Desklickr – Flickr sourced desktops…
We all like a bit of Eye-candy on our desktops. Desklickr directly feeds desktops from FLICKR to your mac desktop.
DoubleTwist – sync loooads of devices
Double twist is an elegant piece of software that opens up the world of devices to your mac. Many mobile phones and mp3 players simply do not support macs but this application can help you syn your media. It also offers extra options for iphone and ipod users (more coming soon apparently).
Pixlr – Eat this Photoshop Express…
Dont get me wrong, Photoshop Express is pretty cool….but, its just not photoshop. Without layers and selection tools it is simply a neat way to mess around with photos. Pixlr, however, goes that one step further and provides layers and most of the tools your used to in photoshop in a neat and uncluttered layout via its website. It is flash based and so its performance will vary from machine to machine but so far for me it has not been anything other than blazingly fast. I think it even beats installed photoshop cs3 on many occasions! The good thing about Photoshop Express, however, is that you can store your images on the Adobe servers (currently up to 2gb) which is pretty natty. For me, I would rather use Pixlr and a memory stick any day!
This Application was suggested to me by my mate Dan, so thanks matey! (If you have any suggestions please do not hesitate to contact me so you can share them with the world!)
tiltshiftmaker.com – Create tiltshift images on the fly…
I have posted links to tutorials in the past on how to achieve the tilt shift lens effect on images, making your photos look like snaps of model villages. Well forget that as tiltshiftmaker.com does it for you.
You just upload your image and use the simple controls to make your own. Very easy. Very effective.
P.s. There is also an iPhone application that you can use which is pretty cool. You can get that here.
Colorate – Create colour palettes from images
This one gathers colour information from an image or swatch and generates a pallette using the colours it finds. Neat, does what it says on the tin!
So for all you colour geeks out there ‘av a look!
FramebyFrame – Free Stopmotion capture from your isight (or usb webcam)
Hey guys, this app is cool. Its a bit like iStopmotion from Boinx except it has fewer features but most of all is FREE!
Its nice and easy to use and onion skins frame by frame so you and the kids can make a lil toon out of plasticine (or any other non-branded, generic modelling clay).
Oh and its another website made in iWeb…..hoorah!
loginox – Customise your login screen
Loginox is a utility that gives you the option to change the login image of your mac. Simple yes, but very useful. Especially if you have a macbook or macbook pro, you could leave contact details in case of loss etc on an image that you use for the login screen (hoping that some honest bod would return it).
iMagePhone – Quickly create wallpaper for your iPhone
iMagePhone is an application available in Lite (Free) or Pro (not Free) versions. Its a very neat and quick way of making and loading wallpapers for your lovely iPhone or iPod Touch.
I, use the lite version because a) its free and b) I dont need the extra features that the pro version gives you such as quartz filters etc as I can do all that shiznit in Pixelmator which is fast becoming one of my favourite applications.
Paparazzi – Capture images of WHOLE websites
Lots of posts coming to you today…. mostly because i’m off work sick, freezing cold and bored to death!
Anyways…
Paparazzi does something that I have been looking for for a long time. It is an application that captures images of an ENTIRE webpage, no matter the size…great for bloggers or for those of you who would like to document and record the evolving states of your website.
IF YOUR RUNNING LEOPARD MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD VERSION [0.4.3] AS [0.5] DOES NOT WORK…
Below is a capture of the bbc.co.uk
Poladroid – Re-create the good ol’ days…
This is a really fun and nostalgic little app.
Poladroid sits on your desktop and whatever you drag onto it will be magically transformed into a wonderful polaroid image. You can also save the images at any stage of development (which you can speed up by giving it a shake!).
Some of my attempts are below!
