cross-processing, vignetting, color gradient, film grain, in a square instant frame
I’m not usually one to get effusive about software, but Vignette, my main camera app on my Android phone, is just awesome. Every time my phone alerts me to app updates, I get excited at the possibility that there’s a new Vignette feature. Since I reviewed it in September, Neil and Theresa have added some awesome new ones, really opening up the creative potential of the app.
The most powerful new features are the strip and grid modes, which create composites of four consecutive shots:
A strip of shots with the Holga effect
You can make photobooth-like strips, and you can even do four quarter-frame shots to simulate a Supersampler. My favorite approach is to use that mode to make a panorama:
Four quarterframes make a lo-fi panorama.
Just the other day, a new update added a double-exposure mode. I haven’t done much to explore the possibilities with it yet, but here’s my favorite one so far:
a double exposure: Brighton, and portraits of him on the wall
A few months ago, I found (via TT) a wonderful series of short videos, “Mr. Deity“. There are eight episodes so far, and most of them are brilliant… especially episodes 5 and 7, featuring Lucifer.
But when many anecdotes complement each other, and editors pull that out, you get something cool that no current review database can match. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:46 PM
As I imagine it, wiki-like curation would be an important element. Amazon reviews are useful not just for ave. stars, but anecdotes. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:42 PM
RT@evan Someday knowing the ins and outs of copyright will be like knowing the intricate rules of internal passports in Communist East ... - January 28th, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Federation makes a lot of sense... pre-existing communities centered on X (e.g., Android devices) just set up an instance and federate in. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Cool! My development skills are minimal, but I'm trying to pick up Django by building a rudimentary review site. - January 28th, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Why we need a free culture, community-run review site, independent of any merchant: http://ur1.ca/7x7cn Anybody want to start one with me? - January 28th, 2012 at 12:39 PM