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VR Photo Converter 2.0

Screenshot of VR Photo Converter

VR Photo Converter 2.0 has been released.

What’s new:

  • Added VR180 to cross view
  • Added VR180 to parallel view
  • Added resize to Instagram landscape size: 1080 x 608
  • Added resize and rotate to Instagram portrait: 1350 x 1080
  • Improved performance of removing images from the list
  • The preview image is updated when settings are updated
  • New application icon
  • New website
  • Reduced PNG size by removing the alpha channel and tweaking png settings
  • Encourage users to mention VR Photo Converter when posting the images used
  • Create output directory if it doesn’t exist
  • Upgraded from java-image-scaling 0.8.5 to 0.8.7 Snapshot (May 2022)
  • Use new application framework:
    • Main window always on top setting
    • Transparent main window setting
    • Skins (More than 20, including many dark themes)
    • Define proxy to access internet
    • Feedback form
    • New about dialog
      • See changes
      • Check for updates
      • Show licenses
      • Show system infos, including logs
    • Installers include a recent Java Runtime
    • Better installers for Windows and Mac OS X
    • Minimum Java version required is Java 11
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements
  • Above 100 photos, there is now a watermark, see pricing.

Decoration 2.0 released

Japplis has released Decoration 2.0. Decoration is an application specialized in applying effects to photo albums.

To use Decoration, 3 steps are needed. The first one is the selection the photos, then the selection of the effects to apply and finally setting the output options before clicking on the start button.
Decoration contains more than 100 effects including color border, gradient frame, round corners, drop shadow, mirror, blur, reduce noise, tint, mosaic, superpose text, watermark, rotate, zoom, crop, brightness, contrast, gamma, glow, bend, sharpen, change transparency, oil, emboss, bump or edge.

What’s new:

  • More than 80 preconfigured set of effects.
  • Several improvements in the preview panel such as possibility to use the mouse whell to zoom in and out.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Improved default values for a few effects.
  • Various improvements and bug fixes.

Decoration is a shareware but it can be run for free online at https://decoration.japplis.com/runonline.html
No registration is needed and the photos are not uploaded to a server.

Decoration is available at https://decoration.japplis.com/
Decoration works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Japplis Pastel 1.0 Released – Online Photo Effects

I’ve just released Japplis Pastel 1.0.
Japplis Pastel is a free online photo editor with a different approach than the standard one.
In standard photo editor, users need to know which effect they want to apply to a photo.
With Japplis Pastel, users can see their photos with more than 80 differents effects. They then just need to select the ones they prefer and save them.
Most of the time this results in choosing effects different than the users had in mind or saving the photo with different effects.
Japplis Pastel 1.0 is available for free at https://pastel.japplis.com/.
Official press release: http://www.japplis.com/resources/pr/pr-pastel-10.html

Screenshot of Japplis Pastel

Japplis Pastel Beta Released

Today I’ve released the beta version of Japplis Pastel.
Japplis Pastel is a new application that applies different effects to your images.
The application is done for people who don’t know which effect looks the best on their photos.
As Japplis Pastel will show you a preview of your photo with different effects, you just need to select the ones you prefer and save/copy/drag them.

Japplis Pastel runs online for free at https://pastel.japplis.com
As for Decoration, no account is needed and the photos are not uploaded to a server (unlike most of online photo editors).

Here is a screenshot:
Japplis Pastel Screenshot

New Online Effects Web Site Released

Along with the release of Decoration 1.2, I’ve released a new web site to apply effects to your photo albums.

The new web site is https://effects.japplis.com.
You first choose which effect you want to apply to your photos, then add the photos to the left panel, click on the Play button and save the files generated in the right panel.

More than 100 effects are available including color border, gradient frame, round corners, drop shadow, mirror, blur, reduce noise, tint, mosaic, superpose text, watermark, rotate, zoom, crop, brightness, contrast, gamma, glow, bend, sharpen, change transparency, oil, emboss, bump or edge.
Contrary to most of the online photo editors, no account is needed and the photos won’t be uploaded to a server.

The web site is also available in French at https://effets.japplis.com

If you want to combine effects or have more options use Decoration online