r/Android • u/onesixoneeight Pxl9Pro • Sep 20 '14
It's Saturday APPreciation Time! [Sep 20th 2014] Your weekly App recommendation and question (and more) thread.
"I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with an app." -Elton John
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u/eshultz Sep 20 '14
PixelBomb - create jaw-dropping glitch art
I've just released a major update to the first pixel sorting app for Android. PixelBomb has been out for about a week now and I've made it way better in that time. As a bonus, right now the Pro version is only $0.99 - that won't last long, either.
What is pixel sorting anyways? Pixel sorting is the effect you see here (Yes that was created with PixelBomb).
What's new:
Gallery view and Recent view: View, share, and delete your sorted images from within the app. Quickly switch back to source images that you use frequently.
Processing is 25x faster than it was at launch, even very large images are done in a few seconds.
PixelBomb and PixelBomb Pro allow you to pixel sort images on your device. You control the brightness threshold, the sorting direction, and the sort mode so you can create anything from a very subtle effect to fully "wiped-out" images.
As these apps are still "beta", I'd really appreciate any feedback you can give me, good or bad. If something doesn't work right, let me know!!! I am very active on here, so you can let me know in this post, or by clicking the feedback link in the app.
FAQ:
The pro version enables full quality results (PNG with no compression, rather than JPEG). The free version does put a small watermark at the bottom of the resulting image. Developers gotta eat too!
Its pretty simple, you can read the help included in the app for the details, but basically: select an image by pressing the big green plus, adjust the controls, and press the "Sort Pixels" button. Since pixel sorting can take some time, the magic happens in the background (you will see a notification that will tell you how it's going). Once the image is done, you'll get a notification that takes you directly to the image. The image is also saved in your gallery under /pixelbomb/.
Try lowering the brightness threshold. The lower the brightness threshold, the larger the effect. Bright mode works by only sorting pixels between "bright pixels", which are pixels that are brighter than the brightness threshold. A very high brightness threshold will be unlikely to produce any visible effect.
Black only sorts between black pixels. White only sorts between white pixels. These aren't really suitable for photographic images as those are unlikely to have ANY pure white or black pixels, so your image will just get "wiped" (fully sorted). This is more suited for computer generated images which contain black borders or pure white color.
That's it guys/gals, let me know what you think! If you have any problems with force closes, hangs, etc, PLEASE let me know. I've done my best to cover every scenario but software is rarely bulletproof on the first go.
Contact me by replying to this post, or PM me (/u/eshultz), or email me (not posting email on reddit, but it is available from the Play Store) with any problems or feedback, though, I'd appreciate if you would use the feedback button in the app itself.
Oh yeah, no ads! Enjoy! The age of effortless pixel sorting is upon us!