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    App of the Day,  Daily App Giveaway,  Giveaways,  News

    Distressed FX Mobile Art App Major Update and Giveaway!

    2021-03-30 / 1 Comment

    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…

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    INTERVIEWS,  Interviews,  IntImate Interview,  News

    Mobile Photography Intimate Interview with Cheryl Tarrant from Tennessee, United States

    2019-11-08 / Comments Off on Mobile Photography Intimate Interview with Cheryl Tarrant from Tennessee, United States

    Our eighty fourth interview in this series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile app developer and photographer/artist Cheryl Tarrant from Tennessee, United States. Tarrant developed Distressed FX alongside Developer, Steve Liddell from the UK. Distressed FX an iOS photo editing app that adds texture and atmosphere to pictures, giving them a dream-like quality. Popular on Instagram, with over 135,000 tagged photos and with well over a million downloads, users have found it simple to turn any photo into a work of art. This is an inspiringly honest and enlightening interview, full as you might imagine, with stunning imagery. Enjoy… To read the other published interviews in this series including…

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    Mobile Photography & Art – Announcing Distressed FX Plus – Brand New App – We Have Codes to Share!

    2019-02-07 / 56 Comments

    We are delighted to announce that today, 7 February 2019, a brand new app has been launched entitled Distressed FX Plus. This is from the same stable as the popular app Distressed FX. This is a universal app, it works on both iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Distressed FX Plus, includes additional editing features, including filter rotation, blend mode, choices, image sharpending and exclusive filters, to this version only. All of the filter packs are available for a single price. Distressed FX Plus is available in the iOS App Store retailing for $/£9.99, fully inclusive. We have been given some promtional codes by the developer, Cheryl Tarrant and we would…

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    Mobile Photography – Distressed FX app Temporarily Free

    2018-07-21 / Comments Off on Mobile Photography – Distressed FX app Temporarily Free

    Distressed FX is a hugely popular app for both iPhone and iPad digital artists and it is currently free until this Sunday 22 July. Click here to download this app for free today.

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  • INTERVIEWS,  Interviews,  News,  Photo App Lounge

    Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Susan Detroy from Oregon, United States

    2018-06-04 / Comments Off on Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Susan Detroy from Oregon, United States

    We are revitalising our Top Five Apps section to our Photo App Lounge column. This a section within TheAppWhisperer where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers and artists to list their top five apps and to explain why they have selected them. Kicking us off today is highly respected and talented Mobile Artist and Photographer – Susan Detroy from Oregon, United States, take a look! (foreword by Joanne Carter). To read others in this series, please go here. All images ©Susan Detroy   “Creating art with my iPhone, iPad and apps is a wondrous discovery that began a few years ago. I am pleased to share some of my experience. My…

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    Mobile Photography/Art – App of the Day – Distressed FX

    2018-05-29 / Comments Off on Mobile Photography/Art – App of the Day – Distressed FX

    We curate mobile videography, photography and art apps here at TheAppWhisperer as we do images, only highlightlighting ones that are worthy of your time and experience and will allow you to work at a more rewarding level. Today, our App of the Day is Distressed FX a tried and much tested app and one that has also just been updated and includes a new free filter called ‘Blithe’. There’s also a new overlay pack called ‘Beyond Skies’. We have published many tutorials to help you get the most out of this app here at TheAppWhisperer, if you’d like to relook at them, please go here. This app has been around…

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    Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by David Hayes from Milford, Ohio, United States

    2017-11-21 / 1 Comment

    We are revitalising our Top Five Apps section to our Photo App Lounge column. This a section within TheAppWhisperer where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers and artists to list their top five apps and to explain why they have selected them. Kicking us off today is accomplished and highly respected mobile photographer and artist David Hayes from Milford, Ohio, United States.  Hayes used to be a major editor to TheAppWhisperer and we miss him very much, but viewing his photographs and reading his fine words, we can tell that his time away, has been very well spent. We hope one day he will return to us, he knows the door…

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    Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Angie Lambert from New Jersey, United States

    2017-08-15 / Comments Off on Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Angie Lambert from New Jersey, United States

    We are revitalising our Top Five Apps section to our Photo App Lounge column. This a section within TheAppWhisperer where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers and artists to list their top five apps and to explain why they have selected them. Kicking us off today is highly accomplished mobile artist Angie Lambert from Red Bank, New Jersey, United States, enjoy! (foreword by Joanne Carter). To read others from this series, please go here. “I am in my favorite spot, in the house, my corner of the sofa. It fits my body, much like the iPhone fits my hands. We are old friends. And, it’s where I feel safe, creative,…

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    Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Lynette Sheppard from Hoolehua, Hawaii

    2017-08-04 / 3 Comments

    We are revitalising our Top Five Apps section to our Photo App Lounge column. This a section within TheAppWhisperer where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers and artists to list their top five apps and to explain why they have selected them. Kicking us off today is highly accomplished mobile artist Lynette Sheppard from Hawaii, enjoy! (foreword by Joanne Carter). To read others from this series, please go here. “I suspect that many mobile photographers will name Snapseed as their go-to optimizing app. Ditto for me but I don’t need to repeat what has already been said. So I will focus on my five favorite processing apps beyond Snapseed”. Image…

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  • Daily App Giveaway,  Giveaways,  News

    Mobile Photography – Distressed FX App Updated and We Have Promotional Codes To Giveaway

    2017-03-27 / 15 Comments

    I am so proud of mobile artist Cheryl Tarrant, Distressed FX is her original idea, an iOS photo editing app that adds texture and atmosphere to pictures, giving them a dream-like quality. Popular on Instagram, with over 90,000 tagged photos, users have found it simple to turn any photo into a work of art. With well over a million users, it has reached #1 in the App Store charts in 24 countries, and the #1 Photo and Video app in in 43 countries Tarrant, who lives in the countryside in Tennessee, USA along with her many pets (including peacocks and chickens!), is a texture artist who has made a living selling…

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