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Best Photo Apps

RoseEllen Sanfilippo — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:39:34 +0000

Camera Awesome (iOS)

The wildly popular Camera Awesome replacement camera app, by SmugMug, has a low cost of entry into phoneography—it’s free. In addition to a host of composition, filter and editing functions, Camera Awesome does video, including a sort-of time machine; it captures five seconds worth of action before shooters actually start video recording.

Plus, its on-screen menus are transparent, so they don’t block the view of what’s being shot. In fact, its entire interface is more intuitive than most iPhone/iPad replacement apps. Camera Awesome offers multiple shooting options, with high-end features even some expensive cameras lack, like a level for the horizon and the ability to focus on one spot and set…

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Picfari Mobile Website and App Target Travel Photography

RoseEllen Sanfilippo — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:21:20 +0000

Picfari launched as a new website and free mobile app that are designed to appeal to anyone who loves to travel and take photos. The name itself is a moniker for a photo-driven travel tour.

“For most of us, taking great, high-quality photos of our vacations is just as important a journey as the trip itself,” said Picfari visionary and cofounder Scott Herr . “But the process of planning and taking well-composed, memorable snapshots also can be the most frustrating part of traveling. Picfari puts the fun back into travel photography with an engaging, easy-to-use mobile…

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Bring the Power of Photoshop to Your Smartphone with Adobe’s New Photoshop Touch App

Tracy Greene — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:05:23 +0000

The new Adobe Photoshop Touch app, now optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as Android smartphones is here and better than ever. Inspired by Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to your mobile device and offers similar touch-based gestures and features. Adobe Photoshop Touch more »

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cooltopia Adds Pro-Level Apps & Social Network Tools for Snappgrip Case/Controller

RoseEllen Sanfilippo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:40:17 +0000

cooltopia announced hardware integration with pro-level photography apps and social network tools for the Snappgrip, a snap-on camera controller designed to turn smartphones into point-and-shoot cameras with one-handed control.

Snappgrip will now work with the Jag.gr 645 Pro and PureShot apps, which provide high-quality image output with a real digital camera feel, and the Eico Design Weico+ app, an Instagram-type app that integrates into all of Western and Chinese social networks and chat platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook. The…

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Create Prints and Photo Gifts with Shutterfly’s New iPhone App

Tracy Greene — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:04:21 +0000

Shutterfly has completely redesigned it’s iPhone photo app to combine photo storage, viewing and photo gift creation in one place—right from your iPhone. Using the Shutterfly app, you can create personalized gifts in minutes. You can choose a photo and then viewing an instant preview of the photo on one of the app’s 30 gift more »

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Canon Mobile Printing App for iPhone and iPad

Tracy Greene — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:32:18 +0000

Printing from your iPhone or iPad has never been easier with the Canon Mobile Printing app. The Canon Mobile Printing app lets you send print jobs directly from your iPhone or iPad to a compatible Canon printer in your house or office.

The app is compatible with select Canon imageClass desktop laser printers and multifunction printers, including the recently launched MF4000 models. It is also compatible with Canon’s recently released next-generation imageRunner Advance C5200, 6200 and 8200 enterprise multifunction office systems. Additionally, the app supports most imageRunner and…

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AT&T to Offer Samsung Galaxy 4G Connected P&S Camera with Android Platform

RoseEllen Sanfilippo — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:12:39 +0000

Samsung Galaxy camera combines photography and AT&T 4G wireless connectivity for sharing across devices and with social media. Samsung Telecommunications America and AT&T announced the Samsung Galaxy camera, which combines photography with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and AT&T 4G mobile Internet connectivity. The point-and-shoot camera offers a familiar, intuitive user interface and access to Android applications from the Google Play market.

The camera is being touted as “a perfect fit for those who wish to shoot, edit and share brilliant photographs and video easily and quickly without connecting to a laptop or PC.” It features a 4.8-inch HD…

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Tamron Lenses & How-To App for Android and iPhone

Tracy Greene — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:49:52 +0000

Tamron USA Inc. has launched the Tamron Lenses & How-To App for Android and iPhone devices. The app is a handy how-to along with a Tamron product reference guide all on the convenience of your device. This app is useful for photographers who are out in the field shooting and would like a quick tip more »

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Instagram Socialmatic Camera goes from Dream to Reality

Chris Nitz — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:35:20 +0000

Crazy looking camera that is packed with fun

All anyone needs to do is jump on Facebook or hit up Flickr and they will see that Instagram is by far one of the most popular ways of capturing candid moments of cups of coffee. This app started out as a free way to snag retro style images on the iPhone, but after a bit of development, it finally jumped to Android and ultimately enjoyed a buyout from Facebook. Now it appears the next…

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Why the Nexus 7 is Not a Tablet for Photography Enthusiasts

Carter Dotson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:05:41 +0000

Google’s 7″ tablet, the Nexus 7, released recently and reviewers have been singing its praises as an extremely powerful Android device for a low cost. I have been using it, and it is one of the best Android experiences out there. But for the photography enthusiast, is this a device worth using?

First, the obvious lack of a rear-facing camera is a downside – no one is going to be setting up to take any photos with the front-facing camera besides self-shots. Getting photos onto the Nexus 7 is not a problem. With a micro-USB host cable, cameras can be…

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