hey, right here are my trade secrets, with a brief run down
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gorilla cam a free app i got really for the self timer and the 3 shot burst also a time lapse on there but i didn't really get on with it and haven't used it in quite some time but its free so musnt grumble
2 out of 10
next up is the
plastic bullet OK app just take a photo and it will drop lots of random filter effects, fun to start but quite restricting as you dont have the ability to tweak
3 out of 10
colour splash seems pretty basic and single use to start, you start with your photo in b&w or colour then brush the parts you want in colour or b&w i have started using the very light brush and pulling the colour through if you start with a dark image and use the b&w layer you can almost get a light bounce effect
8 out of 10
slow shutter has been mentioned above and as you can see Hamish has had some nice results I'm still playing around with it racking my brains for a unique use, i really like this app
8 out of 10
auto stitch is for me one of the best 360/panoramic apps on the market take lots of photos in the standard iphone camera jump into the app and it puts them all together i found it very impressive and the auto stitching is very intuitive, after its done you can crop the pic. best bit is you dont loose any resolution I'm currently enjoying bending lines, bad continuity,also a fish eye effect can be obtained by moving the angle of the phone and keeping the lens centered.
9 out of 10
blurfx is a great app enabling you to blur specific objects or subjects with a choice of motion Gaussian or median with the ability to alter the severeness of the blur it also has the option to alter saturating,vignette and you can also drop basic filters over the image
8 out of 10
PS express, personally i was disappointed with the function and options on there i just thought adobe would really pull something special out the bag, saying that its the first place i go for colour balance,contrast and saturation the only gripe i have is that the preview pic is quite low res to what is saved but i guess thats for speed
7 out of 10
tiltshiftgen is a great well functioning app letting you drop a spherical or linear blur to really make your subject pop i use this app a lot just get it!!
9 out of 10
hipstamatic is a fun app lets you choose the flash the lens an the film for your plastic box its good fun but high quality pics take ages to save and veiw, with so many variations to choose from it gets really frustrating
6 out of 10
itimelapse is great, I have made some silly animations on it but nothing to do with image editing
instagram the current buzz word of the day! twitter for the visually fluent i really enjoy it !
8 out of 10
saving the best till last
sketchbook, i love this app its the closest I have found to photo shop allowing you to add multi layers edit brushes, size and opacity fully. first glance it is a very well done sketch pad but a little ingenuity and knowing your way round the app the possibilities are endless
9 out of 10
basically ive spent some time sorting the wheat apps from the chaff apps to obtain the closest i can to a photoshop like editing suite on my iphone most photographs i edit are pulled through 3 or 4 apps to get a finished product
coloursplash
slowshutter
autostitch
blurFX
PS express
tiltshiftgen
sketchbook
these are the ones you want!
hope it helps
