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Re: [OM] More iPad: Filterstorm

Subject: Re: [OM] More iPad: Filterstorm
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:07:29 -0400
I like several of those photos except for too much DOF.  But it's a 
double-edged sword.

Chuck Norcutt


Joel Wilcox wrote:
> You're such a heckler, Chuck. ;^P
> 
> Here's a few jpgs "processed" through Filterstorm.
> 
> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7734758/1/iPad01?h=194c27
> 
> They were shot with E-410 as RAW +jpg.  I selected HQ jpg size.  Next
> time I'll try RAW + SQ jpgs. There is no way to adjust file size in
> Filterstorm! or I have not found it. I guess it wasn't exactly
> designed to process images for direct upload to the web.  This is
> probably a feature that is coming in future updates.
> 
> I have received an email from the developer about sFTP support.  He
> says it's coming down the road.
> 
> I discovered that once I had created folders in Dropbox via my PC, I
> could fetch my saved photos using a function within Dropbox using the
> iPad.  I'm still looking for a way entirely within the iPad world to
> create new folders in a couple apps.  So far it's all workarounds.
> 
> As for the quality of the photos:  I was actually pretty happy with
> the way they looked coming out of the camera, but I goofed around with
> curves, saturation, sharpening, vignetting, etc. Converted a couple to
> BW using the channel mixer function.  The saved images looked a bit
> richer on the iPad, but once I had viewed them on my PC via the web
> gallery they looked too dark and over-saturated.  I redid the images
> to what you see at the link above.  The web version doesn't quite
> match what I see when I bring the image into Photoshop.  I suspect a
> colorspace mismatch of some kind.  I used AdobeRGB in the camera.
> I'll have to send a note to the developer to find out how Filterstorm
> is handling colorspaces.
> 
> Joel W.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think I'll wait for the Linux competitors
>> <http://blogs.computerworld.com/15871/the_ipads_linux_competition>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>> Found an interesting app that just came out for iPad called
>>> Filterstorm.  With the camera connector (newly arrived) you can
>>> upload photos directly from the camera and perform some rather
>>> sophisticated edits.  Has a good curves tool and uses brushes for a
>>> kind of poor man's layers.  I like it if I could just figure how I
>>> would use it.  Google it and watch the demonstration video if
>>> interested.  Clever stuff.
>>>
>>> No raw conversion, yet.  Also getting the image out of the device is
>>> tricky.  You can email the image out or use simple FTP, but not sFTP.
>>> I thought I might use this app in this scenario:  shoot raw +jpg,
>>> upload the jpgs via the camera connector, tweak them in Filterstorm,
>>> move them to Jalbum, Dropbox, or a web server via FTP to share images
>>> in the course of a photo adventure.  I am not currently able to do
>>> this without a PC somewhere in the path...........
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