Product Information

No one held the iPhone camera in the party? Okay, now you got Camera Timer from NaughtyNuts. It is a small yet beautiful tool to help you keep the happy time with your friends and family, this is priceless!

It features:

• Predefined timers or self served settings allowed.

• Alert sound to notify you when the timer counts down.

• Countdown voices in localized language, alarm or beep sound.

• Preview picture taken and Autosave at desired time.

• Tutorial to help you make a quick stand to hold the iPhone out of a 10-dollar note!

• Choose between Metallic or Black skins.

• Take time-lapsed photos.

• Grid lines and leveling gauge to help taking photos

English, Traditional, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish supported. (Some of these translations are machine translated, please refer to English version and report to us if you have comments.)

We also have a lite edition which demonstrates a few countdown without sound nor other local languages.

Buy the full version

Buy the lite version

What to expect next:

- Anti-shake for non-countdown option

- full screen view (minimized menu)

- funny features with time-lapsed photos

- and others…

Sample Time Lapse photos

Customer provided sample (thanks to Robin Edwards):

User Guide (ver 2.0)

Before you start

After you installed, you can put the Cam Timer on the Desk by holding the icon until the screens are shaking, and then you can drag it to the desk below. Of course, you have to do a little clean up to give some space for it. Once it is there, you can press the Home button once to freeze the positioning.

Main screen

The main screen is quite neat. There are preset values, ”20 sec”, ”15 sec”, “10 sec”, ”0 sec”,  a self-define timer, and a time-lapse button. Also you will see a tips button to show you some helping information. Currently, we have 2 skins for your favorite choice of front panel.

You can open the setting panel by pushing up the covering plate.

In the configuration panel, you can modify the following settings:

Single Shot Timer

• user timer – You can type a value between 0 to 60 seconds.
• autosave time – This is the preview time to retain the preview screen before autosaving. If it is set to zero, the preview screen will stay until you press the “Use photo” button.

Time Lapse

• interval – It is the time interval for taking time lapse photo. This value has offset the lead time for taking, previewing and saving the photo. That is to say, if you set 15 sec, then the app will take first picture at 15th sec in the first round. And then when the app is doing all the saving actions, the countdown continues and next picture will be taken at the 30th sec, although you may find the displayed countdown was not starting from 15. Due to technical restriction, a minimum 15 seconds interval is required to stably complete all these tasks.
• repeat – It is the time to playback the photo taking actions. Say if you need to record for 10 minutes with 15 sec interval, you can enter 10 x 60 ÷15 = 40.

Photo Size

• You can choose between 1200×1600, or 900×1200 or 600×800. The larger the photo size, better resolution but consume more spaces. If you do not need to print out the photo or just need to post on web, the latter ones may well suit you need and you can conserve more spaces on iPhone for your musics.

Skin

• Currently we have Metallic and Black for your preference. We are considering allowing customer to choose their favorite picture in coming versions.

Sound

• You may toggle on or off the alert sound. If the sound is enabled, you can switch the sound type to be Alarm or Voice or Beep.

All these preferences are remembered and will be reused on re-opening the application.

Camera screen

When you tap anyone of the timer value, you will open the screen.

Now you can focus on getting the best view to shoot. If you need to hold the iPhone, you may use a stand (or something to clamp it or glue with gum if you dare). Check the Tips for a urgent paper stand, it is really quite handy.

3 toggling buttons added:

• leveling gauge – This uses the accelerometer to measure the leveling position of your camera. You may toggle among “display mode”, “calibrate mode”, and “hidden mode”. The calibrate mode is used to adjust the accelerometer which may have a bit difference among different iPhone.
• grid lines – Toggle among, 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 in Golden Ratio, hidden
• current timer – Toggle among the timers, so you do not need to go back to front panel to switch again.

Once you tap the camera button, the countdown will start and you should hear the alert sound. If you do not, check your iPhone settings and the volume settings. You may use a wired headphone to hear the countdown if you do not want to disturb others.

If the countdown is not yet start, you can press the “Cancel” button to go back to main screen. If it is counting down, you can press the “Cancel Countdown” button to stop the countdown and reset the counter.

