Laminar – Updated
Laminar offers one of the most stream lined work flow available on iPad to edit images when on the move. This is a great app and it has just been updated. Check out What’s New below. This is a free update, if you have previously purchased this app. If not you can download it here, it retails for $4.99/£2.99/download.
What’s New?
-> New Icon for Laminar.
a) Complete PNG workflow support. A lot of users had complained about the lack of transparency support in Laminar.
Version 1.3 has complete support for transparencies.
As a lot of users had requested, the export options have undergone a major upgrade.
->Users can select the file format while exporting/saving the image. PNG or JPG.
->Ability to resize images while exporting.
->Add a configured watermark while exporting the image.
b) Added support for automation and ability to save most of the commonly used options:
-> Presets: Most of the adjustment settings on the right, can now be saved as presets allowing one click access when needed.
-> Watermarks: A lot of users like to add watermark to their images before uploading to the social media sites. Watermark preset allows users to define a watermark to be added on the images, and it would be added automatically every time user exports the image.
b)New image picker that allows users to pick images directly from Facebook, Flick & Microsoft Bing. Can import images from Clipboard and also allows user to create a custom canvas with desired resolution and background color.
c) New Text Layers. Text tool exports layers as separate layers. Allowing users to pan & rotate the text as convenient.
d) Two new tools, custom white balance & miniature. Both can be accessed from Fx Menu.
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)
