Yahoo! Picks Up KitCam and PhotoForge To Strengthen Flickr
KitCam and PhotoForge have long been favorite apps of many iPhone photographers – sadly these apps are no longer available or at least currently available in the Apple App store as Yahoo! has acquired the developers – GhostBird. Ever since Flickr upgraded their photo sharing site they’ve been on the look out to offer more, they were seriously lacking in the photo editing space and by picking up PhotoForge they can fill that niche very nicely. KitCam too is/was a fabulous filter app, so it looks like the entire GhostBird portfolio and their team have been gobbled up. We have requested additional information and at soon as that’s forthcoming we’ll…
Mob-Entrepreneurs – Jack Hollingsworth Cape Cod – Weekend Mobile Workshop, July 25-28
Jack Hollingsworth is running a weekend workshop of mobile photography from July 25-28 on Cape Cod. Jack knows this area like the back of his hand, born and raised there, he knows every crack and corner intimately. This course will take place with three full days of shooting from sunrise to sunset each day. There will NOT be any formal classroom instruction although Jack will host a talk-through, on location, how he shoots and approach subjects. Jack predicts to cover 3-5 key locations per day, with a solid 60-90 minutes per location to explore. The workshop cost, for the three days will be $395.00 (not including your travel, hotel and…
Photo Toaster – Major Update – No More In-App Purchases! And Temporary Price Drop!
Photo Toaster which is one of our favourite apps here at theappwhisperer.com has just under gone a serious update! There’s a new FX brush that allows you to brush in areas of color or focus. This is incredibly powerful when coupled with the Toaster editing environment. You might think of it as a mini-app within the app. There’s added brightness and blur adjustments. These are particularly useful when softening up an image as a background for titling. And titling is more integrated with a direct link to their TitleFx app, as an export option. The Toaster also hit the gym for the new year. Everything is now noticeably faster. Opening…
iLapse – Time Lapse Video and Multiple Exposure Blender – Temporarily Free
iLapse – Time Lapse Video and Multiple Exposure Blender is a popular app with Full Resolution Photo Sequence video compilation and a low battery auto save option. Video mode: iLapse will capture single frames over a period of time at a trigger interval of your choosing. The app then compiles the photos in to an epic, High Definition time lapse video. Camera mode: iLapse will capture full resolution single photos over a period of time at a trigger interval of your choosing. Full Resolution sequence stills can be previewed and shared to your favorite post production tool. Blend multiple exposures using 16 different blend functions to create stunning images. This app…
Opinion – iOS 7 – A Developers Point of View
We’ve been having a few discussions with some photo app developers today, asking for their opinions on the new iOS 7 camera/photo features. Take a look at the developer of ProCam and PhotoStation, Majed Azzam’s reponse below… "The prevalent discussion surrounding iOS 7 prior to yesterday’s unveiling revolved around flat versus skeuomorphic design. However, in our view, the star of the show at WWDC was iCloud. Apple is still focused on services through its cross-platform ecosystem (Maps, iRadio, iTunes, App Store, iBooks, iWork for iCloud, iCloud Keychain, etc.), which is the very heart of it’s success – everything else is window dressing. This is very clear in the direction Apple…
PictureBook – Strange Remains – By Benamon Tame
We’re delighted to publish Benamon Tame’s fourtheenth article to his column PictureBook with us here at theappwhisperer. In PictureBook Benamon concentrates on the the story behind the image. As Benamon himself describes it: ‘As Photographic artists we do not just capture stories but create them, the journey behind and the image we present. PictureBook draws on Images selected from my own story series but will also look at the work of the other story tellers within the community’. Don’t miss this uber creative article from Benamon, fabulous piece. Over to you Benamon. (foreword by Joanne Carter). You were so fast that day, I held on so tight and we rode…
Manfrotto Launches KLYP iPhone 5 Case, App And PIXI Tripod
Manfrotto has launched the new KLYP iPhone 5 case, a KLYPApp and the PIXI Tripod. Manfrotto’s KLYP case offers a stylish functional method for attaching any camera support and additional light to the iPhone 5 with it’s two 1/4 thread and cold-shoe ‘clip on’ connectors. The KlypApp works on a hands free basis, allowing you to capture images and videos with the clap of your hands to release the shutter. The continuous LED light, to mount on top of the KLYP case guarantees brighter images in low light situations, vivid colour, natural skin tones all the time avoiding ‘red eye’. The KLYP case for the iPhone 5 is made of…
Apple App Design Awards 2013 – Winners Announced
Apple has announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards – there are eleven winners and they’re all great apps but perhaps the one that appeals most to us is ProCreate – it’s long been a favourite app with our mobile app columnists and wonderful contributors to our Flickr group – mobile photography & Imagery. Take a look below to see all the winners and read what Apple has to say about Procreate. If you haven’t picked it up yet, we strongly suggest you do. It retails for $4.99/£2.99/download. Procreate is a complete art studio at your fingertips, exclusive to iPad. It’s packed with features that artists love…
iOS 7 – The New Camera Features…
I was reminded of one of my favourite quotes this morning – ‘too much of a good thing, is wonderful’ – Mae West – perhaps I wasn’t quite thinking of the iOS 7 features at the time but I’ve been thinking of them a lot since. Take a look below at what we know so far… We are expecting to see a new iPhone 5 released in the Autumn/Fall – and we’re predicting this will be the iPhone 5S – this new software update will tie in nicely with the new hardware at that time. Compatibility Firstly, you need to know what iOS hardware iOS 7 will be compatibile…
VSCO Cam – Updated
Known or at least wanting to be known as ‘The Standard of Mobile Photography’ VSCO Cam has just been updated – check out What’s New below. This is a free update to a free app (albeit with in-app purchases) – click here to update/download. What’s New? – Fixes missing toolkit items – Fixes crashes caused by deleting images in the detail/large image view – When deleting images, the confirmation dialog will display number of images to be deleted – Fixes faded exported images on iPhone 4 – Bug fixes and performance improvements
