When an image is brought in from either source, the user needs to adjust the height in the square (1:1) panel, moving it about for the best composition. The app is simple to use, but the output can be striking. Pressing this displays a lens/contrast icon and a number of filters are then made available. Initially textures are displayed by default and a checkerboard icon is shown. However, as with all the effects and filters used in this app, what goes on, may just as easily be taken off. Experimenting with this showed me that a user needs to take care when applying these. ![]() The one to the left is for the "Blur Style" to be changed. Just above these are two onscreen buttons. To the top left is a camera icon giving access to the camera and the photo library. When the initial screen cleared, the working panel displayed a photo that allows users to test out some of the effects. I found that effect and in a few seconds created my own image of a local temple, that I uploaded to Facebook. When starting Distressed FX there is an initial screen that has a beautiful image of a barn in a field. The site also has links to brushes that work in Adobe Photoshop There is a link on the iTunes Store and within the app, so if people are interested enough in this sort of virtual product on the iPhone, they may also be keen to try textures on other platforms. The developer is shown as Sherryl Tarrant of Distressed Textures. Then I hit the iTunes page for the app and was further convinced by the screen shots that this was a must-have app: I am a sucker for these good photo apps. The name was also a draw as I had seen a BBC program on famous brands earlier in the evening and one of the major items was on the commercial values of distressed jeans, such as originally created by Diesel. If these are well-made they express the developer's care for the app. The first hook for Distressed FX was the icon. One of the early imaging apps I downloaded, ArtCamera, allowed a user to change their photographs on the iPhone to images that resembled the output of great artists, like Monet, Picasso, Matisse and other artists. However, once in a while, the product is well done and the result is pleasing. Users would be better applying the adage, "More is less". The bad comes from the thousands and thousands of images that appear on social networking sites having had effects applied without proper thought to the image being used or to the way the effect works with that image. With the iPhone and its apps, the ability to apply special effects quickly is both good and bad. While I prefer my photographs to be records of what I have seen, a few images have aspired to the artistic. When I had examined that app on Sunday, Stickr, I had mentioned that if we are lucky the best photography is Art. When I looked at the page for the app and saw the screen shots, I was hooked. The app name was also intriguing: Distressed FX. Then I saw an app with an interesting icon - always a draw. I scrolled through and noted a couple of links for later examination. Near the bottom of the screen was a list of photo apps that others had bought. ![]() When I accessed iTunes on Monday evening, I saw that the page to the last app I hd downloaded was still open. Distressed FX: Using Textures and Filters with Photographs on the iPhone
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