iAmbience - HD Fireplaces, Virtual Aquarium and More App Reviews
Great imagery, the fireplace seems to be watermarked (so may belong to a third party). Irritatingly, theres only sound on two of the panels, the campfire and the rainstorm. Waste of space.
Seriously, whoever develops this is very out of touch with reality. 3.7 Gig installs are only for major Software Packages, not for Screen Savers. I would imagine about 3 people wroldwide have even considered installing an update that bloated. Please. Get real.
Really like the concept behind this app—a few suggestions for refinement: 1. Looping—the video loop point for the aquarium is quite jarring. Perhaps fewer and less active fish? An ideal loop point would be after all of the fish have left frame; a few moments of an empty aquarium, and they begin to swim back into view. The fish appear to be keyed over the background, so it seems like this could be achieved without too much difficulty. 2. Audio—allow the user to control the audio level for each clip. 3. Watermark—the watermark on the fireplace clip hinders the illusion. Just a few thoughts. Thanks for listening!
Whats up?
Only the rain video has sound. A freind of mine downloaded the same app and had the same problem. Lame.
No Good
Not a good app. Theirs no sound for most scenes. Bad job
I just eagerly installed the latest update, checked out the additional screens, then changed to my favorite (fire in the hearth). This is such a great mood setter, that I was disappointed to observe a bright blue logo at the bottom right of the otherwise dark screen. As this might be less distracting at the bottom of a tropical fish tank, I hope you might consider placing the the company logo in a matching setting.
Nice fireplace, super cheesy aquariums, and why rain for all the landscapes? and the fake winter storm sounds during a gentle snow? Worth about 99 cents. Wait and someone else will figure out to put a camera up to their home aquarium except they will FOCUS THE CAMERA! Super big file for this, more than 3GB, someone should tell you in advance. Its like downloading 3 movies! AGH!!
The fireplace and the quiet snow fall are the best. Then they have fake rain showers, wind and bubble sounds in the rest. Quite annoying and repetitive. Only the fireplace is in HD the rest are a far cry from good cinematography. Very blurry. It does not utilize the capabilities of my iMac. It was like watching television on a less than 280p cathode ray tube from the 70s. Dont buy it until they put some quality HD footage of reef tanks and nature settings. The rain on a sunny day setting is REALLY annoying!!!!! Silence is golden!
Best image (hearth) has blazing blue logo that ruins the effect, aquariums are haunted by autofocus gremlins and the landscape shots are ruined with cheezy fake rain/snow and bad sound effects. Save your money.