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Serif delivers another Free Affinity update
Serif delivers another Free Affinity update Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 have picked up a series of awards and gained rave reviews since launching on Mac, Windows PC and iPad. The release of version 2.2 represents the second major free update since the Affinity V2 launch last November. It comes as Serif works on plans to follow the anniversary with another huge update, which will see its product portfolio take a further ambitious step forward. CEO Ashley Hewson says: “Once again we’re putting out a free update that continues making additions and improvements to some of Affinity’s most popular tools and reinforces the constant optimisation…
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Soaring Popularity: Photo and Video Apps Triple Revenue and Downloads in 5 Years
Soaring Popularity: Photo and Video Apps Triple Revenue and Downloads in 5 Years In the dynamic landscape of contemporary social media engagement, photo and video sharing have profoundly evolved over recent years. Presently, applications dedicated to sharing visual content have achieved an unprecedented level of user engagement, a phenomenon greatly attributed to the substantial number of individuals who willingly invest resources to refine their digital persona and cultivate aesthetically pleasing imagery. According to the comprehensive data provided by OnlyAccounts.io, the fiscal gains realised by photo and video applications have undergone an exponential expansion, demonstrating an increase of over threefold within the span of five years, culminating in a remarkable revenue…
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The Greatest Mobile Photography / Art New Year Resolutions 2023 From Artists Throughout The World
For many 2022 was a blur, we find ourselves here in 2023 almost without realising it. We are all still trying to recover from the pandemic, physically, mentally and financially, there are few among us that it hasn’t taken its toll. Yet, here we are doing what artists do, creating, rejoicing and sharing. Enjoy this long read, it is such a good opportunity to check in on everyone. Thank you to all who have contributed to making this year’s resolutions making this one the biggest ever as always, if I have missed anyone, please know it was not intentional, remind me, send me your content, and I will open the…
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Affinity Version 2 sets new standards in creative software
Brand new products launched today, Affinity V2 Universal Licence ownership tier announced, and Affinity Publisher comes to iPad. Affinity Creative Suite Serif has today unveiled the long-awaited Version 2 of its award-winning Affinity creative suite. Available to buy now with generous launch discounts, Affinity V2 comprises reimagined versions of the three products which have taken the creative software world by storm, loaded with spectacular new features and a stunning new look. Affinity Photo 2 – ultra-powerful photo editing and raster painting Affinity Designer 2 – intuitive, imaginative vector graphic design and illustration Affinity Publisher 2 – nimble, no-nonsense page layout software boasting StudioLink, a unique way of using the editing…
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Discussion on AI Art Apps between Mobile Artists, Jerry Jobe and Meri Walker
I am delighted to publish this discussion on widely popular AI Art Apps between our award winning mobile artist and resident tutorial editor, Jerry Jobe with award winning mobile artist Meri Walker (iphoneartgirl). It is very interesting, enjoy! (foreword by Joanne Carter). Jerry: The mobile art world has been overtaken recently with artificial intelligence (AI). Apps like Wombo Dream and StarryAI take an input text prompt and create wonderful images from it. Naturally, after the initial experimentation has taken place, conversations have arisen on the implications of this new method of creating images. This isn’t a new conversation, of course. AI tools have been in existence for years, helping…
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iOS App – Procreate 5.2 Released Today
The developers of Procreate have spent the past five months building their latest release and you won’t be disappointed when you download it today. The new features include Stroke Stabilisation, 3D Model Painting, Page Assist, a suite of accessibility features, and even more layers and resolution for M1s and compatible iPads.
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Olivia Rodrigo Partners With Apple For Custom AR Face Masks Used in New ‘Brutal’ Music Video
Pop star and actress Olivia Rodrigo recently released the music video for her song “brutal,” off of her debut album “SOUR“. For the video, Rodrigo partnered up with Apple to create a suite of augmented reality face masks using an iPad Pro as well as the Apple Pencil. Rodrigo also shared a few clips to TikTok and Instagram showing her editing the face masks. In addition to the “Made with iPad” branding in the clip, Apple also promoted the new music video in the Browse tab on Apple Music. She also shared it a few clips to TikTok with her fans. @livbedumbmake some ##brutalmasks with me and @apple ##madeonipad 🫀💘🔪♬…
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The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone
For the past week I have been working on an essay examining whether mobile phones have affected our choices of subject matter and how we take photographs. During the course of my extensive research for this project I came upon an excellent article written by Erin Jennings, a fine art photographer and faculty member in the University of Memphis Department of Art. Her article entitled ‘The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone’, I have republished it here with kind her permission. (foreword, Joanne Carter). Contributed by Erin Jennings. Erin Jennings is a fine art photographer and faculty member in…
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Mobile Photography / Art New Year Resolutions 2021 From Artists Throughout The World
2020 has been an unstable and blistering year and the idea of making New Year Resolutions for 2021 seems overwhelming. Susan Rennie, an Award Winning Mobile Artist from California, expressed it so well, she wants “to slough off the pandemic carapace of terror, debilitation and devitalisation and recover my pre-pandemic eagerness, energy, enjoyments, explorations in creativity”. And Award Winning artist Lisa Cirenza, who managed to relocate from the UK to France during the pandemic expressed “at one point during my battle with C-Beast, I found I really didn’t think I’d ever have the energy to accept and reflect, to lead a creative life again full of roads unknown“. For Kate…
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Breaking News…Halide Mark II – Pro Camera is Here!
We mentioned earlier this week that Halide Mark II was coming, well now it is here, sitting in the App Store! Halide is an App Store Editor’s Choice, award-winning camera from the team behind Spectre, Apple’s App of the Year of 2019. Halide is the most powerful camera for iPhone with the most elegant, simple design — A pro camera for everyone. So, you want to know what’s new in this verision? Take a look below…