It’s easy to snap a photo with the iPhone, but few would term the resulting picture “fine art” – until now.
Thanks to FotoMuse ($2.99 in the Apple App Store), you can transform snapshots into artistic renderings in just a few simple steps.
??”FotoMuse arose from what could have been a disastrous photo shoot,” said photographer and fitness expert Kris Gebhardt, who developed the app in partnership with WebUrban LLC.??
When an unexpected camera jam threatened to ruin a photo shoot for his upcoming book, GEBHARDT – Photography – Paintings – Fitness (GCI Press, August 2010), Gebhardt thought he was out of options – until his iPhone caught his eye. ??
After adding his signature layers and effects to the photos, Gebhardt was pleasantly surprised. “The pictures came out amazingly good, and inspired me to see just how far the iPhone camera would take me,” he said. ?
?It turns out that it has taken him further than he could have imagined. Gebhardt’s photos attracted WebUrban’s Chief Engineer Rob Newport, who quickly saw the potential for every iPhone user.
??The FotoMuse app lets you import any photo from an iPhone album and transform it into a work of art in under 20 seconds. “People can crop, resize, and mix images with artifacts from old photos, vintage-edged film, and other media,” Gebhardt said. “After adding contrast, selecting a border, and choosing a layer, it’s easy to save the image – without actually changing the original photo.”
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on August 3, 2009
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