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[APP] Panoramic 3d live wallpaper from any image

Hey guys, there is one fantstic app, Wallpaper FX 3D Panorama, that allows to create 3d panoramic live wallpapers from any image from the gallery.
Its really a nice compromise between regular and live wallpapers and it slightly alives your favorite images. So i highly reccoment to give it a try
Watch the video:

Good suggestion thanks
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Like it or....?

This looks really good with this wallpaper.
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Stability update published, please update

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Stability update published, please update
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Cheap bump? Cause there's no update? !

No, maybe it's not updated yet by google

Version 2.0 released:
- Device orientation tracking by sensors
- Lot's of interface improvements
- New embedded images
- Minor bug fixes

A long awaited update finally done:
Auto-pan (force scrolling) for those devices that do not support wallpaper scrolling by default (like SGS3 or phones with HTC Sence 3.0+). Auto-pan is off by default, you can turn it on via Settings -> Advanced -> Auto-pan. Also you can change the number of screens to exactly match you current launcher settings.
Brand new stylish icons
Additional icon for devices with high density screens

Updated to 2.3
+ New image crop selector
+ Improved panorama quality

looks good, Thanks.

Minor update with bugfixes

nice, downloading

thanks good app:good:

Looks promising, have some questions though.
Will it work with https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImRlLmo0dmVsaW4ud2FsbHBhcGVyQ2hhbmdlciJd
which i use all the time as around 1,200 HD images on my phone.
Also will it work on my Nexus 7?
Cheers

UPDATE:
+ Better rotation angle
+ Improved settings UI
+ Bug fixes
Thank you for your support!

Thanks mate. This is a great app. Your hard work is really appreciated. I tried to modify MultiPicture Live Wallpaper to get this to work but I had a lot of problems. Thanks for cutting a lot of work out as I'm very inexperienced

Update!
Multiple panorama modes to reduce artifacts at the top and bottom of the image (great for land based and sky based photos and images)
Reworked current 2D image option (now combined with background image)
Option to donate (if you like the app, you can support our work, optional)

Great update with new features:
Recent image history to simplify repick and recrop operations with your favorite images
Slideshow option to display your favorite wallpapers as a slideshow
All new build-in image gallery with new pics
Less distortions of panoramized image for tablets
Default panorama creation mode is now Reflect to descrease distorions of 'straight' lines

Galaxy Nexus Camera & Autofocus

When the object on focus in camera is near, the camera does a pretty good job blurring the background, but only if the object is very near.
Other than that it won't blur almost anything.
Is there any way or application to control the amount of blur in autofocus?
An example of what I want to achieve is attached.
I don't expect it to be as accurate as that pic but somewhat like that.
Anyone can help?
EDIT: the flower below is a pic I've taken. It is blurred correctly because it is near., while the guy is a pic showing what I want to achieve. If I were to take that pic with my Galaxy Nexus It wouldn't blur the background.

tonigal said:
When the object on focus in camera is near, the camera does a pretty good job blurring the background, but only if the object is very near.
Other than that it won't blur almost anything.
Is there any way or application to control the amount of blur in autofocus?
An example of what I want to achieve is attached.
I don't expect it to be as accurate as that pic but somewhat like that.
Anyone can help?
EDIT: the flower below is a pic I've taken. It is blurred correctly because it is near., while the guy is a pic showing what I want to achieve. If I were to take that pic with my Galaxy Nexus It wouldn't blur the background.
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You won't acheive background defocus because of the lens used with the camera photosensor. It is geared for wide angle viewing because the general population takes photos that utilize this focal length. You would need a 50mm+ to get background defocus. With my 300mm set on macro I can completely blur out the background on my Alpha Nex - you will not acheive this with a 20-30mm lens.

akira02rex said:
You won't acheive background defocus because of the lens used with the camera photosensor. It is geared for wide angle viewing because the general population takes photos that utilize this focal length. You would need a 50mm+ to get background defocus. With my 300mm set on macro I can completely blur out the background on my Alpha Nex - you will not acheive this with a 20-30mm lens.
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hmm alright. thanks for the info

tonigal said:
When the object on focus in camera is near, the camera does a pretty good job blurring the background, but only if the object is very near.
Other than that it won't blur almost anything.
Is there any way or application to control the amount of blur in autofocus?
An example of what I want to achieve is attached.
I don't expect it to be as accurate as that pic but somewhat like that.
Anyone can help?
EDIT: the flower below is a pic I've taken. It is blurred correctly because it is near., while the guy is a pic showing what I want to achieve. If I were to take that pic with my Galaxy Nexus It wouldn't blur the background.
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This might or might not work, but it is free so worth a shot. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.com.moula.zoomcamera&feature=search_result

What you refer to as "you want blur" is just that you would like the focal lenght to be very small, generally that is "unwanted" and a by product of focus on a specific "distance". If you can achieve a decent quality photo with the part you want focused clear, that should generally be enough for a camera phone. Because... its a camera phone.. theres a reason you have cameras with footlong lenses that are worth 2k$.
Ps, if you really want blur, photoshop can do that.

