IPhoneography: "Try to see the world differently." Part 2: Leme Cam + Magic Hour

This is the second part of the series of articles devoted to a new direction in the art of photography - iPhoneography. The first review, you can find here.

Over the past couple of years there was an incredible amount of soft-camera simulating analog circuits experimental photography, as well as inventing new types based on the traditional. And the choice of programs, from a very modest, has become extremely large. Duplicate applications, similar set of effects and lotions one another, and all together on something of a Hipstamatic type pioneers or Camera +, fruitful and multiplying, filling the AppStore shelves. And periodically Ryskov to these ever-growing deposits, comes to mind comparisons with the Chinese market, which lie on the counter to pain Soup familiar but with strange names like Nokla (Nokla), Panasunic (Panasunik) or funny iPhone based on Android with TV antenna.

By this joy of finding something original, interesting and fresh it is comparable with sensations from the very first application. Sometimes innovation continues a certain series, or made in the style of a well-known applications, but not as kopi- pastes and rethinking, their sets of filters or styles. About multiple applications of this type, I want to tell you today.

leme Cam, Another camera-style Hipstamatic c wide choice of on-board effects. Here, you and Tilt Shift, Toy and Lomo, 2 Exposure, «kvadriptihi" and a lot more delicious.

And though I have used a comparative phrase "another", it said without reproach or accusation of plagiarism, but rather to determine the place in a number of other apps. Common in many applications of this type:

• Some analog-fotoapparatny interface is designed in a pleasant, hyper-realistic manner.
• A set of interchangeable lenses / lens.
• Films and / or frames (frames)

All this together creates style sets simulate some real-world or invented camera. Thus, the basis of ideology is in a specific, experimental recording, when it is based on a process using a filter instead subsequent processing.

As you probably noticed, there are applications in which the recording and subsequent processing are independent of one another. In such applications, usually no matter how the picture was obtained: the built-in soft-shot camera or downloaded from the library. But there are applications where the two processes closely, inextricably linked (as in the same Hipctamatic) and does not involve downloading images from the outside, or it is the secondary.

Typically, in the second type applications, image processing is also configured to capture process (as if choosing real film or a lens analog cameras, for a scheduled photo session) and such applications I love more, for quite understandable reasons, the development of imagination in users.

A person taking a soft chamber gradually memorizes the result of applying each filter, and eventually begins to see the frame advance of the shooting, a right it already style. Those. his imagination redraws the selected object in advance in the image, which is obtained later, after the shooting of the frame. And it is exactly the quality that is necessary for any person interested in photography: see the plans before it is removed and printed. But back to the Leme Cam.

In the current version of the application included 9 types of cameras with interchangeable lens sets (KIR Royal, Dark Forest, Frozen Blue, Fantastic Leman, Angel's Kiss, Paradise, Vio Politan, Margartia, Blue Hawaii, Black Velvet, Fallen Angel, Bloody Mary, Classic Leme). The choice of how to see the rich, and in combination with different types of lenses of cameras, it is possible to achieve very interesting results, not inferior, many times to remember, Hipstamatic, and most importantly did not duplicate it, and quite original. It is worth noting that some types of styles camera lenses have no choice (this camera: HDR, 2 Exposure, Super 4, the Action 4) and This greatly upset, as the notorious fantasy incarnation requires some ideas, and the program solves for us in the mode Random.

Of grief and lack of fine tuning mode 2 Exposure, Super 4, the Action 4. The cells of this kind, with similar modes (I think we'll talk about them), you can adjust the speed block change in double and / or multiple exposure, or even manually release the shutter (which is convenient Total). In all other respects, the choice of filters and shooting herself realized very, very convenient.

Style selection process occurs as in Hipstamatic: camera type, lens frames (frame) select the settings (CamBag), then specifying the resolution of the image (Normal or High) and the effect setting (random or manual), proceed to the actual process. The images are very interesting, causing WOW-effect ...

And also, like namozolil language compared Hipstamatic have a random selection mode filters, so to say the style roulette. Amer shaken and Leme Cam will choose the style, the lens and the frame, but how well... but for those who played in the "one-armed bandits" will love it. Even changing the filter on the iPhone screen is a bit like running a slot machine symbols.

The finished "work of art" can share the in Twitter, Facebook, a bunch of Chinese social networks, as well as send e-mail, upload to Flickr, and Picasa (ie considered to be published in the fashion now plus.google.com.) And all of this having supplied their comments and geo-tagged.

Oh yes! Still at Leme Cam has its own, a good social network, and when you press the Share button, you are automatically Go there a picture. But if you do not want to publish your creation (well, you never know what you have filmed), click Private.

All you sent in Leme Cam network can be viewed: click Feed (or my photo) and go to the section of the finished material. Here you can see how the rss-stream images uploaded to the service and stored privately in store program. You can also view popular photos, of other users, and add Friends (zafollovit) someone in this tape, note the interesting pictures as favorites, or find someone you are geographically close to the City Section Wall. And once again I emphasize the similarity, but with Instagram. Although most likely due to the similarity of common ideology, but some programs to implement them before, it has become something of a household name, causing the desire to compare it with them as pioneers of the movement.

But back to the section of the footage. Tighter are the settings of your account. Since you probably do not, then in no time you can make uchetku tied to the previously described social networks and photo sharing. Plus, customize saving (or not saving) your shots on the program by the library and the online service in your Camera Roll the iPhone (for me personally, it is urgent to send to the service of the program).

