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

Today, GhostBird Software announced pricing and upgrade policies for the new PhotoForge2 update, which hits the App Store this Thursday, May 19. PhotoForge 2 is such a big update over PhotoForge version 1 (it really is… you can see our previous preview here), it’s being released to the App Store as an entirely new app.

Both previous users and new users will be very pleased with the launch pricing. Click past the jump for details. >>>

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Halftone is the fun comic-style app from Juicy Bits that recreates the pulpy, aged, halftone feel of old comic books. It features 21 paper styles, nine built-in layouts, two caption styles, six different speech balloon styles, 21 stamps, and the ability to choose a font (including three embedded fonts). Whew!

The new 1.5 update is out and he new feature list is pretty long. Click past the jump to find out what’s new and a sneak peek at something Juicy Bits has in the works….

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My iPhone 4's memory usage before and after a quit-all and reboot.

I’m not sure why this happens. I just know that I’ve been seeing more of it recently. I’ll download the new update of an app that worked great before. And then when I try to open it… CRASH!

I’m sure it has something to do with memory or how another poorly coded app has made the stack unstable (I don’t know the exact technical specifics). The bottom line is, my app crashes.

If this sounds familiar, here are a few steps you can take to try and bring a crashy app to a usable state before you fire off that 1-star App Store review. >>>

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Animated layers in Photoshop for iPad? Screenshot © Photography Bay

Photography Bay is reporting that a very slick version of Photoshop for iPad was previewed at the Photoshop World 2011 Keynote yesterday. This is not a larger version of the watered down Adobe Photoshop Express for iOS, but and entirely new build of the app that has more of the powerful features of the desktop version, including layers and some pretty sweet layers animation.

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FX Photo Studio HD by MacPhun is an iPad-only photo processing and editing app that brings the feature set of the excellent iPhone version to a native iPad format. The app has been redesigned for the iPad and takes full advantage of its larger screen. Although I haven’t reviewed the iPad version, it’s getting mostly five-star user reviews in the App Store. You can read my review of the iPhone version with a similar feature set here.

I’ve got a few FX Photo Studio HD promo codes to give away. Click past the jump to find out how you could get one. >>>

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Adobe’s Photoshop Express for iPhone and iPad got a new update this week. The 2.0 update is free. Most of the new features — in particular the good ones — are not. They’re a hefty $3.99 which is a lot for an iPhone photo app. Is it worth it? Click past the jump to see what I think.

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Your iPhone is a computer. To help keep it running smooth, rebooting should be a regular part of your iPhone’s maintenance. When I did Mac desktop support, rebooting the computer fixed about half the problems. Seriously.

The iPhone 4 — both the original GSM model and the new Verizon CDMA model — really needs more than just an occasion reboot. On any iPhone running iOS4, also quitting all open apps will help free up even more memory on the device and help RAM-intensive apps run more stable. I recommend this for any iDevice — iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad — running iOS 4.0 or newer.

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Photo app Percolator by Tinrocket is on sale again for only $0.99 — that’s half off the regular price of $1.99! Although the user interface has a very retro look, it’s a very Modernist app that makes your iPhone photos look like a mosaic comprised of circles.

I previously reviewed Percolator here on the blog, giving it four stars. It’s easy to use and a fun, modernist app that produces unique colorful effects. In fact, the background image in Life In LoFi’s most recent header (seen above) was created with Percolator.

Percolator works on any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 3.1.3 or newer.

Percolator is on sale is for a limited time.

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As reported last week here on the blog, the Diptic 2.0 update now supports greater than full resolution of your iPhone. The update has now gone live in the App Store.

Not only does the app now feature full-resolution output, but adjustable, Expandable Layouts are now available as an in-app purchase.

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FX Photo Studio
Version 3.1
Price: $2.99

Bottom Line: An impressive collection of filters — something for everyone — with an great UI that helps you keep track of them.

MacPhun continues to step up its game with recent updates of several of their key, cornerstone apps. The recent 3.0 and upcoming 3.1 update of FX Photo Studio continue to improve this extensive collection of photo effects. Even with the large number of effects included and the number of photo effects apps available, there are still some good effects here that you can find in no other app. For that reason alone, this app is worth a look.

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