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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.

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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 recently updated PhotoForge2 is on sale for only $0.99 right now until the next update — that’s a savings of $2.00 off the regular price. This is a great price for this powerhouse image editor. This sale will only last until the next update is released.

There are a couple of things we can extrapolate from this announcement…. First, a new update is coming. Second, it looks like the next release will finally have native iPad support.

With this along with the release of the newly updated Filterstorm 3, the image editing apps category just got very interesting. Your move, Photogene….

PhotoForge2 is easy enough for beginners to start getting creative, yet powerful enough for iPhoneographers with any level of experience. 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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Two weeks after being submitted to the App Store, the PhotoForge2 version 2.0.2 update has finally been released. Hmmm…. It was sitting in the approval queue for a pretty long time.

It’s more than just a bug-fix release and actually pretty beefy for 2.0.x update. In addition to various bug fixes, including the fix for project bug introduced in the v2.0.1 update, several new features have been added. Click past the jump to find out what’s new.

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In addition to Fusioncam, there are some other iPhone photo apps that we like that are on sale or free today. Here’s a list of a few of them. If you’ve had your eye on any of them, this is a good chance to grab them at discount prices. It may just be a savings of a buck or two, but it adds up. These sales don’t last long. Today, some of these apps are reduced for only a few more hours. Grab ‘em now.

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Just days after the release of PhotoForge2 version 2.0.1, the 2.0.2 update has been submitted to the App Store for review. It should street in a few days.

It’s more than just a bug-fix release and actually pretty beefy for 2.0.x update. In addition to the fix for project bug introduced in the v2.0.1 update, several new features have been added in addition to several fixes.

Although it will run on an iPad, this update doesn’t have native iPad support, which is planned for a future update. Click past the jump for the full list.

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A maintenance update for the powerhouse photo editing app PhotoForge2 has been released and is available for download or update now. We’ve got the full list of what’s new in our 2.0.1 preview post from a few days ago.

The new update has a bug which could effect a lot of users. GhostBird Software have issued a warning with the update. Click past the jump for more information.

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Nothing shakes out an app like real-world use. Hot on the heels of the release of the powerhouse image editing app PhotoForge 2, GhostBird Software have announced the upcoming release of the PhotoForge2 version 2.0.1 update which adds a few new minor features and addresses a lot of issues that users raised from the initial release. The biggest change is that Location services are no longer required to load photos — a welcome change to many users.

Read on for a complete list of changes, additions and fixes. It’s pretty long for an X.X.1 update.

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Life In LoFi & GhostBird Software have teamed up to give away FREE copies of the new PhotoForge2 this weekend. The app is the new update to the very powerful PhotoForge version 1, which was an app that we have called the real “Photoshop for the iPhone.’

Click past the jump to find out how to win a free copy of PhotoForge2.

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