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A Day In The Life Of Johnny Ecko aka Squarepixel – An iPhone Photographer Tremendously Talented With An Expert Eye For Art
Welcome to our very exciting new column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled ‘A day in the life of …’ and this is where we’ll be taking a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography world. People that we think you will love to learn more about. This is the thirty-third installment of the series, you can read the others here if you have missed them so far. Today, we are featuring Johnny Eck aka Squarepixel. Johnny was born in 1969 and has three children; twins 9 years old (a boy and a girl), and a boy 7 years old. He has recently divorced, but…
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Sponsored Video: Using Bugs To Power Smartphones
A bewildering headline we know, but Qualcomm managed it. Qualcomm have created a new video, posing the question, ‘how many praying mantises does it take to power a smartphone’ – well you may be surprised. Take a look at the video below to find out… Qualcomm created the set and shot this video themselves to promote their new SnapDragon S4 processors, they are built using a much smaller transistor process with tons of power optimization features. Looks a very green way to power your device, but might be a bit tricky to set it up everywhere you go 😉
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Pocket Lighting Studio For Your iPhone
Another interesting project on Kickstarter has caught our attention, known as The Kick. With the Kick and the Kick App you can also sample light effects from any video stored on your iPhone. Or simply sample light straight from the iPhone camera, while you use it. Just point the iPhone towards the light effect you want the Kick to recreate, tap the screen – and the Kick will emit that light! It’s automatically stored in the effects library for use later on. At it’s most basic the Kick can emit straight white light, when you just need a little extra light. Then it allows you to adjust the color temperature…
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Mac – Diptic – New
One of the most popular apps for iPhone photography has also just launched for Mac OS. Diptic helps you easily combine multiple photos and apply artistic effects to create exceptional photo collages that can be shared with friends and family. With rounded borders and 56 customizable layouts, there are unlimited options to create unique images. This app retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here. Features • 56 frames! All fully adjustable with one to six photos in each layout • Multi-Touch! The UI reacts to gestures with your Magic Mouse or Trackpad • Full screen! Because sometimes you just want things to be huge. • Save Projects!…
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New – Smartphone Tripod Adaptor
Here’s an interesting product that just arrived on Kickstarter, it’s a universal smartphone tripod adaptor, known as the ANYCASE. "The ANYCASE tripod adapter allows you to capture life’s most important experiences in a professional way that will bring lasting memories, without shaky hand-held results. There are other tripod adapters out there for smart phones, but most of them are flimsy plastic or don’t allow you to use your phone with a case on it", says the developer. The ANYCASE adapter fits phones with (or without) cases up to 17mm (.66") thick. The adapter is 114mm (4.5") wide. Designed for any generation iPhone, we’ve also used it with many other brands…
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iOS – Slow Shutter Plus – Temporarily Free
When a scene includes both stationary and moving subjects (for example, a fixed street and moving cars or a camera within a car showing a fixed dashboard and moving scenery), a slow shutter speed can cause interesting effects, such as light trails. Long exposures are easiest to accomplish in low-light conditions, but can be done in Slow Shutter Plus App. This app usually retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to download.
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iPad – Touch Image Manipulator – Temporarily Free
Fully featured photo editing, painting and drawing tool. !!! An updated version has been submitted . Free until update is available. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today you can pick it up for free. Just click here to do so/download.
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Mac – iPhoto – Updated
iPhoto ’11 gets a new look with stunning full-screen views for Events, Faces, Places, and Albums that let you take advantage of every inch of your Mac display. iPhoto also offers new ways to share and showcase your photos. You can upload your photos to your Facebook Wall and even view friends‘ comments right in iPhoto. Turn your email into something really special with ten Apple-designed photo mail templates. iPhoto ’11 works with iCloud, so the photos you take on your iOS devices automatically appear in iPhoto, and photos you import into iPhoto automatically appear on your iOS devices. Add movement and music to your photos with one of 12…
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WWDC – Video Now Online From Apple
Apple wasted no time is getting the keynote online – click here to watch it now.
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New iTunes 10.6.3 Now Available
Just released and downloadable from here, this new upgrade will help developers upgrade to the new iOS 6 that we just mentioned, over here.