Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

Luminance
Version 1.0
Price: $0.99 until August 23, 2011

Bottom Line: I really like it. It’s a good image editor with some great, advanced features, but it’s lacking some basic functionality to make it a great app.

Luminance by Subsplash is a new photo editor that gives you pro photo editing capabilities in a simple and elegant interface. Effortlessly add effects to your photos, choose from many built-in presets, and take edits from one photo and apply them to multiple photos.

Luminance is a serious image editor with few effects and frills beyond image editing.

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How could I resist sharing a MacWorld post with a title like that?

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago, MacWorld’s Lauren Crabbe published a story online about using an iPhone for higher-quality image capture and editing – something that many of us already know about our cameras of choice, but might be of interest if you haven’t yet discovered some of the higher-end photo editors.

I agree with many of her choices, including using both PhotoForge2 and Filterstorm. Both apps have different uses in my toolbox. Her choice of ComicBook in an otherwise hi-fi-oriented article left me puzzled. Also, noting one of her oversights, Cogitap’s excellent Slow Shutter Cam () does support full resolution on an iPhone 4.

“Yes, it is possible to take good photos on your iPhone without shoving it through a lo-fi app. And as cool as it may seem to make your party photos look like they were taken in 1976, one can’t help wonder what we will think of them in retrospect.”

Click to read the entire post, “iPhone photo apps that go beyond the lo-fi” on MacWorld.com.

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It’s been a busy week for photo editor updates. Now, the popular image editor Iris Photo Suite update is in the App Store. This significant update adds many new user-requested features to the already impressive tool set, including 23 new filter presets, noise reduction, improved masking — all wrapped up in a new user interface. Iris gets a great looking new icon, too, with this update.

Read more about the new Iris Photo Suite 1.5 update after the jump. >>>

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Filterstorm
Version 3.0
Price $3.99

Bottom Line: A strong four stars. It’s a powerful image editor designed to do serious work on your iDevice — adjustments that used to have to be done on a desktop.

As more photographs are being shot on an iPhone and as more of those are completely processed on the device never even touching a desktop or laptop, the need grows for a powerful yet workable image editing solution for iPhone. Photogene and PhotoForge were two of the first to put a part of Photoshop’s tool set on the iPhone.

There have been several other dedicated image editors released for iPhone since then. Filterstorm first started as one of the first dedicated iPad image editors before being ported to iPhone. In earlier versions, I’d felt its interface was a little cramped for the small screen of the iPhone and better suited for the larger real estate of the iPad.

Filterstorm 3.0, the new update of this powerful image editor, changes that. With it’s newly revamped user interface and improvements to its tool set, Filterstorm 3 feels at home no matter which device it’s on. Calling it the new “Photoshop for the iPhone” does it a disservice. Filterstorm 3 sets the standard and redefines how image editing apps should work on the iOS platform.

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The new 3.0 update to Filterstorm is in the App Store now. The interface has been completely redesigned and a lot of powerful editing tools have been added.

Says developer Tai Shimizu,

“Filterstorm was designed from the ground up to meet your mobile photo editing needs. Using a uniquely crafted touch interface, Filterstorm allows for more intuitive editing than its desktop counterparts with a toolset designed for serious photography.”

I’ve reposted the preview video above (same one I ran a few days ago) for a quick rundown of the redesigned iPhone interface of Filterstorm 3.

Filterstorm 3 is currently on sale for $1.99 through Friday, June 24. It’s normally $3.99 and is a free update for owners of Filterstorm 2. FS3 is a universal app that’s compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The 3.0 update now requires iOS 4.2 or newer.

I’ll have more here on this update later tonight. Until then, read on for a list of all that’s new in this update. >>>

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The new update to Filterstorm is nearly ready to street. The developer, Tai Shimizu, has posted the video above for a quick preview of the redesigned iPhone interface of Filterstorm 3.

Many iPhoneographers swear by Filterstorm and its ability to mask effects. While Filterstorm is undoubtedly one of the more powerful image editors for iPhone and iPad, one reason I rarely used it is the interface was difficult for me to use accurately with my big fingers. The new interface is much cleaner, looks much easier to navigate through, and best of all, looks big finger friendly. I can’t wait to try the updated Filterstorm 3.

UPDATE 06.15.11 @ 12:40: Looks like Filterstorm 3 is getting a new, high-res logo as well. The developer Tai Shimizu has sent it along and I’ve updated this post to include a preview of the new Filterstorm 3 logo. =M=

FS3 should be available at the end of June, 2011 and is a free update from Filterstorm 2. 

Filterstorm 2 is $3.99 in the App Store. Current version requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.

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Yet another Black Friday app sale. Filterstorm, a universal app for iPad and iPhone is on sale today for $1.99 — that’s a savings of $2.00 off the regular price.

Filterstorm was one of the first native photo editing apps for the iPad. It was later ported to iPhone as well. This purchase gets you a version of the app that takes advantage of the features of either device.

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The New iPad from Apple

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In about 20 hours from the time of this writing, the world changes. You are here to see it.

Tomorrow morning, Apple’s iPad will be unleashed to the world. I truly believe that the iPad will change in a very big way how we receive content and information. I believe the iPad will create new industries, rescue old ones that are embracing the new slates, and be a nail or two in the coffin of others that can’t or won’t adapt.

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