Check this app out! It's really cool and will allow you to do what you are trying to. The results won't be as great as a real camera, but good enough for what you want.

Lockscreen wallpaper quality?

Is there a way to make the lockscreen wallpaper good quality like the homescreen one? It seems the lockscreen is allways a lower quality, also while im at it is there a status bar transparency mod for jedi x?
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Turning off "Ripple Effect" in Lock Screen Option will make lockscreen quality same as home screen. Of course, you won't have anymore ripple effect or ink effect but oh well

That gets rid of those dark blotches on the ls as well.
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make sure the wallpaper you're using is the right resolution, if you crop the photo it will stretch to fit and ruin quality

Finally found a thread where I can help out! Okay, so I have this problem ALL the time; not only is it a big deal finding photos with the right resolution for this gigantic phone but it is also a pain setting up the wallpaper because you're only subjected to a certain size by the system. Here is how I found my ways across this problem.
1. Use wallpaper wizardrii here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii
Use this app to stretch the wallpaper to fit your launcher.
2. If your photo is too small of a resolution to where it'd look like a Super Mario SNES game on your background use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed
Snapseed not only has a sexy UI but is very reliable and I use it for low resolution photos. Now what you do for things like this is adjust the sharpness of the photo, not to where it looks like it was drawn by a pencil but to where the blurs disappear. I also adjust the contrast and saturate my photos but only when it's a sexy wallpaper.
Finally, and this is the last of all resorts.. use Photoshop for your computer and literally adjust almost every single pixel to resize your wallpaper to a newer and bigger size. This is my last resort ever, I've done this once, it took 6 hours for that to be fixed and I'll never do that ever again.
If all else fails Google is your bestest friend or you can go here: http://www.wallbase.cc
Hit that thanks button! I wish you the best of luck in your wallpaper quest!

frostyroot said:
Finally found a thread where I can help out! Okay, so I have this problem ALL the time; not only is it a big deal finding photos with the right resolution for this gigantic phone but it is also a pain setting up the wallpaper because you're only subjected to a certain size by the system. Here is how I found my ways across this problem.
1. Use wallpaper wizardrii here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii
Use this app to stretch the wallpaper to fit your launcher.
2. If your photo is too small of a resolution to where it'd look like a Super Mario SNES game on your background use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed
Snapseed not only has a sexy UI but is very reliable and I use it for low resolution photos. Now what you do for things like this is adjust the sharpness of the photo, not to where it looks like it was drawn by a pencil but to where the blurs disappear. I also adjust the contrast and saturate my photos but only when it's a sexy wallpaper.
Finally, and this is the last of all resorts.. use Photoshop for your computer and literally adjust almost every single pixel to resize your wallpaper to a newer and bigger size. This is my last resort ever, I've done this once, it took 6 hours for that to be fixed and I'll never do that ever again.
If all else fails Google is your bestest friend or you can go here: http://www.wallbase.cc
Hit that thanks button! I wish you the best of luck in your wallpaper quest!
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Big thank you:thumbup:
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Thanks for replys!
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Adding colour to a black and white image?

Not posted for a little while but I was hoping someone could help me with suggestions of what the best app / method for converting a black and white image in to colour was. My google search results have just been desktop programme specific or about converting a colour image to black and white. I prefer to sketch in grey scale and my dad was asking a similar question for scanning and processing some of his old photos.
Thanks for any help!

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Not posted for a little while but I was hoping someone could help me with suggestions of what the best app / method for converting a black and white image in to colour was. My google search results have just been desktop programme specific or about converting a colour image to black and white. I prefer to sketch in grey scale and my dad was asking a similar question for scanning and processing some of his old photos.
Thanks for any help!
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Are you asking about photographs or comic art/illustrations?
For vintage style photos it's a labor of love.and hand tinting techniques. I only know photoshop and it's tools
You would usullay first get a similar looking color photograph and create a simplified color palette from it. and then start blending colors in. in accordance with the black levels in the b/w.
A Quick trick I would use is to block out regions of similar color and then use a gradient map over that block/mask to put in the gradient shades corresponding to different levels of blacks. After that it is matter of putting in subtle colors on and on.
There are a lot of other techniques, like switching color modes and using channels etc and what not for this and they all vary based on the subject/content basically what all you can get away with.
Now if you are specifically asking for an app for android then I wont know any best app as of now as all apps have some features better than the other and then so.
But my main basic requirements would be masks, layers, blending modes (multiply / color/ and overlay) at the minimum and then some fine blending tools. like a soft/fine scattered smudge brush and custom gradients.
for sketch/line art.
look comic art coloring books or videos on youtube as mostly all follow same basic methods at start and later diversify into what technique suit the artists the most.
Sketch in top layer with multiply blend mode (or which suits your content best and adjust opacity).
In the underlying layers,block in solids, then details followed by highlights and shadows (dodging/burning).
There are other techniques like vector illustrations etc but that is a whole different subject/study in itself.
I doubt you are going to find any program that is going to do this for you on it's own, but there may be programs that provide you with tool get you going.
If you don't hae photoshop,other good candidates on PC would be GNU Gimp and Paint.net especially with their plugins as we well as layer support you should be able to get somewhat decent results. However i would strongly advise using a tablet. If you don't have one on pc, you should be able to find some apps that allow you to use the note 8 as a digitizer/tablet for pc as well.

