Pocket Plastic

We can't have a photography blog called Pocket Plastic and fail to mention that the latest update to Nevercenter's Camerabag contains a new effects filter named "Plastic". The popular iPhone application hasn't seen many changes of late; the team seems to have been busy with putting out a much-improved version of Camerabag Desktop for Mac/PC. And now comes this, an exclusive filter available only in the iPhone app.

The official announcement of Plastic is here, and the effect is described as "sweet honey tones [that] could only come from the cheapest of cameras." Personally I think the effect is just a little too pronounced and unlike what I associate with a toy camera look. Maybe I just have a thing against green tones. In the end, it's a matter of personal taste, and I'm sure Plastic will be the perfect choice when the right photo comes along.

I'm including a Camerabag Desktop filter I made myself, called "Plastic Eye 3", which I submit to you as a tamer, slightly brighter, and perhaps more realistic plastic camera effect. May you find it useful in your daily editing. The .CBF file requires a copy of Camerabag Desktop. Installation instructions can be found here, along with other custom filters from the Nevercenter team.

As its name suggests, there are two other versions of it, along with many others I've made. I'm hoping to select a few of the better ones and put them up here for download someday.

Above: Camerabag's new Plastic filter.

Above: My Plastic Eye 3 filter applied to the same photo.

Download the Plastic Eye 3 filter from drop.io.

Bonus: Here's another custom filter I've named Lomotive: It's the classic cross-processed Lomo LC-A look. Download it here.