Out of the box the iPhone is a bit of a no-frills affair, but with a little know-how, you can transform your iPhone into a fun and innovative digital darkroom, photo-editing suite, and photo-sharing tool.
Whether you're an aspiring photographer or just posting casual snapshots to Facebook or Flickr, Create Great iPhone Photos will show you how to take and share truly impressive photographs. You'll learn how to compose photos with your iPhone, use your phone to apply filters and effects, and even manipulate your images with photography apps. You'll also learn how to:
- Edit photos to achieve eye-popping results with apps like Adobe Photoshop Express, Photogene, and ColorSplash
- Produce vintage photobooth style strips and hip, super-saturated, 70s-style photos with apps like Hipstamatic, ShakeItPhoto, and Lo-Mob
- Unlock the secrets of your iPhone's camera with tools like burst mode, high dynamic range (HDR) effects, exposure and focus controls
- Find and install the best iPhone apps for cropping images, adjusting contrast and exposure, and stitching together panoramic photographs
- Publish and share photos directly from your iPhone, without the need for memory cards, cables, or complex desktop photo-editing tools
With the help of Create Great iPhone Photos, you'll learn how to turn your iPhone into a mini-darkroom, with Photoshop (and a host of other apps) right there in your pocket. And you thought it was just a phone.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
- The more than 50 million iPhone users worldwide
Amateur photographers looking to improve their skills
- Anyone wanting to take professional-level photographs
- Geeks who love to maximize the features of their gadget
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 23.3 cm
Breite: 17.7 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-285-2 (9781593272852)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Allan Hoffman has been a writer and editor for 25 years and is currently the technology columnist for The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest daily newspaper. He has written about technology, digital photography, and the iPhone for Newsday, the New York Times, and Wired.com. He maintains a photoblog at whatiseenow.com and is the author of 50 Fun Ways to Internet (Career Press).
Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; iPhone Basics; What This Book Covers; Chapter 1: iPhone Camera Essentials; 1.1 Reasons to Love Your iPhone Camera; 1.2 Simplicity--and Limitations; 1.3 The iPhone's Duo of Photography Apps; 1.4 Taking Photos with the Camera App; 1.5 Viewing Photos on Your iPhone; 1.6 Transferring Your iPhone Photos to Your Computer; 1.7 Using iTunes to Sync Photos to Your iPhone; 1.8 Accessories for Your iPhone Camera Bag; 1.9 The iPhone Photography Credo; Chapter 2: Customize Your iPhone Camera; 2.1 Building Your Dream Camera; 2.2 A Crash Course on Photography Apps; 2.3 Using Apps to Add "Missing" Features to Your Camera; 2.4 Replacement Camera Apps; 2.5 The Big Decision: Use the Camera App or Another App?; Chapter 3: Photoshop in Your Pocket; 3.1 Your iPhone Is Your Darkroom; 3.2 Enhancing--and Fixing--Your Photos with Image Editors; 3.3 Adobe Photoshop Express; 3.4 Photogene; 3.5 PhotoForge; 3.6 Iris Photo Suite; 3.7 PerfectPhoto; 3.8 Automatic Adjustments--and Improvements--with a Few Taps; 3.9 You've Only Just Begun; Chapter 4: Filters, Effects, and Recipes; 4.1 Powerful Filters and Effects with Photo fx; 4.2 Quick and Easy Filters with FX Photo Studio; 4.3 Blur, Selective Focus, and Fake Miniature Effects; 4.4 Panoramas; 4.5 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging; 4.6 Color Adjustments and Effects with Mill Colour; 4.7 Double Exposures; 4.8 Adding a Border or Frame to Your Photo; 4.9 Taking Things to the Next Level with App Recipes; Chapter 5: The Retro Look; 5.1 Step into the iPhone's Photographic Time Machine; 5.2 To 1974--and Beyond; 5.3 Polaroids and Instant Cameras; 5.4 The Wonderful World of Hipstamatic; 5.5 Re-creating the Darkroom Experience; 5.6 Black-and-White Images; 5.7 From App to the Desktop; Chapter 6: Fun and Offbeat Effects; 6.1 Toy Cameras; 6.2 Photo Booths; 6.3 Build a LEGO Construction with LEGO Photo; 6.4 Comic Strips with Strip Designer; 6.5 Monet and Picasso, via ArtCamera; 6.6 Ransom-Note Lettering with Ransom Letters; 6.7 Digital Glitches and Off-the-Wall Artworks with Satromizer; 6.8 Graphic Novel Sketches with ToonPAINT; 6.9 Photo Mashups with Juxtaposer; 6.10 A Psychedelic Look with PhotoTropedelic; 6.11 Share the Love (and Laughs); Chapter 7: Snap--and Share; 7.1 Crafting Your Social Networking Strategy (or Not); 7.2 Flickr; 7.3 Facebook; 7.4 Twitter; 7.5 MobileMe; 7.6 Sharing at Photo Printing Services; 7.7 Geotagging and Location-Based Sharing; 7.8 Animoto; 7.9 Photo Postcards; 7.10 Go Postal with a Postcard Sent by the USPS; 7.11 No End to Sharing; Chapter 8: Your Photoblog; 8.1 Deciding on a Look for Your Photoblog; 8.2 Blogging Tools; 8.3 Photoblogging with Tumblr; 8.4 Using WordPress for Your iPhone Photoblog; 8.5 Using Posterous for Your iPhone Photoblog; 8.6 Using Blogger for Your iPhone Photoblog; 8.7 Seven Tips to Get People Looking at Your Photoblog; Chapter 9: For Inspiration; 9.1 Peter Belanger; 9.2 Jeremy Edwards; 9.3 Gus Gusbano; 9.4 Stephanie Chappe; 9.5 Tony Cece; 9.6 MissPixels; 9.7 The iPhoneography Community;