intelliriffer said:
Are you asking about photographs or comic art/illustrations?
For vintage style photos it's a labor of love.and hand tinting techniques. I only know photoshop and it's tools
You would usullay first get a similar looking color photograph and create a simplified color palette from it. and then start blending colors in. in accordance with the black levels in the b/w.
A Quick trick I would use is to block out regions of similar color and then use a gradient map over that block/mask to put in the gradient shades corresponding to different levels of blacks. After that it is matter of putting in subtle colors on and on.
There are a lot of other techniques, like switching color modes and using channels etc and what not for this and they all vary based on the subject/content basically what all you can get away with.
Now if you are specifically asking for an app for android then I wont know any best app as of now as all apps have some features better than the other and then so.
But my main basic requirements would be masks, layers, blending modes (multiply / color/ and overlay) at the minimum and then some fine blending tools. like a soft/fine scattered smudge brush and custom gradients.
for sketch/line art.
look comic art coloring books or videos on youtube as mostly all follow same basic methods at start and later diversify into what technique suit the artists the most.
Sketch in top layer with multiply blend mode (or which suits your content best and adjust opacity).
In the underlying layers,block in solids, then details followed by highlights and shadows (dodging/burning).
There are other techniques like vector illustrations etc but that is a whole different subject/study in itself.
I doubt you are going to find any program that is going to do this for you on it's own, but there may be programs that provide you with tool get you going.
If you don't hae photoshop,other good candidates on PC would be GNU Gimp and Paint.net especially with their plugins as we well as layer support you should be able to get somewhat decent results. However i would strongly advise using a tablet. If you don't have one on pc, you should be able to find some apps that allow you to use the note 8 as a digitizer/tablet for pc as well.
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Thanks for the detailed reply. I was asking for both photos (for my father) and drawings (for myself), but you have pretty much confirmed my fears that the only way to proceed with the work flow I had originally intended is to use a PC and that there was no such option on a tablet.
I have settled on CloverPaint for my artwork as it seems to have the most comprehensive set of features and functionality. I've been reading ImagineFX magazine to try and get some tips on working in the digital medium and the method that seemed to suit me the most was to first draw the entire picture in grayscale and then add a colour layer for each section of the photo in order to complete the image. That way, if i wanted to tweak the colours it would be a simple task rather than having to rework that entire part of the image. I cant seem to find the equivelant method in android only.
http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/spiderharp/index3.html
This is the type of thing im talking about. May be the option is available and I just havent figured out the correct layer setting?..

If cloverpaint has color blend mode or similar, then it should be relatively easy to follow the workflow in the article.
Color blend mode (of a layer) only affects the Hues and Saturation of the colors in the underlying layer (with the color in itself) totally ignoring any luminousity.
If that is not available then you might have to follow some older workflow that uses screen/ multiply and overlay blend modes and different layer structures.
I'd say play around with the just the blending modes for a day or two that cloverpaint provides to get a hang and feel for them. try with same color on top and bottom layers and then different colors, different opacity, and luminosity etc.

Camera App which has face smoothing feature?

The camera on this mobile is awesome! But at the same time, it makes things so sharp that even a small pimple will be very clearly seen.
Is there a app which can imitate the Beauty mode of Samsung Phones, and at the same time keep the Pixel's amazing camera algorithm working?

sacthegreat said:
The camera on this mobile is awesome! But at the same time, it makes things so sharp that even a small pimple will be very clearly seen.
Is there a app which can imitate the Beauty mode of Samsung Phones, and at the same time keep the Pixel's amazing camera algorithm working?
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I just post edit with Facetune. Keeps it realistic looking and can edit little spots as needed.
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sacthegreat said:
The camera on this mobile is awesome! But at the same time, it makes things so sharp that even a small pimple will be very clearly seen.
Is there a app which can imitate the Beauty mode of Samsung Phones, and at the same time keep the Pixel's amazing camera algorithm working?
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Portrait mode has face smoothing option, you have to press the round face icon at the top, this will automatically apply them filter. However, you can't adjust it.
Snapseed is an amazing photo editor from Google and it's free. It has more advanced face editing features, including face smoothing.

mkouk said:
Portrait mode has face smoothing option, you have to press the round face icon at the top, this will automatically apply them filter. However, you can't adjust it.
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That option is extremely light and almost barely noticeable. I use that plus still touch-up.
@sacthegreat Oh and another plus for Facetune is it can get closer than any other editing app I've seen, like pixel level zoom. Keeps the edits precise and minimal.
I remember getting the app on sale or with Google Play Store credit. It's worth it.
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