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This article is from September 28, 2009, and is no longer current.

"One-Click Photo Lab" Now on Desktops

Like the original iPhone app, NeverCenter’s CameraBag Desktop recreates the magic of film in a fast, intuitive, minimal interface: choose a photo, choose a filter, and you’re done.
Digital cameras have replaced film for all but the most die-hard photographers, but something was lost in that transition. Before the digital era, a photographer’s choice of camera and film had nearly as much artistic impact as the subject matter. Rediscover the fading, tinting, blurring, chemical processing techniques, and “happy accidents” which gave film photos life.
The Filters
* Magazine
* Helga
* Instant
* Colorcross
* 1974
* Lolo
* Cinema
* Mono
* 1963
* Original

Multi-filtering
You can apply multiple filters at once by enabling Multi-filtering. Different combinations will look good for different photos, but we highly recommend trying Instant > ColorCross. Or Helga > Lolo. Or Magazine > Mono. Just click the filters in the order you want to apply them. (Order does matter.) If something doesn’t look good, click the filter again to remove it from the list.
Reprocess
Each filter has a default look, but you can also enable Reprocessing for subtle variations. Keep pressing the Reprocess button, and you’ll keep getting new exposures.
Customization
Each filter has a default border and cropping, but you can always specify a different one (or none) from the drop-down menus.
Easy To Use
1. Click on “Load” to load a photo.
2. Select the filters you want to apply. If “Multi-filtering” is disabled, only the last filter will be applied. Otherwise, click on a filter once to add it to the end of the list, and click on it again to remove it. You can always click on the “Original” filter to remove all filters.
3. If desired, specify borders, cropping, and output size from the drop-down menus at the top of the window.
4. Once you’ve found a style you like, don’t forget to click “Save”.
System Requirements
CameraBag Desktop is currently available for Mac OSX only. Here is what you need to run it:
– Mac OSX 10.4 or newer
– PowerPC or Intel CPU
– 512 MB RAM
– 10 MB Free Hard Disk Space

  • Leikonik says:

    I presume that most (if not all) Mac users are much more tech-savvy and have much better taste than to use this ridiculous “rubber-stamp” kind of an application… ;)

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