Doctor Who: Eyestalk – Review – A Cute, Niche Photo App
By App Type: Uncategorized
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By: Paul Gee
Version #: 3.0.1
Date Released: 2012-05-01
Developer: Paul Gee
Price: 1.99
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Doctor Who: Eyestalk is an officially licensed app by an independent creator which simulates the view of one of the alien monsters from the BBC television series Doctor Who on the iPhone camera. It really doesn’t do much more than that.
This app probably wouldn’t be useful to you if you don’t like the television show unless you like apps that show a circle or target in the camera viewfinder. It does allow for video recording, so if you’re making a piece of Dalek video fan-fiction, this app could be useful.
While I dig the app, I don’t see any widespread appeal but have found areas of improvement. For example, the icon layout for using the camera seems to only work in landscape mode. They haven’t accounted for rotating the iPhone or iPad in portrait mode. While it’s still possible to take pictures or video like that, a better icon layout would be useful.
Also, when applying the Dalek effects on photos that already exist, there is some distortion that takes place. It would be nice to be able to deactivate the distortion. If you really wanted to get creative, include some Dalek catchphrases in the app like “Exterminate!” so you can record yourself walking around like a Dalek.
Overall, the app itself isn’t bad. It’s just limited. If you’re a Doctor Who fan, I could see this app having some value. Besides that, I would skip and get the app that makes you take other kinds of distorted photos instead.
Quick Take
Value:Medium.
Would I Buy Again:Probably, but I'm a Doctor Who fan
Learning Curve:Low.
Who Is It For:Doctor Who fans.
What I Like:Cute concept and execution.
What I Don't Like:Won't rotate to portrait mode.
Final Statement:If you're a Doctor Who fan, it's worth the investment. Otherwise, pass.
Doctor Who Choose from 7 visual effects spanning 50 years of Doctor Who. From the 60's black and white to the very latest Daleks encountered by the 11th Doctor.
Apply Dalek vision to existing photos and movies in your photo library. Share photos to Facebook, Twitter and Flicker.
EyeStalk is the perfect cosplay companion.
EyeStalk has the following features:
Seven Dalek effects based on the TV series:
•Power/Mk3 - Black and White with 60's style scan lines
•Victory - Blue monochrome with clear centre and blurred hex regions
•Doomsday - Blue monochrome with bump distortion in centre and blurred hex regions
•Paradigm - Light blue monochrome with bump distortion centre and overlaid sight
•Destiny - Red monochrome with grey concentric circles
•Remembrance - Green thermal image with 80's style graticule.
•Asylum - Grey monochrome with bump distortion in the centre and blurred hex regions
•Video mode. Capture video and audio using EyeStalk and then apply the current effect to your movie.
•Choose between HD video and normal video on devices with HD camera. Capture video at 640 x 480 or 1280 x 720.
•Accurate video rendering estimates for processing video.
•Accelerated video rendering using full GPU 2.0 Pixel Shaders.
•A universal app, with full screen dedicated iPad mode.
•Capture images and video in raw mode and apply effects later. EyeStalk will save raw photos/video direct to the photo library. This allows you to apply different EyeStalk effects to the same photo or video.
•Take photos/videos direct from EyeStalk or choose pictures/video from photo library
•Change styles by swiping left and right
•Use front and rear cameras, control the flash direct from EyeStalk.
•Share photos direct to Facebook, Twitter, Flicker, Evernote, Email, SMS/iMessage
•Live image preview overlaid with chosen image style
EyeStalk has been tested on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4,4S,5, Touch (4th Generation), iPad2, iPad3/4 and Mini.
BBC logo © BBC 1996.
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2012.
Dalek Image © BBC/Terry Nation 1963.
Licensed by BBC Worldwide Limited.
What's new
Fixes photo being upside down in certain orientations.
