Comments for Life in LoFi: iPhoneography

Comment on iPhone 101: How to Restore Deleted Apps to Your iPhone by Pooja patel

Pooja patel — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:33:29 +0000

I kiss lost ma English to Gujarati dictionary … N my exems r on head… I really need day app ri8 now .. I wants to study whole ni8… But m not getting it now in app store now… Pox do help as possible as soon…

Comment on iPhone App Review: FilterMania 2 – low-res and crashtastic. by Katelfina

Katelfina — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:43:18 +0000

It stop working when I download more filters!!!

Comment on LensLight and LensFlare Updated. Now More Megapixels by Julian

Julian — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:07:29 +0000

Hi,
thanks for the post about lens flare. I was wondering if you could put up some information about how much pixel loss there is on some of the other apps out there for iPhone. This has always been a bit of an issue and I have tried to guage whether one app is better at retaining pixels than another, but I would prefer an expert opinion!
Many thanks, and you do a great blog, btw.
Julian

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by LA

LA — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:22 +0000

What does the launch of Oggl mean for the original Hipstamatic app, which remains iPhone-only? “Hipstamatic will still be around and we’ll continue to support it,” says Buick.

“Oggl is a new way to experience its library of lenses and films. It’s no longer about the analogy of a toy camera: Oggl is more or less what we think a point-and-shoot for mobile would be.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2013/may/15/hipstamatic-oggl-nokia-lumia-925

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for ol’ hipstamatic from CEO.

If oggl succeeds hipstamatic goes extinct.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Frennzy

Frennzy — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:37:33 +0000

I was invited last Saturday night and have liked it from the get-go! The only thing I would say that I would change is the fact that when you alter your lens/filter combos on an existing shot, Oggl re-saves over the original shot which must mean more jpeg compression. Not a fan of that. It would be better to just save as a separate photo in addition to the original. I do not believe that Oggl will replace Hipstamatic. The lenses are similar, but not the same. Take the Tinto lens for instance. It only has one version, not the several that alter in Hipstamatic. Same goes for the Americana lens and the Salvador Dali. What is great about Oggl is that it gives you the opportunity to experience lens filter combos so rapidly that you can use it as a test for what would be best in your particular situation- providing you have time to experiment. Then use Hipstamatic to record those great moments. Oggl is its own sharing experience, and I believe, should be viewed as that. I’ve only posted one shot because of the “French Laundry/Backstage Band” build up it was given. So it’s not something I will post to daily. But when I do post, I feel it will be viewed by an appreciative crowd- at least, I hope so. The point is, have fun with it and accept it for what it is- a shared experience.

Comment on Spotlight: iPhoneographer Souichi Furusho by Marty Yawnick

Marty Yawnick — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:47:57 +0000

Have you tried messaging him through Facebook? =M=

Comment on Spotlight: iPhoneographer Souichi Furusho by All about photo

All about photo — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:17:23 +0000

How can we contact Souichi Furusho? Find a biography? Amazing work thank you!

Comment on Analog Camera coming soon to iPhone by munchkin

munchkin — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:56:17 +0000

What I understood from the video, “Marble arch” is the name of the filter, not the building on the picture.

Comment on Analog Camera coming soon to iPhone by John V. Keogh

John V. Keogh — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:09:24 +0000

That’s not Marble Arch, it’s the Brighton Pavilion!

Comment on iPhone Photo App Resolutions by Teedub11

Teedub11 — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:40:33 +0000

Mystic* iphone5 resolution 1600×1600

Comment on Cool Tip: Using LensFlare Studio With Photoshop by LensFlareApp

LensFlareApp — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:31:10 +0000

@Andrew Thanks for the tip for the iPad! LensFlareHD has been replaced by LensFlare and LensLight which are now universal apps. Same with AlienSky.

This is my typical workflow, adding flares and positioning them on an image, then turning off the image layer and saving just the effects layer. I love the flexibility of having separate effect layers in Photoshop (Mac) or Photoshop Touch (iPad).

