If new things were not afoot, then where would we be. But for this week, Instagram has done excellent with pleasing it's users with 'direct messaging.' Especially those Holiday travelers. How a kaleidoscopic effect may just be the best effect for your blurry images and the fact that color can pop and come to life when you use Photoshop.
When apps are mentioned, it's usually about photo sharing. So this one is kind of special. The Kaleidoscopic eye effect app can make you either feel as if you were in the beginning of the title credits for the U.K. show 'Skins.' Or it could even help you to develop a cool retro look for your blog site. And to the very last finished touch, you have the controls to have your image look how you want it to.
http://gizmodo.com/turn-your-photos-into-kaleidoscopic-eye-candy-with-this-1486071312
Instagram Direct, may just be the perfect app for travelers. Why? Because a great idea was brought up, what if you are in the city with a few friends. But you're not in the same area. You can send photo messages to each other, showing where you are or who you've met. And at the end of the day, meet up for dinner. This new feature to the app is doing more wonderful charm than harm.
http://www.jaunted.com/story/2013/12/12/124153/84/travel/Why+Instagram's+New+'Direct'+Sharing+is+a+Great+Idea+for+Photo-Happy+Travelers
Besides great fine art images being in black and white, color tend to be a more difficult tool. This is one of those tutorials that you wished you had seen back in the day, but fortunately it's to the rescue now. Making those colors pop and pronounce themselves can be hard the manual way, so try it through Photoshop. It'll give it a 3D element without the gimmicky effect.
http://lensvid.com/photo-editing/how-to-make-colors-in-your-image-come-to-life-in-photoshop/
Surely, this weekly round up has given you some insight for what this week had held. But if not be sure to come back for more information, whether it's about the latest app improvements or an image effect that could start a trend.