Top 7 iPhone Photography Apps

While the iPhone and its LED flash camera has proven that it can be a decent alternative to standalone digital cameras, it can even trump the bulky, obtrusive photography equipment due to the availability of iPhone Photography Apps. Of course, iPhone apps are a dime a dozen, and it is very easy to get lost amongst the choices that are out there. Here are a few of the ones that definitely stand out:

1.  Noir – is a neat little app that lets you convert your photos into classic-looking monochrome images that use subtle lighting effects to emphasize certain elements of the picture, all in a few screen taps.

2.  PhotoForge 2 – a decent image editing software for your iPhone that is as robust as the photo editing suites found on desktop PCs. PF 2 includes GPS functionality and integration with online sharing tools such as Tumblr and Flickr.

3.  AutoStitch – a fairly straightforward app that lets you stitch together several photos from the iPhone camera in order to create a panorama photo. It doesn’t do much more but what it does, it does well enough.

4.  Snapseed – another excellent photo editing app that can go toe to toe with photo editing tools found in desktop PCs. All the bells and whistles are in here, including various special effects such as “Organic Frames” and “Vintage Film”.

5.  Instagram – if you’re really into simple “shoot and share” photo apps, Instagram is perfect. It lets you shoot pictures, apply filters, and share the output to your friends in just a couple of mouse clicks.

6. Hipstamatic – this app turns your iPhone into a little kid’s toy camera, complete with a slide switch and warm-up flash. But it’s not just eye candy, Hipstamatic comes with several virtual films, lenses, and flashes that affect the output.

7. Polarize – as its name implies, Polarize lets you manipulate the behaviour of light waves in your images. This is very useful for things like removing reflections on glass or making the sky look bluer.

The apps in this list are just some of the best I found, but the list is by no means comprehensive. If you have a favorite iPhone photography app that isn’t included, feel free to share it in the comments.

Article source: thesignwriters.com.au

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What Is A QR Code Sign And Why Do You Need One?

We all know that one of the keys to great SEO is making sure you keep your website updated, new and fresh. Whether you do this with a blog, or you change your homepage with new offers, coupons or new products, it serves to show Google that your site is “alive.” For many small businesses in particular, this is a real challenge.

So you already have great, fresh content on your site—what’s next? Do you know what is coming that may benefit your small business?

Have you heard of QR codes yet? Here is a quick introduction:

What Are QR codes? They look like this:

They come to us from Japan where they are very common. QR is short for Quick Response (they can be read quickly by a cell phone). They are used to take a piece of information from a transitory media and put it in to your cell phone. You may soon see QR Codes in a magazine advert, on a billboard, a web page or even on someone’s t-shirt. Once it is in your cell phone, it may give you details about that business (allowing users to search for nearby locations), or details about the person wearing the t-shirt, show you a URL which you can click to see a trailer for a movie, or it may give you a coupon which you can use in a local outlet.

The reason why they are more useful than a standard barcode is that they can store (and digitally present) much more data, including url links, geo coordinates, and text. The other key feature of QR Codes is that instead of requiring a chunky hand-held scanner to scan them, many modern cell phones can scan them. The full Wikipedia description is here.

How does the cell phone read the code?

The cell phone needs a QR code reader, like this one from Kaywa. It takes literally 1 minute for someone with an iPhone or Android phone to find and install the reader.

How do you generate a code?

You can easily generate a QR code using a site like Kaywa.com or you can use the Open Source code to generate codes for you if you have a smart developer on hand. Google also has a tool — see our separate article about that: Close-Up With Google’s New QR Code Generator.

How can you use QR codes to benefit search marketing?

We are only just scratching the surface of how they will be used. We have added one to every business listing in our directory. Here are a few examples of how others are using them.

You can also watch this BBC. Click interview on YouTube.

How will Google see them?

If you add them to your website, the search engines will see that your pages have changed, and that you are updating pages. The search engine will see a new image and index it accordingly. At some point soon, the search engines will likely recognize QR codes and possibly index the content in them.

Will your customers use them?

Today, few may use them, but those that do will certainly appreciate your tech knowledge, and those that don’t will certainly be inquisitive, which may open the door for conversation and a potential sale. Those that do use QR codes will definitely have a high tech know-how and may be more receptive to your presence on the web, your Twitter presence, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube etc.

How could you use a QR code?

Your business, no matter how small or large, could use QR codes in a number of ways. You might auto generate one next to every product on your web site containing all the product details, the number to call and the URL link to the page so they can show their friends on their cell phone. You could add one to your business card containing your contact details so its easy for someone to add you to their contacts on their cell phone.

Add them to any print advertising, flyers, posters, invites, TV ads etc containing:

• Product details
• Contact details
• Offer details
• Event details
• Competition details
• A coupon
• Twitter, Facebook, MySpace IDs
• A link to your YouTube video

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