Comment on Cool Tip: Using LensFlare Studio With Photoshop by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:49:29 +0000

Also just occurred to me that you could do the same with the other apps by adding the flares to a solid black image and then adding that in as a layer

Comment on Cool Tip: Using LensFlare Studio With Photoshop by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:54:13 +0000

Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that you can do this on an iPad with Photoshop Touch and LensFlareHD – this app combines some (but not all) of the capabilities of the two separate Lenslight and LensFlare apps. The big difference though is that it allows you to save just the rendered flare layer by itself if you want to, which the other apps don’t.

So the process goes….
Launch LensflareHD
Load a photo (or don’t it works without it)
Select and position the flares as needed
Press save when done and select “Save Flare Layer Only”

Launch Photoshop Touch
Select the project that you want to work on
Once loaded in the layers column on the right, hit the plus sign
From the menu choose “new photo layer”
Select the saved image from LensFlareHD from your camera roll
Make sure that the flare layer is highlighted in Photoshop touch after its loaded (if its not just tap on it)
At the bottom of the layer column, tap on the stack icon, change the layer blend type to Linear Dodge (Add).

The only bad news is, I can’t find LensFlareHD in the appstore it might be discontinued.

Andrew

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by LA

LA — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:35:43 +0000

4 million have bought, about 1/3 are active users(?.) That’s why they dumbed down the UI for OG, to try to bring those people who dropped back into the fold. Hipstamatic, strange (and absurd) to say years on, is “too complicated” for most. It takes a bit of thought, skill and even talent to get consistent results. Of course for the 1/3 of us that stuck around, that’s kind of the joy. But to each their own.

By the way, you (or hipstamatic) want a great and unsung post processor? Try altphoto. It’s brilliant. A gem. It may be the best there is. I can’t say enough about it.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Techno-Nut

Techno-Nut — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:04:48 +0000

I just don’t see the logic in the developer killing off a cash cow, even if there is a bigger, fatter cow in the barn. Somewhere I read there are 4million Hipstamatic users, and many have purchased “gear” so if that is correct, Hipstamatic has sold upwards of $10m or more in apps and IAP, and everytime they bring out a new lens pack, whamo, a million users D/L it. Cha-ching, cha-ching…

Now comes Oogl, with a new bent, social media clearly is the takeaway here. Post-shot processing is a freebee thrown in to test the waters. If this trial balloon flies high, and enogh of the user base switches, then now say 2million users are paying a buck a month to feed the need, and the remaining users left behind holding on to Hipstamatic are continuing to D/L the ubiqutous Snap Paks each month. Trust me, the developer is not going to let those $1.99 Snap Packs go unsold.

If the trial balloon crashes, so be it, nothing ventured, nothng gained, and the developer goes back to feeding the needs of 4million happy customers.

Another alternative is the trial ballon flies high, showing marked success, and the developer incorporates the code into the aging Hipstamatic camera body, consolidates into a single app, and forces everyone to sign on to the cloud-based subscription model, ala Adobe and CS6 becoming CC.

So many alternatives, so little time.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by LA

LA — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:56:25 +0000

A negative attitude comes when the quality of the product is lower than already exists and seems to be the new replacement of that higher quality product. Even the shooting ratios if oggl are off, as documented at hipstography. How is anyone supposed to he happy about that or think that’s somehow better. The problem is that OG is being positioned to phase out the original and it’s just not as good.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by LA

LA — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:42:04 +0000

Basically the fear is that this low grade quality interface is the first step in phasing out a very high quality product, all for market share. Sort of like chipotle taking over your amazing neighborhood Mexican restaurant. The fear is they simply stop developing for their loyal fan base who supported them in developing an amazing camera. Given the company’s reputation, these fears are well founded. Only so many resources to go around. As they try to move the crowd to oggl, watch how they stop developing gear exclusively for it. I’m sure they have a goal of having all hipstamatic users on OG in 12-18 months, and hipstamatic history.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Techno-Nut

Techno-Nut — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:19 +0000

There are three “differentiators” assuming that all your hipstamatic lenses and films will import someday, 1) social networking interface, 2) post-shot processing, 3) no flash feature. Presumably the last one may be added someday. There would be a fourth differentiator if you have not invested heavily in the Hipstamatic gear already, that being access to ALL lens & film gear that you don’t already have for a monthly or yearly subscription fee.

