Honestly though, to be fair, there are many results from various ‘retro’ cameras that fill the full breadth of the photographic quality spectrum, from blurry to sharp, grainy to soft, etc. Great to hear from you! I think, more than “retro” or “vintage” these apps, be they iPhone apps or more powerful computer applications like this one, are geared to be more a “look at what I can do quickly and easily to my photo” all the while using a more kitschy tag line like “retro” or the like. I’d love to see any results you come up with by dropping them in our flickr group HERE, and don’t forget, if you haven’t already, sign up for email updates and posts at the top right of the page! There is no shortage of cool applications and plugins out there to spend money on, but for me, this one is well worth the small price tag. Give it a try, it’s free for 7 days and if you find yourself smitten, it will run you $29 which is a small price to pay if you want to create a vintage series with consistent results for print or show, or even fun processes for personal or professional output. As is, this offers a fun, simple and effective stand alone app which will immediately satiate those looking to produce replications anywhere from a plastic lensed Holga, to cross processed film, and vignettes to crumpled photo paper. The printed images are beautiful and if you really wanted to, you could certainly take your Lo-Fied jpeg files into Photoshop or some other image editing program and tweak to your heart’s content. From there, it’s pretty self explanatory… To upload images, you can drag and drop, or, add via the “+” button on the multi direction pad. When you launch Lo-Fi, it opens as if you’re staring at the back of a Canon G or Nikon P series camera. I started playing around with it this morning and have been loving it. It is an easy and enjoyable interface which makes for a quick processing tool with great results. Officially produced by Wingnut LLC, this app is a consumer targeted standalone “desktop application” that integrates with the organizers in Photoshop Elements, ACDsee, Picasa and iPhoto as well as allowing for direct upload to flickr and Facebook from the app itself with full control over tagging, grouping and privacy control. So many cool tools being produced to immediately allow those of us that enjoy such kitschy techniques the ability to employ these simple click and save applications for a departure from the ho-hum snapshot. It is an exciting time to be involved in digital photography. The app is called Lo-Fi, and it is AWESOME! Having just recently posted a couple of my tricks to age and vintage-i-fy digital images, I have been in a post production, digital file aging mood and this app is a quick and easy way to get a huge variety of looks. I received an email the other day from a contact I’d made while doing the review posts for Alien Skin letting me know they had a new desktop app to process jpeg images in a fun and creative way.
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