Life in LoFi: iPhoneography

iPhoneart.com is a new website and Facebook community dedicated to art created on the iPhone. One of the features that I find interesting about the site is that submissions of all types of iPhone art are encouraged, including photography, videos, music and “painting” on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

It’s another site in this growing community to get your work displayed and to congregate electronically. Having the influence of artists outside of iPhoneography should help make it interesting.

There are plans for brick and mortar gallery shows of the best submitted work. Given that iPhoneArt.com is based in the Los Angeles market, these could be important, high-visibility shows. Other future plans include sales of archival prints entered in the site’s iPrints program, with proceeds going to the artist.

Links and the pressie are after the jump.

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Photoforge

Labor Day weekend means app sales! Here’s the first big photo app sale out of the gate!

PhotoForge for iPhone is on sale now for only $0.99 and PhotoForge for iPad is on sale for only $2.99 – that’s $2.00 off each app.

Of the image editing photo apps, PhotoForge is, in my opinion, the most powerful and the one most like “Photoshop for the iPhone” — something the actual Photoshop iPhone app doesn’t even come close to. Both PhotoForge apps are on sale for a limited time.

App Store links: PhotoForge for iPhone |   PhotoForge for iPad

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PhotoGoo
Version 1.1
Price: $0.99

Bottom line: Pushing around the pixels doesn’t easily create smooth, gooey effects. The resolution on an iPhone is way too low to be useful.

Remember back in the mid-1990′s when the filter set Kai’s Power Tools was all the rage for Photoshop users? For a while, we were treated to a lot of album covers with the big puppy eyes of Beautiful Freak by eels (one of my favorite bands, by the way. Many of those goo effects were created by a plugin called Kai’s Power Goo. PhotoGoo by JQ Software creates the same goo effect on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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MonoPhix HD screenshot

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UPDATE: Those went fast! We have given out all of our promo codes for MonoPhix HD for iPad. If you missed out, stay tuned for more giveaways.  =M=

Got an iPad? Want a free copy of MonoPhix HD? We’ve got some promo codes to give away. Read on for more info….

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The iPhone OS 4.0 was previewed today during an Apple Live Event. Steve Jobs was onstage live to introduce the next generation iPhone OS, with over 100 new features and 7 main “tentpole” features. Upgrade pricing (if there is any) wasn’t announced. If you’re a developer, the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK is already available for download and there are already photos and tidbits about the new OS scattered throughout the blogosphere. The rest of us will have to wait until summer to get our hands on the new update. iPad owners will have to wait until this Fall for their big OS 4.0 update.

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The New iPad from Apple

It is Day 3 of the Apple iPad revolution. So far, I can still purchase “dead tree” magazines at the supermarket and I still have photographic prints hanging on my walls, so I imagine the world hasn’t changed in a fundamental way just yet….

I nearly succumbed to the lure of the future this weekend. Here in Dallas/Fort Worth, there were still plenty of iPads available until well after 3:00 PM on U.S. iPad day Saturday. But, like many of you, I’m holding out for a few weeks until the 3G version is released here. With the way I travel and work, a 3G iPad and the need for internet just about anywhere simply makes more sense for me.

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Live FX for iPhone and iPod Touch is FREE today, Sunday April 4 only! After today, it goes back on sale for $1.99 USD in the App Store.

Live FX is a photo effects app by Nick Drabovich that allows you to apply and stack effects for thousands of possible combinations. It’s similar to Best Camera, but in my opinion, much more versatile. I’ll have a review coming this week on Life In LoFi. I’ve seen iPhoneographers do some amazing things with this app. For now, here’s a great chance to grab it for free to see what you think.

The iPad version, ComboArt is FREE for Easter as well. After today, it goes back up to $2.99 in the US App Store. If you have or are even considering an iPad purchase, this looks like savings on a another great app.

Many times, these giveaways don’t last for long, so grab these now.

App Store links: Live FX |   ComboArt

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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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