Digital photography moves up a level

This Android app creates interactive photos that move as you tilt and rotate the phone in your hand

Fyuse is somewhere between a video, a photo, and a GIF. It is an iOS and Android app that creates interactive photos that move as you tilt and rotate the phone in your hand.

You can control how fast the photo moves by turning your hand, the resulting effect is more immersive than a photo, but very different from a video or a GIF. The makers have called this “spatial photography”. The whole effect is worth checking out.

The presence of giants like Instagram and Vine can make it difficult for newcomers like Fyuse to gain enough traction. The community of Fyuse is a lot smaller than Instagram’s, but the app provides us with a fresh approach to shooting and sharing what is around us.

When you create a new Fyuse, all you have to think is, “point, shoot, tilt”. You will have to fire up the camera in the app, point it at whatever you want to click, press and hold the screen, and start tilting or moving your phone in one direction.

When you begin recording, the app shows arrows to guide you.It is possible to record up to 360 degrees in one direction. When you reach the limit, the app automatically stops recording. You can also stop capturing by lifting your finger.

You will be able to shoot in only one direction with each Fyuse – either horizontally or vertically. Irrespective of how you move the phone, you can shoot in either the landscape mode or the portrait mode.

Each Fysue has a spot in which comments can be left. You can “echo” it, which shares it with your followers, not unlike a retweet on Twitter. The app also has option to share it on Facebook, Twitter, in a text, via email, or by simply copying the direct link. If the Fyuse is yours, you can edit or delete it.

This article was first published on The Hindu and is available at http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/fyuse/article7554041.ece