A few days ago I did a review of MonoPhix an App designed to do black and white conversions on your iOS device. Of course a couple of days later they did a major update. Enough of an update that I felt it warranted it's very own post to tell you guys all about it. There were a bunch of bug fixes and performance enhancements, but there were two major additions to the App that have made it a whole lot better. (Note: this update was only for the iPhone version. The iPad version is still the same)
Color Filters!
The first and most exciting thing that I noticed when I got the update notification for MonoPhix was the addition of color filters. Color filters are a thing from film days that would produce a desired color effect on an image. With the addition of the color filters on MonoPhix you can mimic the effects. You may be thinking "but if it's black and white why would I need a color filter?" Well, color filters when used on black and white photographs will lighten certain colors and darken others depending on what hues are most prevalent in the image. For example if you use the Green filter effect, it will lighten foliage and (somewhat) darken skies. Try them all out and see what you think! After all this is a digital image we're working with and it's non destructive so you can always undo what you just did and choose another filter color! Under the Adjust tab you will see the different color options appear. If you choose a color filter and decide that you don't want to use any filters at all, tap the far left button with the single line through it to revert to a non filtered black and white image.
Vignette Control!
This was the second thing that I noticed when checking out the update was the improved vignetting control. Version 3.1 changed the way the vignette is applied to the image. The vignette is now applied in a lighter version and as you slide the slider to the right the vignette is increased. This is really nice because I thought that the vignetting was a little heavy handed before. If only they would add feathering and shape control to the vignetting I would make this my go to App for vignetting. Almost there! One thing that they did add was a slider to adjust the preview. Sometimes before when a vignette was added to an image it would have lines through it and would look a little pixelated. This slider is the fix for that. If you get the lines through your image when you add a vignette you can now adjust the preview slider until these lines are gone. It's a really nice addition.
All of the Rest
The rest of the additions are bug fixes and minor adjustments. They are doing a really good job with this App and have stated that they intend to constantly improve upon it. It's definitely worth the price and worth watching!
You can get MonoPhix for the iPhone from the iTunes store for $.99 here 
You can get MonoPhix for the iPad from the iTunes store for $1.99 here
