We have photo taking apps like Instagram, video apps like Viddy, and now we have one that combines the two, bringing still pictures to life! Flixel is a new app for iPhone inspired by Cinemagraphs that allows you to create living photos with looped animations. To use the app, just take a video and then with an easy stroke of the finger, choose which part of the photo to animate and which portion of time to loop. Then you have your very own GIF file which can be sent to your friends and/or viewed and voted on by the Flixel community around the world, depending on your privacy settings. [Read more...]