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texBlend
Sometimes, you don’t need a reason to create something beautiful, other than just the urge to do it. This is the philosophy I feel behind texBlend, the iDevice texture blending product brought to market by Uwe Steinmueller, my close friend, frequent contributor here, and owner of OutBackPhoto.com. texBlend is not a product with a compelling “must have it for work” required software mandate, though its use would certainly spruce up the creative content in any marketing related piece.
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The Dunes
Indeed, the concept behind texBlend is a simple one. Pick a subject photo, then pick a “texture” recipe and apply it. Easy to learn, fast to execute, beautiful results to look at. And simple enough to allow a wound-up creative mind to unwind, decompress with something more productive than TV! You can load and save texture recipes too. How much easier could having fun be?
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One Year’s River Junk – Contained.
Unlike many photo apps on iPad and iPhones, texBlend does not force you to capture your subject photo on your phone itself. You can simply email a photo to open on your iPad/iPhone, and proceed from there.
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Leaves – Variations On A Theme – Blend #1
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Leaves – Variation On A Theme – Blend #2
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Leaves – Variation On A Theme – Blend #3
Variations and combinations are almost endless in possibilities. You can create constructs not possible in other ways, and take advantage of the huge image toning possibilities made possible by texBlend.
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Beautiful Extreme Tones Are Possible Using “Blending.”
Beautiful Extreme Tones Are Possible Using “Blending.” Or try creating some interesting textural changes. These are always fun!
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Jalopy With River Bottom Mud texBlend
“The PRIMARY reason to try #texBlend is to get something different for the all important online #SELFIE!” – Chuck Jones, January 30, 2014.
Original Selfie “The Six Eyes Of Chuck Jones” ©2013 Chuck Jones w/Tree Bark texBlend.
To get your own copy of texBlend, it’s $1.99 HERE
More texBlends & further information on Outback Photo HERE
Or the WILD texBlends on Flickr HERE
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