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Two color blending on iPhone photos made simple

This is one of those apps in my catalog of tricks that is looking for the photo that ‘needs’ the effect. Not all photos on your iPhone will look great applying the Popsicolor effect to them. When the need arises, this Universal app will get your great results very quickly.

Import a photo in from your iPhone’s photo library, Photo Stream, paste from the clipboard or take a new shot. Popsicolor will convert it to a simplified image. Settings lets you from three levels of intensity and four sizes of what the finished photo will be (1024, 1536, 2048 and Source size).

Choose a top and bottom color from the pickers across the screen, sweep to see more than initially showing. It takes a little time for the colors to be applied. In the recent update, Popsicolor has made the app much quicker at the application of the colors. Try different color combinations to see how the image visual impact changes. The final result can be saved to the iPhone photo library, saved to the clipboard to use in another app or attach to an email.

The iPhone, a serious tool for photographers, amateur and professionals

Not all photography tools for the iPhone involve using the iPhone’s camera. I stumbled on this little gem of an app for pin pointing location data for making decisions on when the perfect photography time will be. The app, GoldenPic, is a valuable tool for outside photography.

When at a location, the app will tell you sunrise, sunset, weather for the next few days, the geo-location and data on the moon. If the timing isn’t perfect, save the location for later to check when your not there. Imagine, parks and landmarks in your area, bookmarked so that later you know when you should go to one of the locations to take photos because the environment around the location will be best suited for your shots. You don’t actually have to visit the location, just enter the name, address or geo-location into GoldenPic and save for later. Use it for planning out your next vacation path, know in advance when different stops will be at their best to take their picture rather than showing up when the weather, sun and time of day are all wrong.