PhotoForge2 Now Available in the App Store!
PhotoForge2 is available in the App Store now. It’s on sale for $0.99 USD today, Thursday, May 19, 2011, for one day only.
The normal retail price of the app will be $4.99.
After the $0.99 upgrade period is complete, PhotoForge2 will be on sale at $2.99 USD for the remainder of the month of May. Life In LoFi will be celebrating PhotoForge2 Release Weekend by giving away copies of the app throughout the weekend. Details on the Life In LoFi PhotoForge2 Giveaway are coming soon. For details on PhotoForge2, click past the jump. Here’s the link to the App Store so you can read while downloading.
I’ll be posting my review of PhotoForge2 soon. In my initial tests (Thanks to GhostBird Software, I was able to download mine a few hours early), it’s definitely different than PhotoForge version 1. PhotoForge V1 had a pretty daunting interface for an iPhone app. PhotoForge2′s is still complex, but has excellent a great help system and guides you along the way.
How does it compare to the video preview released a few days ago? Pretty close. On an iPhone 4, it really does move fast through the commands.
While testing this app, I just kept smiling and saying “Wow!”
PhotoForge2 is a fast, very powerful, completely retooled app. For this update, there is no free upgrade for users of older versions of PhotoForge. The App Store does not provide an easy way for developers to allow their users to upgrade to a new app. Rather than charge the full $4.99 right out of the box, GhostBird Software are offering PhotoForge2 for $0.99 for launch day only, Thursday, May 19, 2011, and then it’ll be discount priced at $2.99 until the end of May.
The very SwankoLab-esque Pop! Cam module is an additional in-app purchase of $1.99.
PhotoForge2 requires at least iOS 4.2. It will run on any device that can install iOS 4.2 or greater. This includes iPhone 3G or newer, iPod Touch 2nd gen or newer, and all iPads.
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Description
PhotoForge2 is the definitive photo manipulation software for iOS. Completely rewritten from the ground up, PhotoForge2 is a breakthrough for image editing on the go. Edit full resolution photos just like on your desktop. True layers support means you can now composite multiple photos into amazing works of art. Unparalleled powerful tools like curves and levels allow you to manipulate your photos with ease. Amazing filters and effects will allow even a beginner to transform their photos into masterpieces. Once your photo is ready to be seen by the world, easily send to friends and family directly from PhotoForge2. PhotoForge2 is a must have app for any photographer: easy enough for beginners to start getting creative, yet powerful enough for the professional on the go.
Features
Full Resolution Editing
Unlike most photo apps that show only previews of your photo, with PhotoForge2 you are always editing the full resolution image. Zoom in to see every one of your pixels at any time.
Layers
Create new layers from any photo or create an empty layer that can be filled with color. Change the layer’s blend mode and opacity, or rotate and transform it. Reorder and change layer visibility with ease. Add a mask to your layer to simply paint away portions you don’t want to see.
Powerful Adjustments
PhotoForge2 come with some of the most powerful image manipulation tools available for iOS. These include Curves, Levels, Channel Mixer, Un-Sharp Mask, Sharpen, HSL, White Balance, Shadows & Highlights, Brightness & Contrast, Exposure Adjustment, Noise Reduction, Vibrance.
Amazing Filters and FX
With Over 25 different fully adjustable filters and FX, there’s something for everyone. Use multiple filters to create totally unique FX.
Pop! Cam
Combine different films, lenses, filters, flashes, processing, papers and frames to create your own customized camera effect. With over 12 million combinations, find your own personal setup that can be uniquely yours.
Tools
Image Resize, Cropping, Frames and Textures.
Photo Metadata
Edit your photos IPTC and GPS metadata. Easily add GPS location to photos without or repair photos with incorrect info.
Sharing
Save your photos to the photo album or email to friends and family. Upload with ease to Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Drop Box, Picasa, Tumblr or to any FTP.
More info is on the PhotoForge2 website.
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Marty is a self-employed graphic designer in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex. He is an avid Rangers baseball, Chicago Cubs, Packers and Highbury Arsenal fan. In addition to capturing random moments with whatever camera is close by (usually his iPhone), his other interests include coffee, film, music, and traveling in seats 5E and 5F with his fiancé.
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Awesome. Minus the fact that curves is basically useless. Not a fan of the adjustments having to take so long to load even for minor things.
Skiphunt – give it a rest bro. Get off the soapbox whining about having freedom of speech and then crucifying anyone who thinks your view is weak. Which it is. Stop trying to drive traffic to your lame blurb blog.
Just bought this app since it was only a dollar and I've already invested two bucks on the first, now abandoned app.
