Spindorax

Welcom to Spindorax online tutorial. You will follow a step-by-step process to create a composition using a photo taken on the subway The sample image was taken in angle to show a perspective and demonstrate how Spindorax works ****************

At startup, Spindorax shows a default background with a contour detected and already selected (green color).

Double-tapping the contour will toggle the selction. Unselected contours are shown in red color

Tap on "Set Background" icon to bring the Pick & Edit view. In the new window, tap on the "Camera" icon to select an image from your "Photo Library"

The sample image have 5 photo rectangles but we want to show only 3 of them Tap the "Crop" button to enable cropping controls. Move the "Crop - Circles" to enclose the desired area and tap on "Ok" button.

Cropped image is now displayed. If you need to adjust "Brightness & Contrast", tap on "Tunning" buton to enable "Brigthness & Contrast" control.

Tap on "Done" button to go back to Spindorax main window. Spindorax has detected only 1 frame, and it's not accurate on its bottom-left corner.

Tap on "Setting" button to modify detection parameters. Increase the "Passes" value. You may need to play with other values: Min Size: minimum size (in % of main background) a contour should have to be detected Max Size: maximum size (in % of main background) a contour should have to be detected

Tap on "Done" button to setting window. Now, Spindorax detected 3 contours and they are more accurate. The biggest contour is automatically selected. If you don't get the result you expect, tap on "Set Background" to edit "Brightness & Contrast". Note: Blurry or dark images are not good for contour detection.

Tap on "Set Photo" icon to bring the "Pick and Edit" view. Note: Selected contour has a rectangular shape.

Tap on "Crop" icon to enable the controls. Move the crop circles to enclose a section to match the aspect ratio of contour we are working on. Note: In this exampe we enclose a square to show how image is distorted when applied to our contour.

Tap on "Ok" icon crop the photo. Tap on "Done" icon apply the photo into our selected contour.

Double-Tap the second contour to select it.

Repeat the process to set a photo on it.

Repeat the process to select and set a photo into the last contour.

To see how final result looks like, tap the switch at the top-right corner to hide the contours.

From here, your are ready to email or save the result. Result image will be saved or emaild without contours, regardless they are visible or not.