Tofucubed: December 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

A Hard Days Night

ToyCamera/PhotoForge on iPhone
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TiltShiftGen/PhotoForge on iPhone
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Here's a few more photos I've accumulated throughout the past 2 weeks, all shot and digitally manipulated using the iPhone 3GS and iPhone apps. I'm noticing that the iPhone's preview image is quite off compared to when viewed on a computer monitor. Contrast and saturation levels are the main issues. This resulted in a bit of back and forth, manipulating the images using the PhotoForge app to get the desired look.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Piperoid

Camera/TiltShiftGen/PhotoForge on iPhone
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Paper pipe robots. More fun with the iPhone, this time to test out the "TiltShiftGen" app. This app attempts to simulate the optical effect of a Toy Camera (film Box Camera). There are some interesting filters which can be applied such as the shallow depth of field and a border vignette. There's also another app called the "ToyCamera" which has more presets for color tinting but doesn't allow for much control over the bluring or vignette. In this case I would prefer to use "TiltShiftGen" and adjust the colors in "PhotoForge". I know this all sounds horrible considering I have a SLR camera which I enjoy using, but considering the fact that I'm using an iPhone 3GS I'm really interested in what the hardware along with the apps can do as a whole.