Photo Studio for the Mac/iPad/iPhone

Photo Studio Weekend Discounts

I received an email from the MacPhun developers telling me about special discounts this weekend on Photo Studio - for the Mac/iPhone and iPad....Well worth the investment - this is one terrific application...


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Dramatic Black and White for the Mac

New application arrived on my screen this morning - Dramatic Black and White - an Application for the Mac.....We have all used this on the iPhone and iPad and now it is on the Mac. This application from the same people who bring us the Artista applications like Oil, Haiku and Grungetastic....Really good developers and they did not let us down with their new offering....They are definately ahead of the Mac App game at the moment....

So I thought I would process an iPhone image on my mac...I used the new Mac application to convert the original image (at the bottom of this blog page) to Black and White - there are a multitude of choices in the Mac App - good choices by the way from Black and White look to grain structure.......

Random Color Painted IN

I then took the image into the iPad and painted back in some random color using Filterstorm....Check out this app whether on your mac or mobile device....so much fun...

Black and White conversion below....

Processed in Dramatic BW on the Mac

Original Image below:

Applications on the MAC

Original

I have been playing with the applications available for the mac using both iPhone and high resolution images. Additionally after finishing on the Mac I import back into the iPad2 for finishing, usually in Filterstorm.

Today's Image above was an iPhone TrueHDR original. I then took this image into the Mac application Hand Tint and painted in some vintage color.

Next it was Grungetastic on the mac for a frame and a slight bit of grunge effect.....

 

Then it was photo studio on the mac to add noise and a few filters.....photo studio is an excellent choice for subtle textures and color..

I imported this last image and the original into photoshop as layers. With the Noise on top and the original on the bottom I set the opacity to 80% and the blending mode to darken creating the image below.

Using wireless I imported the image above back into the iPad2. Used Old Photo Pro to create the antique look and then made local corrections using Filterstorm...Below is the final....

I forgot to mention that I used the watercolor effect in Photo Forge - slipped my mind exactly where...

I like working with these applications on the Mac....Give me many more creative choices and ways to bend the rules....give them a try....