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Pictwo – Updated

Pictwo is a tool for making awesome photos. Use your own imagination and creativity to combine two photos into new compositions called Pictwos. By adding textures and colors from your environment to landscapes or portraits, you can create beautiful photos in just a few seconds. Or, get more involved in the process and create collages, surreal compositions and art pieces.

This app has just been updated, check out What’s New below. This is a a free update, if you have previously purchased this app. If not, you can download it here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49/download.

 

Features

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– Take photos or select from library

– Crop, position, and zoom photos to line up with one another

– Choose a blending mode for your top layer

– Set opacity for the layer

– Use your finger to erase portions of the top layer for the perfect blend

– Share to Facebook, Twitter or Email to friends

– Save your Pictwos to edit, re-edit and re-imagine

What’s New?

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· Simplified Photo Select screen.
· New free textures will soon begin appearing in the app.
· Improved sharing of images:

– Now you can share to Twitter, Facebook and Email with one touch.
– More easily customize your message.
– Twitter displays images more cleanly. No more iTunes link!

The mirror function has been removed from this version. Mirroring will be resurrected soon on the Position screen along with some other treats.

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)