Regarding the post-shot processing debate, You need to remember that this is a seperate app that no one is forcing you to use. If one wants to continue to shoot from the “hip” using Hipstamatic, no one is stopping you. And presumably, as new gear is delivered to Oogl subscribers monthly, You would think that same gear would be made available to Hipstamaticers at the same time for an IAP like always.

I completely understand their motives in creating a new app (like has been done before) so they can launch new features without disenfranchising much of the current Hipstamatic user base. Where I think they missed an opportunity is to allow Oggl to access (load from) the Camera Roll, and process existing images using the filters. That would really make this different from Hipstamatic, at least so far as workflow is concerned. A much better Swankolab. Let’s make this a real post-processing and social networokng platform, and leave Hipstamatic well enough alone.

Comment on Photo App Focus: iDownsize – Why? by Peter

Peter — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:29:55 +0000

I now have an Ipad. I also Have a 16mb Camera, I also have the Camera kit that allows me to upload my photo’s to the Ipad….But I want to blog some of those pictures so I need to Compress them just for that when I am out on the road.

This app looks like it might do that well

Or do you know different

Peter

Comment on Hueless and Huemore Updated. Now With Uncompressed TIFF by ThePixelated

ThePixelated — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:45:51 +0000

HEY! AWESOME! I love Hueless! I can’t wait to try Huemore!

Comment on Hueless and Huemore Updated. Now With Uncompressed TIFF by Pekka Kupiainen

Pekka Kupiainen — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:23:48 +0000

looks great. hope i win.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Pat

Pat — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:42:43 +0000

A positive comment is welcome even though I’m no Oggl fan.

But a small question on my mind. Once you are able to import lenses & filters from Hipstamatic into Oggl why would you need Hipstamatic anymore?

I can’t help but feel that this is the end of Hipstamatic. They could have incorporated these functions (post-shot editing, sharing) into Hipstamatic but chose instead to create a separate app.

So again, I can’t image why I would need Hipstamatic once I can get all my lenses & filters into Oggl.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Pat

Pat — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:41:02 +0000

A positive comment is welcome even though I’m no Oggl fan.

But a small question on my mind. Once you are able to import lenses & filters from Hipstamatic into Oggl why would you need Hipstamatic anymore?

I can’t help but feel that this is the end of Hipstamatic. They could have incorporated these functions (post-shot editing, sharing) into Hipstamatic but chose instead to create a separate app.

So again, I can’t image why I would need Hipstamatic once I can get all my lenses & filters into Oggl.

Feeling a little bewildered.

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Tom

Tom — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:58:10 +0000

Cara! a positive comment! I really like Oggl too. Though i’m looking forward to being able to import photos i take with Hipstamatic (which by the way has been confirmed for the first update) in the mean time it’s really fun seeing what can be done just with the app alone. It’s interesting to think that all these photos have been made with just these tools, without much editing outside of the Oggl filters. Instagram photos are more of a mystery – you can even import photos taken with a DSLR on instagram!

Comment on Hipstamatic Announces Oggl by Cara Gallardo Weil

Cara Gallardo Weil — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:49:28 +0000

I have been using hipstamatic since the very early days of the launch of the original app. Personally I love Oggl … I think it’s a fantastic step forward and I being able to change the lens and film if I think another combo might work better. In fact I’m discovering new combos all the time. I don’t see why it’s such an issue not being able to import your old Hipsta shots – if oggl didn’t exist you would be able to edit any Hipsta shots. What is wrong with moving forward and taking new shots and playing with those? It seems to me that a negative attitude is what is stopping you really exploring the possibilities. I think it’s well designed and easy to use and I’m sure the team will be addressing some of the issues that have come up. It’s the first release and can only develop with time. We are all entitled to our own opinions of course and mine is a positive one and I would happily pay $10 a year got Oggl.