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Friday, November 27, 2015

JixiPix Hallows Eve Released - I Have a Giveaway!

JixiPix Apps just released Hallows Eve for iOS devices and I have a giveaway. Five lucky winners will receive a token to download this app for FREE! Just leave a comment below to enter. Winners will be selected by random draw on Monday, September 29th at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
JixiPix Apps just released

What is Hallows Eve?
It's a fun app for creating Halloween themed scenes. You can select a preset theme or create one yourself using the individual elements - ghosts, skulls, ghoulish hands, tombstones and other creepy delights! If you like a particular combination, save as a Preset to use again and again.

Here's a scene I created. I started with a texture as a background (this works great with this app and I have a few hundred textures saved on my iPad).

I took it one step further and added a layer of texture in Mextures. My wish list for the app is to be able to add layers using images from my Photo Library.

Here's another image created with Hallows Eve starting with a texture for the background.

Below I cropped and added a Stackables texture to further blend the image

Not into the creepy? This app can be used to tone and add clouds to any image. I changed a Long Beach street scene (left) using Hallows Eve (right).

I also changed the tones on this image taken from a recent hike.

Hallows Eve is also available for Mac or Windows / Android / iOS

Enter the giveaway by leaving a comment below.

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners

Jeff

Egmont

Andrea

RonB

Robert Lancaster

Fold Defy App by Jixi Pix Overview and Giveaway

It's always interesting to see what Jixi Pix will come up with next. They are the developers who created Aquarella, Artista Oil, Dramatic Black & White, Grungetastic, Rainy Daze and so many more - you can view the whole family of apps and software here.

They have come up with another creative app - Fold Defy which is available for Mac, Windows Phone, Android Phone, iPad and iPhone!

I have a giveaway for some iPad and iPhone promo codes - to enter just leave a comment and please specify in your comment whether you would like the iPad or iPhone version. I will draw two for the iPad and three for the iPhone on Friday, July 25th at 8:00 am PDT.

Here are some samples I made using one of my Art of Mob logos and Fold Defy.

Fold Selection

Crease Selection

Crumple Selection

You can even have just a single crease as if the image was dog-eared on one corner.

Crease 03

Someone on Instagram asked me how you might use this other than as a stand alone piece, so I set out to make something with that in mind. I took an image I had of a clock from a model home and ran it through Fold Defy using the Fold setting. I stretched the image nearly to the edge of the editing area using the "Image Size" setting under the Adjust Fold menu.

Then using a lesser known but very effective app called Wide Split Lens, I combined the above image with a face. To accomplish this I chose a template when I opened Wide Split Lens of a square with a circle inside it. You add the images one at a time (first the background image and then the one that goes in the inner circle). I applied one of the filters within the app for the following effect.

I wanted a bit more texture so I headed over to Stackables where I added a few of the filters for my final result. Stackables made the two images a bit more cohesive by applying the texture.

A few tips to get you started. Fold Defy is like all of the Jixi Pix apps - a pair of dice on the top menu bar allows you to get randomized combinations of the effects. You can also select from Presets in the Fold, Crease or Crumple categories.

Once you have selected your preset, you can make changes to it.

For a Fold preset you can vary the fold to go up or down. You can also adjust the number of columns and rows of folds you want in the final image. You can vary the Perspective, Variation, Fold Neatness, Fold Width, Image Size, Depth, Crinkle and Paper Texture. Click on the Paper Texture icon to choose from 18 styles.

Fold Adjustments

For a Crease preset, you can change the Perspective, Variation, Image Size and Paper Texture. But you can also move the creases around by selecting one and dragging and dropping it. If you click on the duplicate button near the crease (it looks like one piece of paper stacked on top of another) you can easily duplicate a crease. By clicking on the pencil icon near the crease you can adjust it to a Fold or Crease (Folds are deeper), change the Direction from Down to Up or vice versa, adjust the Depth, Crinkle and Width. And to remove the crease entirely, just click on the "x".

Crease Adjustments

For the Crumple preset, you can change the Crumple Scale, Perspective, Variation, Image Size, Depth, Crinkle and Paper Texture. It also allows for altering any creases or folds that are included in the preset.

Crumble Tool Adjustments

Another tool that can be used on the overall image looks like a Light Bulb and it's the Light Tool (as you may have guessed). When you tap it, it will add a light bulb to your image and then you can move it around to change the direction the light is coming from. This will change the way the creases and shadows on your image look. Clicking the pencil icon when using the Light Tool will allow you to change the Light Strength, Shadow Strength and color, Shadow Height and Shadow Softness.

Light Tool Menu

There's a lot going on in this app and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates. Due to the nature of the app, it can sometimes take a while to Save. I counted up to 30 seconds to save a crumpled image. On average it takes about 15 seconds to save using the other presets. This is on my iPad 4 running iOS 7. I don't have the iPhone version, so I'm not sure if the same happens when using it on an iPhone.

Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway!

UPDATE! The Winners were drawn - congrats, I will be contacting you by email.

For iPhone:
Mike Cooney
Victoria Hyde
Enrique Estrada

For iPad:
NaProsvet
AlanH

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GIVEAWAY - JixiPix RipPix Released

JixiPix has brought us a number of photo apps that offer great special effects. You may be familiar with Artista Impresso, Artista Oil , Portrait Painter, Aquarella Watercolor, Grungetastic just to name a few!

Their latest release, RipPix is perfect for those of us looking to collage elements or isolate elements of our images and apply textures separately to the background and foreground.

Here's the description from the App Store:

"RipPix uses worn and stained photo effects to give your photo a nostalgic quality then gives you the ability to turn any subject into a center detail by simply tracing around on the image. Cut out a bird, flower, person or tree then size, rotate and move it around on the background photo to create a beautiful paper accent piece with soft shadow. Using a foreground and background photo, this remarkably easy app can add subjects back into photos, create simple collages of friends, blend scenery together, or add focus with cut out objects. From the romantic to the whimsical each piece you create will have a unique and distinctive touch."

The app includes 55 Worn Textures, 34 Aged Papers, 20 one-touch presets, ability to replace foreground photo, Rip Tool to add or remove edges and cut photos, Move Image Tool, and Three Edge Styles.

I grabbed a few of my already edited images and applied a little RipPix magic to them. I didn't spend a lot of time on these as I wanted to get the blog post written. I can't wait until I have more time to experiment and layer using RipPix.

Here are some more images from RipPix

I have FIVE promo codes to give away - I'm so excited to share this with you and want to thank JixiPix for providing this opportunity.

Leave a comment below. I'll draw five names by random number generator on Friday September 4th at 7 p.m. PDT. Good Luck!

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners:
MIS
jane freedum
idea chaser
esperluete
roxi

If you didn't get lucky, be sure to take advantage of the reduced price of only $.99 in the App Store while it lasts! Also available for Android users!

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Friday, November 27, 2015

JixiPix Hallows Eve Released - I Have a Giveaway!

Monday, November 23, 2015

Fold Defy App by Jixi Pix Overview and Giveaway

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

GIVEAWAY - JixiPix RipPix Released