How to use Materials and Paint 3D objects in Procreate
In this video tutorial you will learn to take control of the Colour, Roughness and Metallic material settings when painting your 3D objects in Procreate.
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.
Procreate App Tutorial by Award Winning Mobile Artist Catherine Caddigan
We are delighted today to publish this exemplary Procreate App tutorial by multi-award winning artist Catherine Caddigan. In this tutorial Caddigan takes us carefully step by step to create a wonderful piece of art, don’t miss this! (foreword by Joanne Carter).
Distressed FX Mobile Art App Major Update and Giveaway!
The Distressed FX team is excited to announce an update that will bring joy to many of its existing users. By far the most requested feature, masking, has now been incorporated into the app. The developers of this popular app have doubled-down on the masking and now offer it in two versions. Firstly, there is touch based masking, enabling the user to paint on the mask using a finger or Apple Pencil. The second method is by using depth data incorporated into Portrait Mode photos. This means the user can automatically apply the filters to the foreground or background parts of the photo automatically. For this, you need a photo…
Juxtaposer 4 – Major Update to this Hugely Popular Photo App
I am delighted to announce that the highly popular app, Juxtaposer has just been updated and introduces two exciting new features, these include: – Magic Crop – a powerful and super easy to use new tool that lets you cut out an element from your top image in seconds. Just draw a rectangle around your subject, tap the button, and Magic Crop does the rest, using a Machine Learning model that runs on your device. – The new Unsplash photo picker allows you find great images to use in your compositions. Search and browse Unsplash’s huge collection of high quality and completely free images. The developer Hendrik Kueck explained to…
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 iPhone camera with the most elegant, simple design — a pro camera for everyone. So, you want to know what’s new in this version? Take a look below… We mentioned Halide Mark II in our Best Mobile Photography Apps (2026 Edition)
Mobile Photography – Halide Camera App Updated for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro
Halide have developed an update to their popular mobile photography app specifically for the new Apple iPhone 11 and iPhone Pro. The latest update includes a tactile lens switcher, allowing for a fast and intuitive way to switch between the Wide, Ultra Wide and Telephoto lenses on the iPhone Pro. What makes this switcher really unique is that once you’re familiar with the menu, you can press-and-flick from the lens button to quickly change lenses. This is a fast, natural way to switch lenses.
Hipstamatic Goes Back to the Future with an All New Point-and-Shoot App for iPhone
Hipstamatic, the company that invented mobile photo filters and one of the oldest app companies in America, celebrates its tenth birthday with a return to retro. The company is launching a new app inspired by its original app tomorrow. Hipstamatic X is an instant film-like camera created exclusively for iPhone. This camera brings all the joy, quirk, and randomness of film photography to your pocket. Why spend hours editing? Never waste another moment swiping filters, pulling sliders, or tweaking effects. Hipstamatic also features in our guide to the best film camera apps for iPhone photographers. “A decade is a long time, and while we’ve seen loads of photo apps…
Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Sean Hayes from Brussels, Belgium
Sean Hayes is something of a cultural artist crossing geographic boundaries, one who transforms cultural landscapes. His art is an experience, his portraiture and street work allows for a direct and intimate interaction with the viewer. The meticulous staging of light within his images fills the air with an awareness of living. Hayes’ landscape photography owes its eloquence to its matter-of-fact nature. Everything is observed, Hayes’ images carry the romantic undertow of both myth and mystery. Hayes achieves an engaging style with his art, he not only manages to cross physical borders between countries but I feel, he has a sense of the emotional boundaries between people, his portraiture demonstrates…
Mobile Photographer Rachael Short Explores the Beauty of Simplicity with iPhone
California-based photographer Rachael Short likes to keep things simple. Shooting photographs around Carmel, California, she searches for new textures, lighting and contrasts to capture in her portraits and landscapes. She prefers black and white, brushing off colour as a distraction. “Life is so chaotic, so it’s something to simplify and calm things down,” Short explains. In 2010 at age 28, Short suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident along California’s Highway 1 on Halloween night. She was diagnosed with a C5 fracture in her spine. She was quadriplegic.
