iPhone Apps

PicTools – iPhoneography App – Free For Today

PicTools lets you quickly manipulate your photo using a set of intuitive tools.  You may create your own effects by adjusting the RGB curves and overlaying another image with a blend mode of your choice.

Among other things PicTools also offers crop and transform controls as well as the ability to save your image into a square format with white or black padding.

This app is temporarily free and you can pick it up by clicking here.

Feature List

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  • Real time color curves adjustment
  • Preset curves that can be tweaked
  • Save your own custom curves
  • Overlays to give your photos texture
  • Use your own photos as an overlay and set the blending mode and opacity
  • Crop your photo with preset ratios or free form
  • Rotate and mirror your photo
  • Antique black & white and sepia effects
  • Quick mode will combine effects when you don’t have time to tweak it yourself
  • Keep adding as many overlays and effects as you want
  • A selection of borders to choose from to give the photo a perfect finish
  • Save at full resolution
  • Optionally resize your photos
  • Save your photo to square format with black or white padding to keep the original ratio, this means you don’t need to crop your image for Instagram etc.
  • Post your photos to Facebook
  • Undo any change you make right back to the original photo
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)