After you have taken the photo, it is in preview mode. You can choose the use the photo by pushing the “Use Photo” button or cancel the photo taken by pushing “Retake” button. If you pushed “Retake”, you can take photo againg using the same countdown timer setting selected.

If you have set non-zero autosave time, preview screen will automatically save to camera roll and go back to the Take Photo screen. Otherwise, you will need to press the Use Photo button to save the photo and then go back to Take Photo Screen.

If you need to modify the settings, press cancel and you will go back to front panel.

Some Tips

You don’t have anything to hold you iPhone? Check our Tips button and fetch a note from your wallet to make an ad-hoc stand. It is simple enough that even with our stiff fingers, we can make one in 3 minutes at the first time. You can see our self portrait is already using the same stand!

*** There were a few questions on turning pages. Please find there are dots in the lower part of the tips page, these are pages indicator. Tap on the lower “dots” to turn to next or previous page.

User Guide (ver 2.1)

Before you start

After you installed, you can put the Cam Timer on the Desk by holding the icon until the screens are shaking, and then you can drag it to the desk below. Of course, you have to do a little clean up to give some space for it. Once it is there, you can press the Home button once to freeze the positioning.

Main screen

The main screen is quite neat. There are preset values, “20 sec”, “15 sec”, “10 sec”, “Anti-shake”, a self-define timer, and a time-lapse button. Also you will see a tips button to show you some helping information. Currently, we have 2 skins for your favorite choice of front panel. (In v2.1, we have only changed the “0 sec” to Antishake, other timer settings will not use the accelerometer to detect shake level. Self-Timer is assumed for handfree photo taking and is awkward if the timer is zero but the photo was not taken.)

You can open the setting panel by pushing up the covering plate.

In the configuration panel, you can modify the following settings:

Single Shot Timer

• user timer – You can type a value between 0 to 60 seconds.
• autosave time – This is the preview time to retain the preview screen before autosaving. If it is set to zero, the preview screen will stay until you press the “✔” or “✘” button.

Time Lapse

• interval – It is the time interval for taking time lapse photo. This value has offset the lead time for taking, previewing and saving the photo. That is to say, if you set 15 sec, then the app will take first picture at 15th sec in the first round. And then when the app is doing all the saving actions, the countdown continues and next picture will be taken at the 30th sec, although you may find the displayed countdown was not starting from 15. Due to technical restriction, a minimum 15 seconds interval is required to stably complete all these tasks.
• repeat – It is the time to playback the photo taking actions. Say if you need to record for 10 minutes with 15 sec interval, you can enter 10 x 60 ÷15 = 40.

Photo Size

• You can choose between 1200×1600, or 900×1200 or 600×800. The larger the photo size, better resolution but consume more spaces. If you do not need to print out the photo or just need to post on web, the latter ones may well suit you need and you can conserve more spaces on iPhone for your musics or videos.

Skin

• Currently we have Metallic and Black for your preference. We are considering allowing customer to choose their favorite picture in coming versions.

AntiShake Sensitivity (new)

• You may push the slide bar to adjust the sensitivity of the accelerometer against shake level of the iPhone. More sensitive to the left and less sensitivity to the right.

Date and Time Format (new)

• You may choose to insert a date/time stamp on the lower left corner of your photo. A number of formats are available. Disable the timestamp will have some enhancement to the saving speed (about 0.2 sec). Note this timestamp will not be displayed on the preview screen (before you save), but you can review on the Review screen (from Camera Roll).

Direct Camera (new)

• You may choose to skip the main screen and open the camera screen directly next time. You can always go back to modify the settings from the camera screen by press the return button.

All these preferences are remembered and will be reused on re-opening the application.

Camera screen

When you tap anyone of the timer value, you will open the camera screen.

Now you can focus on getting the best view to shoot. If you need to hold the iPhone, you may use a stand (or something to clamp it or glue with gum if you dare). Check the Tips for a urgent paper stand, it is really quite handy.

