Playing with Percolator for iPhone

Percolator is an app for iPhone and iPad you can use to create interesting mosaics from your photos.

The process for making a mosaic is straightforward. Inside the app you take a photo using your built-in camera or choose an existing photo from your photo library.

You then have three types of filters to play with:

1. Grind – this breaks down your image, reforming the image as a mosaic.
2. Brew – choose different types of shapes, such as circles, stars and rings.
3. Serve – add finishing touches with colour and texture.

Here’s a screenshot of creating an image in Percolator on the iPhone:

Here are my first experiments playing with the app.

Formby Beach on the Sefton Coast near Liverpool:

Stig the cat:

Ceiling in the Museum of Liverpool café:

Stairwell in the Museum of Liverpool:

Oozells Square in central Birmingham:

You can see more images in the Percolator group on flickr.

Three types of filter may not seem much but the potential combinations of the settings give a lot of scope for creating different types of images. I’m hooked already and imagine spending a lot of time in this app. It’s addictive!