonoPhix

• Full name is: MonoPhix - Vintage meets Technology

• Category: processing• Convert to monochrome• Easy one-click, or custom controls for override• Can generate sepia• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

TiltShift Generator

• Full name: TiltShift Generator - Fake Miniature• Category: processing• Create fake TiltShift miniature by selective blur• Clear area is circle, oval, or line• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Dynamic Light

• Category: processing• Turn a picture into fake HDR• Might increase clarity• Might just make it look ugly• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Montage

• Category: processing• Layer an unlimited number of pictures• Control cropping, rotation, opacity• Add text and clip-art• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Juxtaposer

• Category: processing• Take small item from one picture into another• Put your head on someone else’s body• Simple to use (erase unwanted, then place)• Price: $3

Monday, September 19, 2011

FaceShift

• Category: processing• Like Juxtaposer, but auto-detect faces• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

PhotoGoo

• Category: processing• Pinch and bulge any picture by dragging finger• Lots of fun• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Relievos

• Category: processing• Pull a 2-D image into a 3-D relief• Share resulting image on Twitter/Facebook• Result points at a Flash website to view

• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

FrontView

• Category: processing• Very handy utility: straighten off-axis images• Just identify the four corners• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Grungetastic

• Category: processing• Make picture look old and grungy• Add borders• Control everything, or hit “random”• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

PhotoArtista - Oil

• Category: processing• Convert image to oil painting• Fine control over brush strokes• Price: $3

Monday, September 19, 2011

Impression

• Category: processing• Add visual watermark to images• Logo or text• Leaves original images unmodified• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Image Blender

• Category: processing• Like Photoshop layer modes• Layers can be resized and rotated• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Color+

• Category: processing• Selective color delete and replace• Post directly to Facebook• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

TouchRetouch

• Category: processing• Like Photoshop’s content-aware healing• Select areas to remove from image• Use brush or lasso

• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Liquid Scale

• Category: processing• Like Photoshop’s content-aware resize• Select either areas to preserve, or remove• Live-seams view for advanced usage• Horizontal or vertical mode• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

AutoStitch Panorama

• Category: processing• Combines shots to a composite• Shots can be any orientation or arrangement• ... as long as they have some overlap

• Auto or manual crop of result• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

SketchMee• Category: processing• Turn photos into sketches• Default mode is not bad• But you can customize everything

• Leave monochrome, or add original color back• In-app upgrade for PDF export• Creates hi-res strokes for unlimited scaling

• Price: $2 ($5 more for PDF)

Monday, September 19, 2011

FX Photo Studio

• Category: processing• Filter images with 194 effects• Create combo presets• Post to sharing services• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

Tiny Planet Photos

• Category: processing• Warp a horizontal image around a circle• Works best with open sky at top• Can also create hollow-planet (warp inside)• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Picframe

• Category: processing• Combine multiple photos into a single frame• Many adjustable layouts available up to 4 images• Resize and position each image easily• Control width and color of borders• Publish directly to sharing services• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

MobileMonet

• Category: processing• Turn photo into Monet-style painting• Sketch mode starts with monochrome• Selectively paint in color from original• Publish to Facebook• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Flickr

• Category: publishing• Official Flickr app• Upload pictures to Flickr• View your photos by set or tag• View your friend’s streams, or search• Make comments, mark as favorites

• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Instagram• Category: publishing• Take picture or use library• Process using interesting filters• Recently added tilt-shift processing• Instant sharing to most social streams• Follow others, add comments on their photos• Website is not friendly• Picture is always square• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

PicPlz• Category: publishing• Take picture or use library• Process using interesting filters• Instant sharing to most social streams• Website is friendly• Comments and favorites from web• Picture uploads supported

• Images can be arbitrary dimensions• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Streamzoo• Category: publishing• Newcomer, challenging Instagram• Introduced Tilt-Shift, causing Instagram to add• Added features:• Meaningless points• Hashtags (including trending)

• Full web experience (like PicPlz)• Price: Free

Monday, September 19, 2011

Photo 365

• Full name: Photo 365 - Remember Your Year One Photo at a Time

• Category: education• Reminds you to take a picture a day• Organize the pictures in a calendar view• Publish to sharing services• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

Photo Academy

• Category: education• Organized into multiple articles• Basics (“holding the camera”)• Intermediate (“settings”)• Advanced (“composition”)• Shoot diary• Price: $1

Monday, September 19, 2011

PhotoBuddy• Category: education• Calculate sunrise/sunset at location• Calculate moonphase on given date• Calculate rolled-program settings• Calculate depth-of-field• Includes most modern cameras, or custom

• White balance guide• Price: $2

Monday, September 19, 2011

PocketChris• Category: education• Chris Marquardt from Tips From The Top Floor• PocketChris Photography Basics: Free• Exposure I; Subject; Depth of Field; Exposure

II; White Balance; Distance; Holiday Special• PocketChris Advanced Photography I: $2• Stability; Histogram and RAW; Metering;

Advanced Exposure; Perspective; Pattern Matching; Sensor Size; Focal Length

Monday, September 19, 2011

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• Twitter: @merlyn• Personal blog: merlyn.posterous.com• merlyn, realmerlyn, or RandalSchwartz

Monday, September 19, 2011

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