Chapter 2. Straightforward

This chapter captures essential setup and finishing tools. They can clean up images and sharpen, brighten, or merge layers. At their basic level these apps add punch to a straight shot. Some of them can certainly do more than just functional tasks, and you may want to explore all aspects of them. The way I work, though, is I view the iPhone as the main program and the individual apps as plug-ins within that program; thus I prefer using dedicated effect apps to focus on one task. This routine somehow clarifies my process.

Scan the tags next to the app icons and see a short video from the author explaining each app’s key concepts. In addition, you will have access to the iTunes download link and developer’s Web site. ...

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