#Pixlr o matic for desktop high res update#
#Pixlr o matic for desktop high res for android#

The film roll menu allows you to pick from the included filters. And with separate film and lighting filters it offers 806 possible combinations not including border options. Overall, it's a very straightforward and easy to use app. In addition to 'film' filters the app also offers lighting effects that emulate bokeh, light leaks and streaks that can be superimposed over the image. The 26 available filters range from B&W to psychedelic. It's not possible to stack or adjust filters, you just have to take them as they are, fortunately there are quite a few to choose from. Much like 100 Cameras in 1, Pixlr-o-matic is a simple application that offers a library of filters and borders that can be applied to your images. The border however was just chosen at random. Pixlr-o-matic (Free)įor this image I chose the 'Sophia' film to add saturation and vignette which brings focus to the subject.

#Pixlr o matic for desktop high res update#

Following a major update Instgram now allows you to save full-sized originals alongside the adjusted versions. Images created with Instagram are saved as 612 by 612 px which are posted online, and saved to your phone. One of the key features of instagram is it's photo-sharing network. You can edit photos from your library as well as take a new photo with in the Instagram app. What makes Instagram different to more convent ional image-sharing applications is that it offers a wide range of 'off the peg' grainy, lo-fi filters, intended to be applied before your images are uploaded.Īs well as a range of 'nostalgic' filters, Instagram also includes a simulated tilt-shift effect that can be adjusted to add an artificially decrease depth of field to make images look like miniatures or just add emphasis to your subject.

#Pixlr o matic for desktop high res for android#

Instagram is a free application currently only available for the Apple iPhone (development for Android is currently underway), which is designed to allow you to quickly apply filter effects to your images and post them to a photostream, where contacts can view and comment upon them. I also applied a tilt-shift blur to the bottom of the image to push the eye upwards.

In this image I chose the 'Hefe' filter to emphasize the green color of the sail cover. The list of apps covered in this article are as follows: Almost all of the most popular photo sharing apps have some kind of 'lo-fi' or toy camera filter available, but for the purposes of this article we have chosen to focus on some of the most representative apps in the 'lo-fi' genre for Apple's iOS. The Apple iPhone (the latest iteration of which is currently the most popular camera on Flickr) was the catalyst for an explosion in inexpensive photo-effects applications, or 'apps' which has powered the current craze in lo-fi photography.Īpplications such as Instagram and Hipstamatic (both heavily steeped in the lo-fi aesthetic) allow you to create compelling images that previously would have required both a digital camera and a computer to create and share. The cameras built into mobile phones are responsible for a huge amount of the photographs posted every day to social networking and photo-sharing sites like Flickr, Facebook and Google's Picassa. Of course, while satisfyingly authentic, film lacks the addictive instant feedback that digital can provide. This is one reason why 'classic' toy cameras, of the sort produced in China and the former USSR remain fashionable today, and updated versions can still be found for sale new. Inevitably, some photographers - even those who might have enthusiastically embraced digital imaging in the past - miss the more ethereal, unpredictable results that they remember getting from film. There is no direct equivalent of looking at a photograph at '100%' with film, yet it is the first thing many of us do when reviewing our digital photographs. We're much less likely to accept minor errors in composition or focusing when shooting digitally, partly because they're much easier to spot and fix with the camera still in our hands, but also because we tend to look at digital images much more closely. When shooting digitally, we're so used to on-screen histograms and instant previews that our critical standards are higher.

With film, you never know exactly what you're going to get until the point of development or printing. Traditionally, in film cameras, these traits were caused by inexpensive plastic lenses, light leakage and color and exposure changes created by creative or inexpert film processing.ĭigital is a highly creative medium, but it is very different to film. Amongst other things, 'lo-fi' images are characterized by over or under exposure, distortion, intense grain and low color fidelity. What used to be a quirky side-effect of cheap toy cameras, the so-called 'lo-fi' look has become increasingly fashionable among digital photographers in the past couple of years.