NEW Release: Blurb Mobile for iPhone (Quick Review)

Blurb Mobile

FREE

iPhone/iPod Touch Only

Version: 1.0

Tested on: iPod Touch 4G (iOS 4.3.2)

Rating: 4 of 5

I always like to take candid photographs. Sometimes they can tell stories by themselves. But, most of the times, you want to stitch multiple of them to make the stories even better. Or maybe, add a short video clip highlighting certain unforgettable moments. Well now we have a new iPhone app that would help us doing so. Blurb Mobile is a very easy to use iPhone app that will help you create stories and share them with the ones you care most.

The app starts with asking you to sign up to their site. Signing up would allow you to upload your stories later into their site and share it with the whole world from there. Next up, you can immediately create your story by selecting a series of photographs and videos you want to be included in your story. No need to worry about the sequence because you can always rearrange them within the app.

Blurb Mobile does a very good job in zooming in pictures, rotating them, and changing their size. As the following screenshots illustrate, it's very easy to convert a picture from its original landscape format to a square format, and then to portrait format. The app automatically resizes the boundaries of the photograph. 

A story would not be a complete story until it can tell the story by itself. This app allows you to add text caption to each photographs. This helps the readers to understand the context of the photographs and the story they're trying to tell. The apps also allows you to add audio captions too. 

If you're thinking, can I change the theme too? Of course yes! The app comes with several themes that you can choose from. This feature would give more you more flexibility and customization. Now, if only the app allows you to stitch more than 8 photographs. Maybe you're gonna need to upgrade to the Pro version for that. For me, I believe constraints help you be more creative. Come on guys, be creative and share your stories!

SPOILER: Yes, I'm thinking of using Instagram and various cool image filter apps combined with Viddy to make a real awesome story. I definitely dig this!

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NEW Release: Viddy for iPhone (Quick Review)

Viddy

FREE

iPhone/iPod Touch

Version: 1.0

Tested on: iPod Touch 4G (iOS 4.3.1)

Rating: 5 of 5

Viddy is Instagram for video. Yes, finally there's such an app for video lovers. I love Instagram and I'm sure many people love 'em too. But, I think Viddy may push the boundary a bit further. It's like YouTube vs. Flickr. Anyhow, it's very simple to share your videos to the world with Viddy. And of course, you get the chance to tweak it a bit. 

Above is an example of a video I edit using the Vintage style. There are several styles which you can use to edit your video, but I'm sure the developers would add more styles in future updates.

Viddy is social too. You can find your friends, from Facebook, Twitter and your Address Book. You can also follow other Viddy users, comments, likes, etc. Try Viddy now and you'll love it. 

Best of all, it's FREE. The video is now limited for 15 seconds only. I don't know whether this is for good or not, I guess we'll see. For me, it's a bit limiting. You can move around the caption marker when you edit your video. So, experiment with it, and follow me on Viddy too.

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