Visionist 4+

Amazing, Amazing!

It was obvious after spending just a few minutes with this app that I was totally in love with it. This app is going to replace more than a handful of other effect apps I am currently using, and in addition it adds a new depth and clarity to the processed images that does not exist with the other apps.

I applaud the developer for going with a single purchase model. This is the first thing I look at when downloading apps. If a developer opts for the subscription model I’ll just pass on the app. In this case I tried the app, and within 5 minutes I purchased the BUY button and I feel great about my purchase. Keep the amazing photo apps coming!!!

Limited as “free” app

If you are considering downloading this and using just the free features, it’s not worth it so don’t bother. A few limited choices given create way too many strokes/lines in the face, as if it enhances and multiplies facial creases and distorts your nose, as do apparently even some of the paid selections based on the preview. If you put each filter on to your face and try them one at a time, you will see each one of them looks like you have a dried mud mask on to varying degrees. With the free features, even adjusting the intensity, etc., of some of them still doesn’t make for a very attractive picture by sny strerch and doesn’t help in that regard. If you’re looking for some still life or inanimate object pictures, you might fare a little bit better because those weren’t as bad as human faces. Because I can’t get a decent attractive human picture out of it even with the limited choices, with all of them having deep strokes you can’t soften, I would say paying to unlock all the other features may or may not have those same problems if there is such a heavy emphasis on crinkling the face. I don’t think humans look very good with crinkled faces. Since you have to pay before you can unlock them and there is no trial for you to even test it out first, do so at your own risk.

Developer Response ,

Note that all of the portrait images (images with faces) we advertise were in-fact created using the free functionality. Several of the free styles don't add any strokes at all. You can in-fact soften the "deep strokes" by changing the composite mode to perhaps Soft Light or lowering the style power. We are confident you can definitely get good results with faces and for free. Please contact us at support@3DTOPO.com and we would be happy to assist.

Solid Version 1.0 - Keep Developing

Visionist has utility not found elsewhere on the App Store. The ability to create painterly effects to your photos, especially after unlocking the in app purchase, is second to none. The depth feature, which uses an iPhone’s portrait mode depth data as an additional map, opens up new creative avenues. But the app stops there.

There’s so much potential to explore, like being able to apply different degrees of painterly effects (or color or focus or brush direction) using the depth channel, but the app leaves this unexplored. A glaring limitation is that when zoomed in, you can’t scroll whatsoever.

This is an amazing version 1.0. Here’s hoping the development team will continue to explore its potential.