Crasher Squirrel
Michael (Admin) | Sep 15, 2009 Photo & Video
(5 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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When I spotted Crasher Squirrel my first instinct was to put it under the WTF category because I thought it was just gonna be stupid, but as it turns out it’s stupid and well done and it’s even mildly amusing so I’ll spare it the WTF label. Crasher Squirrel is basically a poor man’s version of Hendrik Kueck’s Juxtaposer, but instead of mashing together two photos you’re just slapping a squirrel onto your pics.
There’s nothing terribly fancy going on here, but United Playcos did a nice job of making the squirrel move and resize with two-finger gestures and you can also erase/unerase squirrel parts as you see fit. This last bit is important because erasing portions of the squirrel does a lot for integrating the furry little guy into photos in ways that are a lot funnier and more creative than if he’s just standing there in the foreground like an idiot.
Crasher Squirrel handles landscape photos well, although at first glance it seems like your landscape pics might not come out quite right (check out the screenshots to see what I mean). All finished products have a Crasher Squirrel caption added to the corner which I find kind of annoying… if the app were free I could understand this move, but you’re paying for it so I think the app promotion should definitely be optional.
Another thing that I’d like to see is a choice of different squirrel lighting. The lone squirrel featured in this app has light hitting his right side which is great if the pic you’re crashing is similar, but a neutrally-lit critter would be more all-purpose. In a perfect world you’d be able to choose a squirrel based on the photo’s lighting situation (indoors, dark with flash, light from left, light from right, etc.) but this is a joke app, after all, so I kind of doubt any developer would be willing to go to such lengths to go squirrel crashing.
United Playcos has made a solid app, though, and if you’d prefer to crash with monkies or bunny wabbits or something else I’d recommend you let them know… putting out different versions of this app doesn’t sound very difficult and they might even do it if enough people ask. If squirrels suit you just fine, though, paying a buck for this app seems pretty fair.
iTunes Link – Crasher Squirrel
Version 1.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.0.1
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- Nice title/menu screen, I like it already
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- Hmm, the way that squirrel looks I have a feeling this landscape thing's gonna come out looking all goofy
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- Hey it worked out just fine! Still looks goofy, though, thanks to the girls holding the birds
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- Zooming in on your squirrel is important when you're planning to do some surgical erasing
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- Now that's a lovely group photo
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- Erase is key for maximizing the effect of the squirrel crash
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- Ah, the Dream Team... crushing the dreams of aspiring Olympians everywhere!
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- Crasher Squirrel kept Obama's Beer Summit from getting out of hand
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- Ladies always prefer well-dressed squirrels over wrinkly 100 year old men
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- 'WTF is this squirrel doing in my helmet'
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- Crasher Squirrel help
(4.81 out of 5)