Hello again!
Today I will review Colorblast! ,an app that you can turn your photos into black&white but keep some areas colored.
This technique is called selective colorization photography and tries to draw the viewer’s attention to certain spot. Like in the movie Sin City..
When you open the app and after the splash screen, you will find yourself at the main screen:
The first four options are all for loading your photo. You can either pick a photo from the library,take a new one, load a photo from your FB albums or paste one from the clipboard.
By choosing the Tips option, you get some info about the tools included and there is a great tutorial video hosted on Youtube that explains many things..
Also there are links to EPC’s other Products, Support and Facebook Fan page.
To start, I will load a photo from my albums. When it is loaded,you will see it fade to B&W.
The app uses a technology called Smart Coloring which detects the color you try to reveal. In my example I chose to color the sky, so I tapped above the cloud and dragged my finger all over the image. You can undo/redo your actions by pressing the two arrows on the top bar.
As you can see, the result is great and was done in seconds!
The first button on the bottom toolbar,controls six effects you can apply to your photo. When you tap it, a small window pops up with a preview of the effect. You can slide left or right to cycle through the effects.
The second button is for the Color Saturation and the fourth button is for Hue and Exposure of your Photo. Both of them are controlled by sliders.
The Brush button is the one you will work with most of the time.
The first two brushes are the Magic Brushes, that use the Smart Coloring technology. The big one is for large areas with little details and the small for small and detailed areas.
The spray can and the sponge,are the Soft Flow tools. The spray can adds color progressively and the sponge removes color. You can use this tools on between colored and b&w areas to make the transition smooth.
The Precision Painting tools are the roller and the eraser. The roller adds all the colors and the eraser removes them.
The hand tool is used for panning and zooming.
When you are finished, you tap the Save button and you are done!
With this great app/tool,you can create great images in seconds. It saves full resolution,it’s fast and stable!
And you can get it for just $0.99!
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Availability: App Store
Price: $0.99
Reviewed at version: 1.0.8
Developed by: East Coast Pixels
