Filterstorm Neue – iOS Photography App – Updated
Filterstorm Neue is a fantastic app and it’s hard to believe it’s only just over a month old. Filterstorm Neue has just received its first 1.1 update and it’s looking good. Take a look at What’s New below to find out what the developer, Tai Shimizu has added.
This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded this app. If not, you can download it here. It retails for $3.99/£2.49.
What’s New?
New Features:
• Histogram now shown in Curves and Levels controls
• Levels control. You can double tap to add a new levels point, and drag off to remove.
• Individual channel curves
• Luminance curves
• Text Tool
• Button to toggle between filtered and unfiltered image (unavailable for CPU-based tools)
• Masking brush opacity and loupe size options
• Swipe gesture to hide menu
• Can now choose custom background colors for “Make Square” tool
• White point picker
• Exif display
• Save IPTC sets for later use
• Adds double tap to zoom to full size, double tap again to zoom out.
• Option to use English language regardless of device language setting
• Reduces sensitivity of some controls
• Mask opacity tool
Adds Advanced Export Options including:
• TIFF export option
• PNG export option
• JPEG quality slider
• Ability to see file size before export
Bug Fixes:
• Fixes bug where display of image scaling slider wouldn’t update to match saved value
• Fixes image quality issue with saved files
• Original picture now appears in edit history
• Cropping tool now appears in edit history
• Fixes issues with color range masking
• Fixes crashing bug with FTP
• Fixes incomplete upload bug with FTP
• Fixes bug with disappearing sub header
• Moves Sharpening to CPU on older devices for increased stability
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)
