Onion's Great Nap: A Workflow with Camera+ and Percolator

The original photo was taken with Camera+:



Still in Camera+, click Edit » Scenes » Beach. Save it to the Camera Roll.



Open the photo in Percolator.

Under Grind, choose Extra Fine, tap the small arrow next to it, and choose Smallest under Circles and High Contrast under Effect. Click the blue Re-Grind button.

Under Brew, choose Treble, tap the small arrow next to it, and choose ¾ under Pic and Darkest under Blend. Click the small arrow next to Treble again to close the options.

Under Serve, choose Black, tap the small arrow next to it, and choose Rise-n-Shine under Tone and Smooth under Texture. Click the small arrow next to Black again to close the options.

Click the heart icon and "Save Image to Photos".



Open the photo in PictureShow, click the center of the top menu, and choose LomoGraphy.

Save the photo to the Camera Roll.

Voilà!



Before and after:



This is my kitty Onion sleeping in the sun, having the nap I wish I was having.

And, yes, I realize that the second photo is perfectly fine as is, but Percolator's too much fun not to play with, don't you think?

Onion, Painterly

taken with Camera+, and then run through MobileMonet, and then run through Percolator, and then run through Fuzel

Onion Belly Up

taken with Camera, and then run through Instagram using the Sutro filter, and then run through Percolator using Extra Fine Grind, Original Image Brew, and Black Serve, and then run through Perfectly Clear

Playing With Percolator

I stumbled across the Percolator app recently, and it's a lot of fun. It hasn't proved to be the most practical camera app I've ever used, but I find some of its interpretations of photos fairly stunning, and I think it could be brilliant in combination with other apps.


taken with ShakeItPhoto and then run through Percolator using Extra Fine Grind, Circles Brew, and Soy Serve

Percolator has three groups of settings: Grind, Brew, and Serve. Grind alters the relative texture size with four settings: Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, and Coarse. Brew defines the type of texture you want: Original Image, Circles, Overprint, Rings, Ishihara, and Full of Stars. Serve lets you pick from relative colour temperature and contrast options: Black, Light & Sweet, Soy, and Stirred.

Here's another example of Percolator's work:


taken with Camera and then run through PictureShow using the Mirror filter and an increased contrast level, and then run through Percolator using Extra Fine Grind, Original Image Brew, and Black Serve

I wouldn't use it for the average family vacation photo, but it's fun to create arty pieces, and who knows? Some of mine just might make it onto postcards or into some of my graphic design. I am looking forward to playing around with it in combination with other apps, because some of the work I'm seeing out there is fantastic.

If you want to check out what other people are doing with Percolator, they have a Flickr group you can join. There is some cool stuff going on over there that just goes to prove that an app in the right hands can be outstanding.