By now many of you have jumped into iColorama - with both feet. Because this is not for the timid or someone who wants to put a toe in the water. Did I equate iColorama with kitchen sink (in the old-timer reference of a deep catchall for many things)?
Several of you have mentioned digging deeper and finding references on social media or YouTube and ... that is just the shallow end of the pool. (See how I am mixing metaphors here, it is a word salad that reflects my frustration with this enormously powerful app.)
In previous semesters the workflow was described as "app stacking" where an image is stepped through several apps and saved/exported as a new image at each step. My linear lizard brain could grasp that process. But iColorama has such a different workflow ...
Reflecting on features
- Photo editing
- Filter effects
- Styling
- Blend modes
- Painting
- Masks
- History
- Foreground / Background
Maybe jumping into Painting and Masks was my point of confusion. Or, maybe I've not set aside enough time to play and experiment with iColorama.
New approach
Open an image, use the photo editing features to adjust exposure, convert to B & W, etc
Open an image, use any menu and submenu and review the Presets looks
Practice the Apply (adds a Step) feature - aka History
Share > Save / Export (PNG for higher resolution ...?)
Adopting any new app - thoughts on workflow
- Create an album of sample images including the original and several effects that show my favorite export images
- Mark the images with Caption to report the app and features used
- Download a new app
- Play with the app - touch all the buttons
- Find the Help feature and the developer's website
- Process sample images
- Does the new app mimic previous apps - are the results better or the same?
- Does the new app change the resolution of the image?
- Compare to app with in-app gallery
- Compare to app with layers