There are following buttons from left to right:

• Photo Review button – This will open the photo library when you can review your photo from Camera Roll, or playback photo sequence, or merge multiple photos. See Photo Review for more information.
• Leveling Gauge button – This uses the accelerometer to measure the leveling position of your camera. You may tap repeatedly to toggle among “display mode”, “calibrate mode”, and “hidden mode”. The calibrate mode is used to adjust the accelerometer which may have a bit difference among different iPhone.
• Grid Lines button – This is to help you to choose the right view and design. Toggle among, 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 in Golden Ratio, hidden
• Current Timer button – Toggle among the timers, so you do not need to go back to front panel to switch again.
• Return button – This is to go back to main screen for changing the settings.

In v2.1, a full screen button is used to allow tap anywhere on screen to take your photo.

If you choose anti-shake mode, a shake indicator will be displayed to show you the shake level. It will enlarge if it is really shaky and it will shrink when it is more stable. When it reaches sensibility level you selected, the photo will be taken.

If you choose other timer options, the countdown will start and you should hear the alert sound in last 10 seconds (Lite vesion will have beep sound at 5 sec). If you do not, check your iPhone settings and the volume settings. You may use a wired headphone to hear the countdown if you do not want to disturb others.

If the countdown is not yet start, you can press the Return button to go back to main screen. If it is counting down, you can press the “Cancel” button (just below the countdown value or the shake indicator) to stop the countdown and reset the counter.

After you have taken the photo, it will go to preview mode. You can choose to save the photo by pushing the “✔” button or cancel and retake another by pushing “✘” button. If you pushed “✘“, you can take photo again using the same mode selected. If the photo is still saving, the screen will be locked until saving completed.

If you have set non-zero autosave time, preview screen will automatically save to camera roll and go back to the Take Photo screen. Otherwise, you will need to press the “✔” button to save the photo and then go back to Take Photo Screen.

If you take photo in Time-lapse mode, the preview screen will still displayed but autosave time will be ignored. The photo will be accepted asap so as to ready to take another photo. The progress will be displayed on the message screen above.

If you need to modify the settings, press Return button and you will go back to main screen.

Photo Review (new)

In 2.1, we introduced Photo Review mode, which allows you to do the followings (buttons from left to right):

• Review a single photo – Open the photo library to select the photo. If you want to check the photo you have taken, check the Camera Roll. You can also view other photo in other library you have created or synchronized from iTunes. This function is quite useful if you have taken smaller size photos which iPhone cannot display clearly in default Photo program. You can resize and drag the photo here.
• Playback photo sequence – If you have taken time-lapse photos, you must eager to see the effect. You can select photos into the sequence and playback.
  • Add button(“+”) to append photo (note, current version will only allow you to append to the end of the sequence). It may take some time since the original photo is copied for merge processing. The screen displayed is optimized for review only.
  • Arrows buttons (“➫”) to browse the photos in the sequence
  • Play and Stop button to playback and stop the sequence
  • Trash button to delete the current photo.
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  Sample Merge Result

  Merge photos – This is for you to select multiple photos to merge according the your preferred transparency of each. For instance, if you have taken different Kung Fu posture sequence, you may merge the postures to form an interesting picture. On other hand, if you have created photo frames and loaded in you photo library, you can put the frame on top of your photo and save it.

  • Merge and Playback share the same photo sequence. Appending and deleting photo from the sequence will affect both functions.
  • The first photo will be the background and its transparency level is recommended to be 1.0. The latter photos will be stacked on top.
  • When you traverse the photo, you can adjust the transparency level of the photo. 1.0 will be totally opaque and the lower layer will not be seen. The lower the value, the lighter the color of the current photo. Default value is 0.5.
  • Add button(“+”) to append photo (note, current version will only allow you to append to the end of the sequence). It may take some time since the original photo is copied for merge processing. The screen displayed is optimized for review only.
  • Arrows buttons (“➫”) to browse the photos in the sequence.
  • Trash button to delete the current photo.
  • Preview to see the effect of merging. You can press Cancel to edit again or Save to save a copy to Camera Roll.
• Return button – Cancel the Photo Review mode and go back to Camera mode

Some Tips

You don’t have anything to hold you iPhone? Check our Tips button and fetch a note from your wallet to make an ad-hoc stand. It is simple enough that even with our stiff fingers, we can make one in 3 minutes at the first time. You can see our self portrait is already using the same stand!

*** There were a few questions on turning pages. Please find there are dots in the lower part of the tips page, these are pages indicator. Tap on the lower “dots” to turn to next or previous page.