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HDR Fusion by Cogitap is a genuine HDR photo app similar to Pro HDR and True HDR. It shoots and merges bracketed exposures and has been very good reviews in the App Store. It’s FREE right now for the next day or so. This is for the full version of the app, and not the free, feature-limited version!

HDR Fusion is Cogitap’s foray into the third-party HDR market. It’s a full-blown HDR app which takes the two bracketed images and then merges and aligns them in-app. I haven’t reviewed the app, but the results are different than any other HDR app available. Color processing seems to be a little more vibrant than TrueHDR’s natural mode, but not at vibrant as ProHDR. Saves at full device resolution. It’s been averaging 4-star reader reviews in the App Store. Based on my initial tests, it’s fast, easy and solid and produces good HDR color.

At its normal price of $0.99, it’s inexpensive enough to warrant a look if you shoot HDR. It’s an excellent download for free and this is a great opportunity to try the full version of the app.

You also might want to check out Cogitap’s other HDR photo app, the excellent Bracket Mode ( ). All it does is quickly grab two bracketed images and saves them to your camera roll, letting you get back to shooting quicker.

HDR Fusion works on any iPhone or iPod Touch 4th Gen that’s running iOS 4.2 or newer.

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Camera360 Ultimate is the most popular app for mobile phone photography on the Droid platform. An iPhone version has been available for a while. It’s not a pano app, as the name might suggest. It’s a camera app with a lot of features, including over a dozen retro style filters.

The app is normally $0.99. It’s FREE right now in the App Store for a limited time. This is for the full version of Camera360 Ultimate, not a feature-limited lite version. There’s no mention of this freebie in the App Description, so I’m thinking it won’t last long. This is a good chance to try the app and see how one of the premier photo apps for Android works.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

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Halftone on iPad. Image courtesy of Juicy Bits.

Halftone is the app from Juicy Bits that recreates the printed, aged, halftone feel of old comic books. I’ve tried a lot of the halftone-style apps in the App Store, but Halftone is the best app I’ve found so far for recreating pulpy, comic book-style images — regardless of resolution. I’ve reviewed Halftone several times; you can start with this review here.

Halftone supports full iPhone 4 resolution – one of the few halftone-style apps that do. It’s now a universal app and works great on any iDevice you run it on.

For Labor Day weekend, Halftone is FREE in the App Store. Go… grab now! This freebie will only last for another day or so. It’s well worth the normal price of 99¢. For free, it’s a must-have.

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Halftone on iPad. Image courtesy of Juicy Bits.

Halftone is the app from Juicy Bits that recreates the printed, aged, halftone feel of old comic books. There are now a lot of halftone-style apps in the App Store, but Halftone is so far the best app I’ve found for recreating pulpy, comic book-style images. I’ve reviewed Halftone several times; you can start with this review here.

Halftone supports full iPhone 4 resolution – one of the few halftone-style apps that do. It’s now a universal app and works great on any iDevice you run it on.

Halftone is FREE right now in the App Store. Go… grab now! This freebie will only last for a short time – through this weekend. It’s well worth the normal price of 99¢. For free, it’s a must-have.

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New iPhone photo app Simply B&W is a simple tool/camera app that creates great looking black & white conversions comparable to user favorite Vint B&W, but with much more flexibility. I recently reviewed the app, giving it four stars. I like its color filters and I’ve been using this app a lot since reviewing it.

I’ve got a few promo codes to give away for this slick little black & white app. Read past the jump to find out how you could win a free copy of Simply B&W. >>>

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Bleach Bypass applies 8 Bleach Bypass style effects to your images. It adds a cinematic quality to your iPhone photos using high-quality image processing. It saves your images in FULL RESOLUTION with geolocation and full EXIF data.

It’s FREE right now in the App Store. No indication of how long this reduction will last, but it probably won’t last long. This is a good app that’s in my queue for a review. It creates some very nice looking effects and was designed with iPhoneographers in mind. It’s worth it for a dollar. Grab it now while it’s free!

Bleach Bypass normally sells for $0.99 in the App Store. Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

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For the holiday weekend here in the US, MacPhun are making four of their most popular iPhone photography apps FREE for the weekend through Monday, July 4. Also part of the deal, their very popular filter app FX Photo Studio is on sale for only $0.99 for weekend.

There are some cool photo apps included in this giveaway and this is a great chance to try them out for free or add them to your toolbox. Read past the jump to find out which four apps are free this weekend from MacPhun. >>>

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If you like shooting square frame, definitely check out Cameramatic by youthhr. It’s an excellent analog, retro, square frame format photo app with a ton of film, frame, and other analog effects, all easily interchangeable. Cameramatic has a powerful built-in effects editor that allows you to create your presets. It also lets you import images from your photo library.

Cameramatic recently got another great new update. We’ve got some promo codes to give away. Click past the jump to find out how to win one.

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The popular, speedy, and lightweight camera replacement QuickPix is now free for a very limited time in the App Store. It normally goes for $0.99-$1.99.

QuickPix is designed for speed and simplicity, but still has plenty of advanced features to make it a good choice as a camera replacement. It’s the fastest, full-resolution camera replacement I’ve found and it has the best full-resolution burst shooting I’ve found in an iPhone camera app. You can read some of my previous reviews of the app starting here.

If you don’t already have it, grab this very fast camera replacement. This price drop will go away quickly.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.1 or later.

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Today, Hipstamatic have released a new collaboration with Nike. Working with their team of talented creatives up in Portland to develop a new look for their next iconic campaign, as of today the entire community can be part of it…

The NSW Always On FreePak is available NOW on the HipstaMart as a free, in-app download. The new FreePak features two black & white films and a camera case. The films were created in collaboration with Nike Photographer, Chris Hornbecker (hornbeckerphoto.com). DOWNLOAD THE NEW HIPSTAPAK FOR FREE and start capturing your moments of victory.

This FreePak is available for a limited time through June 30, 2011. After that, it’s gone. Grab it now.

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