HalfTone Review – Have some fun by tweaking your pictures
App Type: Uncategorized
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By: Juicy Bits
Version #: 1.6.3
Date Released: 2011-07-18
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Price: 0.99
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I’m not a big fan of photo-editing software for iPad/iPhone. But of course, I have not checked everything, and developers can always surprise me. I was able to grab HalfTone for free a few days ago, and it has been surprisingly fun and incredibly effective.
HalfTone is a neat photo editing software (universal app, works both in iPad and iPhone) to add an aged half-tone effect to photos. They’ll look almost like cartoons from the 50s, with those orange-and-yellow Beware! and Noooooo!. Instead of Batman falling around, you can add these captions to your pictures from your holidays.
With plenty of fonts, pre-made stamps and papers, HalfTone is a neat and effective way to add some "looks" to run-of-the-mill pictures you can take with your iPhone or iPad 2, or to have a funny afternoon adding fun captions to keep your friends a little more entertained in those 2 hours slideshows you love to prepare for them.
The app is being constantly improved by the developers: they recently added a few suggestions by users (in-app cropping, full-size editing) and can be seamlessly connected to Twitter or Facebook to share your pictures without any hassle. They can even be printed through AirPrint.
It is a cheap application, but very well-done and effective. It won’t hurt to have it around for when you need it: it can save a boring Sunday afternoon and turn it into something else, more 50s style with lots of Booom! and Hahahahaha.
Quick Take
Value:Very high
Would I Buy Again:Yes
Learning Curve:Low
Who Is It For:Almost anyone
What I Like:The final results look nice and fun
What I Don't Like:I can't create my own stamp texts
Final Statement:A great app to add some juice to your shots
Halftone adds an aged halftone-style printing effect to photos to give them a unique, vintage look. With 27 paper styles, nine built-in layouts, two caption styles, six different speech balloon styles, 24 stamps, and the ability to choose a font (including three embedded fonts), photos can be customized, then saved to the photo album, sent via e-mail, shared with friends on Facebook and Twitter, and printed.
Features
- Universal app that runs on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
- 27 paper styles, from crisp and clean to distressed and aged
- Two different caption styles, including one with a large initial character and a gradient background
- Six speech balloon styles
- 24 stamps (BLAM!, Arrrggh!, etc.) with customizable colors
- Nine unique layouts, including layouts without any captions or borders
- The ability to use any installed font at Small, Medium, and Large sizes
- Three licensed fonts: Digital Strip, Alter Ego, and Billy the Flying Robot
- Two of the licensed fonts include international characters (Alter Ego and Billy the Flying Robot)
- Support for front-facing camera
- Support for flash modes
- Support for camera zoom
- Support for tap to focus
- Photos are captured with the built-in camera, selected from the photo album, or pasted from the pasteboard
- Final Halftone images can be saved to the photo album, sent via e-mail, shared directly with friends on Facebook and Twitter, and printed
- Choice of Twitter image upload services: yfrog and TwitPic
- Settings screen for more customization
- Ability to work with full size images
- Ability to automatically save camera images to the photo album
- Option to enable/disable blending of the original image
- Option to enable/disable pre-processing of the original image
- Control of halftone dot size, including the ability to turn them off
- Setting for dot gain
- Ability to easily reset to default settings
- Setting to turn off the introductory screen
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Article By ruben
Ruben Berenguel is finishing his PhD in Mathematics while writing in mostlymaths.net about being a 'geek of all trades'. He also happens to be the senior editor in the What's on iPhone network: any complaints go to him!
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