Realistic Photo Filter

[gwpriester]

Having recently gone over to the dark side (I switched to an iPhone 5s) I was looking forward to trying out a filter called Waterlogue that is only available for iOS. But it is the first filter I have seen (and this includes all the Photoshop filters and most third party filters), that creates a result that looks totally convincing. If you have an iPhone, it's worth every bit of the paltry price.

It's fun to watch as well as the image builds in much the same way an actual watercolor does.

[pauland]

That's kinda cool and sad at the same time.

[gwpriester]

Sad, in what way sad?

[pauland]

Watercolours can be beautiful and are skilful to produce. It's somewhat sad that pressing a button on a phone can replace that work.

Edit: We replace a human perception of the world with a computer algorithm.

I agree the filter works well.

[gwpriester]

One still needs to start with a good photograph, but I agree. These could be printed on watercolor paper on a good printer and look very convincing.

OTOH the Chinese crank out "fine art" paintings in factories that compete with real artists as well.

These are different times.

And at 300dpi the maximum size is about 9 7/8 x 5 1/2"