Grungetastic - iPhone/iTouch Info

Upon launch the first thing you are going to do is choose an image. Once you choose an image you will be presented with the main interface. The easiest and quickest way to learn the app is to hit the "Randomize" button over and over. This will generate a completely random look by combining papers, textures, and color to give your grungy picture a unique look. Most of the time this is all you need. Once you are happy with the look or have a good idea of what Grungetastic is capable of then you will either want to save your image, or start fine-tuning it using the "Adjust" button to modify the attributes.

Add More Grungetastic Styles

Use this button to add more grungy styles. The initial purchse of Grungetastic gives you three Grunge Styles: Classic, Bleached and Pop Grunge. Use this button to add new grunge styles to your app using theiTunes in-app purchase system.

Get Photo / Take Photo

Once you are in the app click on the camera icon to load your photo (first button on the left). You can either choose a photo from the camera roll or you can take a new picture and use it.

Message: "Rendering Grungetastic". The first time you bring a photo into Grungetastic, the default style is applied.

Main Buttons

On the iPhone and iTouch the buttons appear on the bottom in this order:

Settings

The setting can be found on the "Save" menu. This is where low, medium and high-resolution image size can be changed. By default the setting are set Medium. IMPORTANT: Settings will not apply until the next time you "Get Photo" from the camera roll.

Change the Grunge Styles

Grungetastic includes three basic grunge styles: Classic, Bleached and Pop Grunge with the option to add our ultra grungy styles through the in-app purchase system. Use the style button to get to all the grunge styles.

Note: When you add new styles using the in-app system you can go here to find them.

Styles and Presets

To change from style to style, tap on a grunge stye button. When you tap, the preset window will open allowing you to apply presets to you image, tap again to close. You can modify all the presets using a full range of controls by going to the "Adjust" button.

Note: To hide the grunge styles and return the main buttons, tap once in the image area.

Saving and Deleting Presets

Once you have applied a preset and modified it using the adjust tab, you can save your own custom preset by using the "Save" button on the main screen and choosing "Save Preset" off the menu. To delete a preset, press down on the thumbnail and hold until a red "X" appears, then tap to delete it.

Adjust the Grunge Texture & Color

Use the "Adjust" button to change the grunge color and strength of the texture.

Adjust : Tabs

Adjustment tabs gives you a full range of control, so to make this easy I'll quickly explain what each of the tabs are then explain in more detail below what they control:

"Adjust" controls the overall color tone in the image; "Grunge 1" is where you control the first texture, "Grunge 2" is where you control the second texture, and "Borders" allow you to choose from an assortment of grungy edges.

There is also a randomize button built into each grunge style that randomly combines all the elements for only that style. Each of the controls will vary slightly from one style to the next, but in general they work the same throughout all the grunge styles.

Adjust : Sliders

Tones

Moving this slider right increases the strength of the tone globally. Most of the effects use one color box but some use two. To change the color (tone) of the image, tap on the color box to get to the color picker.

Threshold

This slider darkens the shadows in the image.

Colors

This slider controls the colors used in the image and how strong the colors become.

Smoothing

Controls how hard the edges are on the colors.

Grunge 1 : Slider & Textures

The "Grunge 1" tab is where you control the first grungy texture. Moving the Strength/Color slider right increases how strong the grungy texture appears on your photo. To change the color of the first grunge texture, tap on the color box to bring up the color picker.

Grunge 1 also provides seven categories of grungy content: Grainy, Scraches, Textures, Blotches, Abstract, Extreme and Stylized.

To change the grunge texture tap on one of the categories to view the content and tap on it again to close it. In the example below I've opened the "Scratches" content and will select the texture by tapping once on it. It will take a moment to render this onto your photo to see if you like it or choose another to change it.

Grunge 2 : Slider & Textures

To change the second grunge texture strength and color, repeat the process. On this example I'm choosing a texture from the "Blotches" content.

Borders : Grungy Edges

Use the "Borders" tab to choose a grungy edge.

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