10.4: Use Core Image Fun House to make artistic photos

Jun 20, '05 09:25:00AM

Contributed by: zpjet

Tiger only hintHave you noticed this app in your Developer folder? It is just cool. It lets you to create, within a minute, some very crazy effects.

Just be sure that you add layers over your original picture by clicking the lower Plus sign. Otherwise (by clicking the Plus sign next to the Reset button), you're adding effects under your picture. What I found cool is that you can save the work not only as JPEG or TIFF, but also as a Fun House project, which is a package including used picture(s) plus an XML file with values which you can use e.g. in Quartz Composer. Thanks, Apple, for a free Photoshop (nearly)!

[robg adds: I thought we'd mentioned this app before, but I didn't find it in a search. This program alone makes it worth installing the Dev Tools, in my mind. I've had a lot of fun playing with it ... though it does crash on me with some regularity. You really can make some nice compositions with it.]

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