Daily Photo App Digest – October 18, 2011
Latest photo apps and updates to hit the iTunes store today…
PhotoForge2
PhotoForge2 is the definitive photo manipulation software for iOS. Completely rewritten from the ground up, PhotoForge2 is a breakthrough for image editing on the go. Edit full resolution photos just like on your desktop.
This update now adds full iOS5 support as well as some minor changes and several bug fixes.
10 million users love Instagram! It’s a free, fun, and simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone. This update includes fixes for original iPhone and iPhone 3G users.
QuadCamera – Multishot
Just pressing a button, QuadCam proceeds to take 4-8 serial shoots and create one image with 6 selectable effects. The popping sound of the shutter gives you a great feeling.
This update includes quick aid for iPhone 4S and iOS supports with an additional fix for iPhone 4S support.
Air Cam Live Video
Air Cam lets you view live video feed (and optionally, audio) from your iSight webcam (or any compatible external webcam) for Mac or Windows directly on your iOS device. Need to have a baby monitor or a nanny cam? Set up your iSight webcam in the baby’s bedroom, and remotely check up on your baby with your iOS device without stepping into the room.
This update fixes an audio issue.
FlickStackr for Flickr
FlickStackr brings Flickr photo sharing to the iPad. Designed from the ground up for the larger screen, it allows you to BROWSE photos in the Flickr universe. UPLOAD photos, and EDIT your photos’ metadata.
This update fixes various problems, as shown below;
-Fix problems with 500px authentication, especially using Facebook
- Fix handling of bad connectivity with 500px
- Fix German and Japanese localization for 500px
- Fix posting to Tumblr for 500px
piRAWnha
piRAWnha will help you get the most out of your raw images when you’re on the go or at home, no desktop or laptop needed. Simply import your raw images onto your iPad, edit them with piRAWnha, and share with the world.
This update includes compatibility with iOS 5, larger photo icons that preserve photo aspect ratio and include the photo’s date and filename, writes output files to a separate directory and minor bug fixes.
Qbro
A fabulous Instagram alternative with tons of features. This update includes iOS 5 compatibility and minor bug fixes.
iDarkroom
iDarkroom is a FAST, INTUITIVE, POWERFUL photo processing app. Whether you are professional photographer or not good at taking photo, iDarkroom will add amazing effects to your photos and make them unique and great.
This is a major update and includes the following changes:
● Reduce app size ( About 12M now )
● Adjusts the order of effects
● 3 new special effects ( Zoom Blur, Circular Blur, Old TV ) added
● Totally new frame effects with adjustable texture
● 5 new noise effects
● Gamma adjust function added
● New icons
● Faster processing speed
● Fixed bugs
● Other improvements
Private Photos and Videos: Media Stash
Stash is a private media organizer and slideshow viewer in one. This update inlcudes iOS 5 compatibility.
iAlbum Pro
iAlbum Pro is the professional edition of the popular iAlbum app. iAlbum Pro turns your iPad into a beautiful fully functional virtual photo album, complete with realistic page turns, album cover, linen pages, and photo corners. You flip through the photo album pages by swiping your finger across the page, stretch or shrink your photos by pinching them, and rotate photos by twisting them.
This update includes minor corrections.
Valise
Valise is a digital portfolio for photographers and other creative artists. Create your custom portfolio with ease, using the inbuilt customizable elements, or use your own custom designed cover. Pick multiple images to add to your portfolio from any album on your iPad. We will be adding the ability to add extra portfolios and other features in later versions.
This update includes iOS 5 compatibility, better landscape mode support, custom portrait and landscape covers now easier to use.
Instant110
Instant110 is a brand new photo app that takes toy camera and analog photo style pictures. You can take strange and beautiful pictures easily by using lenses, films and developers included in this app.
Joanne Carter
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)