Thursday, August 28, 2008

Flickr Apps

I looked at a few of the different apps that used Flickr, and there were some interesting things, though nothing that made me giggle like a school boy. There were some online photo-manipulation tools I looked into ( http://www.flauntr.com/ ), but nothing that would steer me away from the tried and true software options (Paint Shop Pro & Photoshop).

The most intriguing apps for me were the random generated films using static photos. Most of these utilized techniques such as zooming in, film flicker, panning, and fade in/outs to give the illusion of movement. See http://incubator.quasimondo.com/flash/flickeur.php or http://incubator.quasimondo.com/flash/islands_of_consciousness.php for examples.

None of these were things I would run out a buy on DVD, but they were interesting and creative.

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