iOS 8: Pixite Photo Kit bundle and Big Fragment Update
As many of you may be aware the Apple App Store will be offering app bundles with the launch of iOS 8. The team at Pixite apps, will be bundling all five of their apps, which includes Tangent, LoryStripes, Fragment, Union and Matter within a new bundle called ‘Pixite Photo Kit’. They have also updated significantly Fragment and Matter to iOS 8. We have detailed more information relating to the Fragment update below:
Photo Editing Extension
You don’t even have to go searching for Fragment to do your edit. You can just browse your photos in the native app and do your Fragment edit directly inside Photos. And the edits are non-destructive and resumable so the next time you edit inside Photos, all the previous settings are preserved so you can start where you left off.
Widget
Unless you’re checking stock prices or the weather everyday, the Today view on the iPhone is often a feature people don’t use. However, this is about to change because Apple has opened up the Today view to developers, which has made the section a lot more interesting for many people. Pixite have made the Fragment and Matter inspirations sections, which are updated daily, available so you can check out cool photo edits people have made. Hopefully, they’ll inspire you to fire up the apps and make cool edits of your own 🙂
The only caveat to the new widgets is that you don’t automatically see them and you have to opt-in. This means opening the Today view, scrolling all the way to the bottom, tapping the “Edit” button, going to the “Do Not Include” section, finding the widget (which there could be quite a few), and tapping on it to enabling it.
Handoff
A lot of us start on Fragment edits on the phone but when we want to tweak the details, it’s usually quicker and more precise to do it on a bigger screen of an iPad. The way that Apple made the handoff accessible from the lock screen is smart. Turn on the device and swipe up on the Fragment app icon at the bottom of the lock screen.
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)
