entries tagged ‘photo fx’

4 plastic bullet variations

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I downloaded the Plastic Bullet iPhone app from Red Giant Software yesterday. It provides a less controllable experience than a lot of other apps I use: you either take a photo in-app, or choose one from your photo roll, and the app produces 4 random variations, all ‘retro’ or ‘lomo’ in style. You can choose to save any or all of them, and/or reload for another 4 random styles. I spent ages reloading this image and although the images share characteristics, out of the maybe 100 created, none were exactly the same. This app is going to be loads of fun.

I also downloaded Photo FX from Tiffen. Coming from Tiffen, as you might expect it’s based on a series of filters. I say ‘series’, I mean shed-load. There are so many to choose from I haven’t actually saved any of the images I was playing around with last night. You can layer filters as well, and have a degree of control over each one’s application. Well worth the price.