Honestly, there are a few things I like about the app. The interface is kinda cool, but it's really awkward to not see what your actions are doing as you make slider adjustments. I don't like the fact there's no longer any cloning feature and the implementation of masks isn't working for me. Will play with it more to make sure I'm not doing something wrong, but so far it's not very intuitive.
I like some of the FX but don't see anything unique that isn't in dozens of other free apps.
The only unique feature i see here is the ability to work with larger files. I think both Filter Storm and Iris have a maximum resolution that I don't think is as high as the max 20 file size Photoforge 2 claims.
All in all, I think this app is a cute toy but I will likely keep using other apps for serious editing with hope this app will improve with updates that are hopefully not full improvements that require in-app purchases.
Hi, Skip,
I'm glad you've expressed your opinion about this upgrade. I appreciate the dialog. I don't appreciate the implications you've made here that the developer of this app had anything to do with the comments on your Blurb page. Keep the conversation in this thread civil towards other readers. Your accusations against the developer and my readers are not welcome here. If you have an issue with someone, please contact them directly rather than in the comments of my blog.
I'm okay if people disagree with me here. I encourage a good dialog, but let's keep it pleasant for everyone. Life In LoFi welcomes open discussion about the apps and iPhoneography, but off-topic flame wars will not be tolerated.
=M=
There are some definite problems with this app. The layer masks are useless as the brush dialog covers the photo so you have only the top half of the photo to work on. The same goes for the curves and adjustment layers. For photo editing, it is useless as you cannot see the d%^* adjustments unless you click on the check mark.
The layer masking is very clumsy. The effects and popcam are good but the marketing video and the über hype of this app is a letdown. Yeah, it’s a buck. But there are also principles. And if you publish a vid with an iPad then please, launch the freakin app as a universal or iPad app. This ” everything will be fixed, blah, blah, in the next update” is a lame excuse. This app was not quite ready for release. It’s not a Photoshop. Someone mentioned the lack of a clone feature, I agree, if you are developing a serious photo editing app, then being able to process RAW files without crashing, the ability to clone, and make local and global adjustments are important. It really has promise. I hope the developer makes good on them. This app because of the hoopla is number two in the AppStore right now and I’m betting most purchased the popcam. He has done really well with the marketing of this app, now he needs to fix the UI so we can properly edit photos. I hope the iPad update is soon.
You paid a buck for it. Stop whining and get over it. Take some personal responsibility. You made the choice to buy the new version. You don’t like it? Great. Move on. Just imagine all the time you’ve wasted preaching when you could have been out shooting. Or maybe you’re THAT guy. You know the one. The guy who doesn’t actually enjoy this hobby, but would rather whine on forums all day about how the .99 cent app you just bought doesn’t do it all.
Hi, Graham,
Like I said to Skip, I encourage a good dialog here, but let's keep it pleasant for everyone. Life In LoFi welcomes open discussion about the apps and iPhoneography, but off-topic flame wars will not be tolerated.
=M=
Graham, for your information… I've been busy editing images I shot all last week while motorcycle traveling to South Padre. I just returned from motorcycle traveling, travel blogging via iPhone in Louisiana, Texas and Mississipi: http://www.kaleidoscopeofcolor.com/lams-2011/ AND shooting regular shots here: http://www.kaleidoscopeofcolor.com/galleria/txlam…
Two weeks before that I was traveling and iPhone travel blogging in Mexico: http://www.kaleidoscopeofcolor.com/mexico-2011/ with a new gallery of images made of the trip all shot, edited and published via iPhone: http://www.kaleidoscopeofcolor.com/galleria/mexic…
So please don't suggest I'm not busy chasing my photographic passion. I only stopped in here to read a review of Filmic Pro and noticed that Photoforge had released a completely new app instead of supporting the one I'd just bought. Pissed me off, I said so… and now I'm back to editing more images from my most recent trip. After that, I'll hit the road again to shoot more and push the iPhone 4 as far as I can.
I suggest you do the same.
just wondering, i don't own photoforge (1) and am wondering if it's something good to have?
or does photoforge 2 does all that its prequel does and more (with the filters and what not)? 
I have played around with the app a bit and so far am disappointed. Especially since I get so much use out of photoforge 1.
The app seems a bit sluggish on my iPhone 4 (maybe those full res renders?) and the masking is very clunky.
On top of that, the sharpening and unsnarl mask features are either broken or just plain bad.
I am going to keep playing with the app to see if I’m missing something but so far am sorely dissapointed.
I would have thought that " Touch Exposure & Focus" would have made it into this app as well as Anti-Shake?
Not to be found here, nice app, not all the hype is was made out to be though as others have also stated!!!
Just another .99 cents app.