In fact this can finish the story about Leme Cam, but there are a couple of "add-ons". If you wanted to design the interface, exotic, or you fantat (or just a fan) film series "Pirates of the Caribbean", you can download a specially crafted application Leme Camera-CaribbeanWithout coma than lung changes in design and specific, marine sound schemes do not differ from the main application.

But supporters of the "first circuit" (remember my description of the two ideologies), might like version LemeLeme, Bears little resemblance to fellow Leme Cam. Here reigns the separation process of shooting processing and photography.

LemeLeme interface looks poorer and simpler, and filters, so to speak, at times less. And if we compare, I would say that Sia closer in spirit to the program rather instagram or picplzAnd the main task LemeLeme rather a social. Those. we shoot a picture or load from the Camera Roll, treated with one of the 17 filters, add to them nameplate label in a beautiful edging, or do fotokolazhik 8 (or less) of the photos. Result is sent to the local social network with parallel loading into one of the previously mentioned services.

Thus, in a complex procedure LemeLeme experimental photography simplified to a simple filter, but completely preserved the social part. I think on it, you can leave the application Leme alone. Then you will be able to examine it themselves, benefit all three programs are free of charge.

App Store: leme Cam
App Store: Leme Camera-Caribbean
App Store: LemeLeme
Price: Free

We continue to separate the wheat from the chaff among the photographic and psevdofotograficheskih iOS-applications.

Let's look at another interesting application - Magic Hour. Developers "modestly" defined its purpose: "camera filters and unlimited." Yes, it is, because these sets of filters and correct all the same could be said of presets or styles, do not replenished every day and every minute. In the 20 minutes that I conjured her, right before your eyes in the "store" 2 new presets have been added.

Well let's briefly about the application: When the application starts, we proposed to remove the traditional new photo or choose from the library. Also, on the main page there is a filter catalog is divided into 4 positions: Selected by default presets, your presets and download from the store.

Now the notorious store, I commemorated the third time. There's also a separate button on the homepage in the Filter Market at the bottom of the login screen with an endless range of different assemblies styles. And what a pleasure, all the filters free (still) and established by the Magic Hour users. You can also make your hand and sketched a filter, place it in the Filter Market.

But let's go further. Removing, or upload a photo, it can be rotated or expand (flip). Alas Kropa or even some kind of geometric changes in the Magic Hour is not present. Next to a picture can be one of the regular priment filters, or downloaded from the Filter Market. For the convenience of presets are also spaced apart by favorites, staff, and your downloaded.

Any of the filters can be changed by pressing the Make Your Own Filter. The editor available to us:

• change the saturation, brightness, contrast.
• white balance in curves on the common channel or separately for the selected RGB.
• nice set of vignettes. On some of them manual installation is possible
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• texture mapping, to create a worn, scratched, splashed and so forth. pictures. The choice is not too small, and too many have manually adjustable blending percentage.
• well beyond the traditional frames. Where are we without them.
• separate button displayed in the translation b & w. Why is it necessary, in the presence of the color adjustment and lights of adjust to, a mystery to me.

So, changing the filter or from scratch by creating their own, setting its title and giving him a description, you can save yourself a filter to share their creations with the world by sending it in the same market. But from here, and then we take all of these filters are unlimited Gathering continuously from all over the world. Good or bad, I do not know. Of course, in such a large percentage of the heap frank "slag", but I thoroughly digging himself a couple of dozen preserved.

After shamanism with filters or settings, the ability to somehow spoil the picture change has not ended. We are still waiting for the magic, and so popular in recent years with the filter button TiltShift - blurred the radial or horizontal, two parallel tench. This filter is implemented traditionally not bad, it has the ability to manually adjust the blur.

Now all. Our picture, after all the manipulations hopelessly decked, and you can share them by clicking Share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquarem, upload to Flickr, Dropbox, Posterous, and even Instagram. Send by e-mail or to a printer. Save clipboard. Plus, developers have taken into account the possible desire to further processing, and Other Apps button, you can export to another application.

So in conclusion a few words about the software settings: they are simple. We can choose to run the camera or the main menu at startup. Save or not to save the original image is recorded or not geo-data. Well, and enable or disable hints.

Resolution of the finished image serves only two embodiments: Standart 640 × 640 or High (original).

Here in the program settings, it is possible to login to the above listed social networks and services. Also, turn off the ones that are not going to use. Appendix happened like a series of "one more of ...", but found his niche, using a social component to the national store for free filters. Enabling one frolic, apply a riot of imagination and creativity, creating new presets, and the other the opportunity to use someone successfully invented style. And its 2 bucks app gets quite justified: both an interesting solution to the filter magazine and for a good set of editorial functions. Well, who wants to try first without risking 58 rubles, you can put free Lite-Version. In the "truncated" version you will not be able to save your filter and divided them in the convenience store, as well as impose restrictions on the loading thereof from the convenience store, not more than 4 filters, and authorization (only Standart). Try to program more than enough polite that all editorial opportunities you are in the lite version, plus a considerable set of standard presets (38 pieces).

App Store: Magic Hour - Camera & Unlimited Filter
Price: $1.99
App Store: Magic Hour Lite - Camera & Unlimited Filter
Price: is free.

Successful experiments you a photo!
Yours sincerely, Andrew Barhatov.