The New Renaissance : A Glimpse Into The World Of Creative App Development By Sarah Jarrett
We are thrilled to publish our wonderful Columnist Sarah Jarrett’s latest article to her The New Renaissance Column. This section has a wide remit and takes the form of interviews with artists about their working techniques, looking at approaches to a particular theme by different artists, showcase some unusual collaborations between Sarah and other artists and offers insight into apps and their creative uses. Sarah herself explains, ‘I am really passionate about this whole area, I have my ear to the ground and guarantee to uncover some really inspiring ideas. This week Sarah interviews James Cuda Co-founder of Savage Interactive, the developers of the hugely popular Procreate app. This is…
Noteshelf – iOS iPad – Temporary Price Drop – Create A Journal
Yesterday, MaryJane Sarvis mentioned this app, Noteshelf in her Fly On The Wall Column that she runs with Jennifer Bracewell. MaryJane explained that Journaling is an excellent way of keeping track of new ideas and thoughts. Jennifer also agreed and explained that she uses Journaling either in note or sketch form to keep track of thoughts as they flow to help with creative blocks. Although MaryJane confessed to prefering pen and paper, she explained that this app Noteshelf has really helped her and keeps her organised. To read more of this Fly On The Wall Column article, please go here. Noteshelf is on sale today, usually it retails for $5.99/£3.99…
SketchBook Pro for iPad – Temporary Price Drop
SketchBook Pro for iPad by Autodesk Inc is a hugely popular app with artists for painting and drawing, it’s incredibly powerful and allows for full screen work. It also includes support to manage multiple layers and there’s a comprehensive Brush Library with over 100 presets to customize. SketchBook Pro for iPad usually retails for $4.99/£2.99 but today you can pick it up for just $1.99/£1.49. Click here to download.
Photogene⁴ – iOS Photography App – Updated And On Sale
Photogene⁴ is a hugely popular app for iOS photo editing and it has just had a huge update. Previously it was only compatibile with iPhone but now it’s universal, meaning it will work with your iPad too. It’s also iOS 7 compatibile, so come Wednesday September 18th, you’ll be ready to go. There’s a few other updates too, check out What’s New below. The developers have also dropped the price of this app. Usually it retails for $2.99/£1.99 but it is now on sale at $0.99/£.069. Click here to download. What’s New? – Photogene is now a universal app for both iPad and iPhone. - iOS 7 compatibility. …
Howson PL – New For iPad
A very interesting app for iPad full of fascinating images taken in Poland in 1959 by Gerald Howson a British Photographer commissioned by ‘The Queen’ magazine to provide images for an article about cold-war Poland. It’s a fascinating story, he packed two cameras in his rucksack, picked up some developer (chemicals) and set out to Poland. He planned to develop his film there and print when back in the UK. ‘ Gerald Howson first visited Cracow, including the Jewish Kazimierz and Nowa Huta. Then he travelled to Lublin, Auschwitz and finally to Warsaw. Though not speaking a word of Polish, he was coming up close to his subjects. Howson went…
New iPad, iPad Mini and iPhone Coming Soon
All weekend the internet was a buzz with news of the new iPhone that Apple are highly rumored to unveil at an event on September 10, 2013. We know it’s going to feature the new iOS 7 inside that was announced on June 10 this year along with and many other changes, that we reported here. The latest news from Bloomberg states that in addition, Apple is preparing to introduce a new thinner iPad and a new iPad Mini with high resolution screen. Apparently, the new iPad will have a similar body to the iPad Mini with a thinner bezel but still sporting the current 9.7″ screen.
piRAWnha – iPad RAW Image Developer App – Updated
PiRAWnha helps you get the most out of your raw images via your iPad, it features both RAW developing and post-processing options. piRAWnha exports high-quality JPEG image files to your Photo Library (leaving the original raw file unaltered, of course). piRAWnha exports the full-size, high-resolution RAW image for iPad 2 and for images less than 15 megapixels with iPad 1. For iPad 1, RAW images larger than 15 megapixels will be exported as smaller images that are one-half full-size in width and height, due to iPad 1’s memory limitations. piRAWnha can also be used to edit non-RAW image files such as jpegs, tiffs and pngs, and you can save and…
Iris Photo Suite for iPad – Temporary Price Drop
Iris Photo Suite for iPad is definitely a photo editing app that should be on your iPad. It’s an app that is widely used by many of our Columnists, including Benamon Tame with his PictureBook column. Iris Photo Suite for iPad usually retails for $2.99/£1.99 but it is currently available for only $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
FX Photo Studio HD – Temporarily Free
FX Photo Studio HD for iPad offers a wonderful array of photo effects and filters. It also features a powerful editing toolbox. This app usually retails for $3.99/£2.49 but if you click here, you’ll pick it up for free.
Afterlight – Updated For iPad!
Yesterday we mentioned that Tangent was newly available for iPad and today Afterlight has been updated to include that facility too. This is a also a free update, if you have purchased the previous version of this app, if not you can pick it up here. It retails for $0.99/£.069.
