Flash back to the days of black and white photos, pin curled hair and tucked in shirts. It's Old Booth! An app that can take a regular photo of you, a friend or loved one and transforms it into a classic early-late 20th century photo.You can use a photo from your album or take a brand new photo to use. But make sure you're facing forward and don't have any hair in your face. If you wear glasses, it may be a good choice to remove them. As they can make it a bit more difficult when it comes to the blending process.
The lite version of this application has 8 free photo bases to use (And 4 free bases that can be unlocked through Facebook or Twitter). You can choose to spend 99 cents to buy the full version, which allows you to unlock additional photos. In fact the full version of this application has 170 bases to choose from (But bases are purchased in 'sets'. Paying for the full version does not allow you access to all the other bases).
Once you choose your photo style you'll see the photo without the individual's face... Other than being horrifying, this is also useful. You can fit the individual's head into this hole while taking a photo or click the photo library button to browse your device's gallery and find one that will fit properly in the hole. The faces are not always straight on, so sometimes it can get complicated if you're using pre-taken photos. For the best match, take a new photo. This also works best if someone is taking the photo for you. This is because with the front facing camera, you can only get so far away from the device. And no one wants to look as though they have a huge face on a tiny head.
Once you've fit yourself (Or someone else) into the picture there may be an issue with the skin tone. They have a brightness shifter to help you try to match it up, as well as a way to shift the contrast. Now mind you, this only does so much. Try not to use photos that have a skin tone too drastically different from the subjects. As far as the lite version goes, there aren't a lot of skin tone bases available. It's really quite limited in that sense. But in the full version there's far more variety. To be fair though, I think they should have added more skin tone options to the free version.Once you've finished you can view your lovely new (old) photo! You can share it with your friends by posting to Twitter or Facebook via the application. You can also email it or save it to your device.
On this (Left) screen you also have two options at the top. Gallery: takes you to a page that lists all of the pictures you've made with this application (As seen to the right). New: takes you back to the selection page to create a brand new look.
Another nice function is the ability to use the same photo you used for your last edit. When you select an old photo base and get to the scary no face person screen, you may notice in the bottom right corner that there is an option to use the same photo you used for your last edit. This can often save time if you're trying out a lot of styles on the same person. I really appreciate them implementing this.One last feature this application has that I really enjoyed was the ability to create your own bases from your own photos. This means you can take a photo of you or a family member and remove the face. You can then put someone else's face into the hole you've just created!
I really enjoyed this app. I think it's a fun and silly way to waste time or spend time with friends. The free version is a bit limited, but this is generally to be expected. I would still like to see more variety for skin tones in the free version. Otherwise I think this is a really done application. The price for the full version is also reasonable. Why not give this a try? You might just like it.
Rating: 4/5
- Free
- Category: Entertainment
- Updated: Jul 26, 2012
- Version: 5.1
- Size: 6.3 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Piotr Bialkowski
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