Bloomberg recently released Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2011 report showing that Apple flew to within the top-ten most valuable brands in the world in 2011, up nine places from 2010. Being the eighth most valuable brand puts Apple above the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Sony.
In fact, the electronics giant is valued higher than the world’s most beloved cartoon creator, Disney.
I was just having a conversation with my mother where we discussed how it was difficult to remember what we cooked for supper the night previous but that we could quite clearly recall where we were and what we were doing the moments we learned Elvis had died or Kennedy had been killed.
For seventy-five years, LIFE Magazine has been punctuating news stories and current events with perfectly framed photography. This app celebrates those accomplishments and allows you to re-live history with a digital-format coffee-table book unlike any other.
I’m not a photographer, but I’m a parent. In some ways those two titles are synonymous. My talent may not be abundant, but the capacity for grandparents to complain over a lack of new photographs is.
This is the app for people like me. It’s also the app for people more talented than me. What makes it special is that it’s a photo library and photo sharing opportunity made by a community of people who actually use it.
The first dedicated iPad 2 camera app, Camera Boost, recently received an update that overhauled the entire design, added spectacular new features and incorporated video capabilities. Calling the update “version 2” Chris Woods at Interealtime Software has turned what was already a stellar app into near perfection.
When PadGadget reviewed this app in April, we mentioned that it stood out because it offers real-time image altering. You can adjust camera effects from the display before you take a picture, allowing you to find the perfect mood before you even take the shot. It originally included lighting adjustments and a handful of effects to play around with.
If you are anything like me, you love taking pictures (especially of your children) but they never look quite as good as you hoped. Luminance is an app that allows you to tweak and customize the look of your photos until they look really special and entirely more amazing than the original version.
Using this app is fool-proof. It is simple to test and try different effects to see how they turn out, then save or share your photo out (unless you want to roll back to your original without applying any changes).
If you’re looking for a creative way to create electronic invitations, posters, and cards, Phoster is a must have app for your iPad.
Phoster is a powerful app, that in just five minutes, allows you to create great looking party invitations and flyers using your own photos and Phoster’s included layouts and effects. With this app, your friends and family are sure to be impressed with your digital creations. Everyone will be asking if you used Photoshop or some other fancy image editing program to create your poster.
Armed with the goal of covering the world one issue at a time, TRVL is a free travel magazine that details a new location each time. Filled with gorgeous photography and interesting stories, these magazines are a joy to read if you are a travel enthusiast.
Current issues of TRVL feature locations such as Cambodia, Lisbon, Bolivia and Moscow, taking you on a virtual tour of these exotic destinations.
There are some times when a plain old photograph just won’t do, and a video just isn’t quite right either. For the moments when you really want to capture more than just a simple snapshot and want to actually give somebody the chance to enjoy the full view of something or someplace, 360 Panorama can be just what you need.
Using the camera on your iPhone or iPad 2, start your panoramic photograph on the far left of your scene and pan to the right until you are finished. 360 Panorama will automatically take photographs as you move and stitch them together to create your final image.
Have you ever wanted to see the sunset at the Playa Escondida Resort in Mexico or marveled at the beauty of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Latvia? Have you always wanted to stay in a lavish villa in India, but just didn’t have the time or money?
Well, now you can, sort of. Tour Wrist is a photography and travel app that lets you take virtual tours of places all around the world.
The Warhol: D.I.Y. POP allows users to recreates digital versions in the style of Andy Warhol’s iconic screen prints. Created by The Andy Warhol Museum, located in Pittsburgh, PA (Warhol’s hometown), the app also educates users about Warhol’s creative process and tools.
Warhol’s used his technique to capture images of larger-than-life personalities such as Marilyn Monroe and Chairman Mao, as well as (famously) mundane commercial objects including Campbell’s soup cans and Brillo boxes. Using the Warhol: D.I.Y. POP application budding artists can echo Warhol’s signature style by creating self-portraits or paying homage to a family pet.
Part of PadGadget’s continuing series Become An Expert With PadGadget’s iPad Photography Series.
Using Halftone, you can add an aged halftone printing effect to your photos, giving them a vintage comic look. Create your own clever and funny Sunday-paper styled comics and photos. Your photos will look like they have been clipped straight from the newspaper with this unique app.
When you open Halftone, you’re prompted to choose a photo or take one with the iPad 2’s camera. I had no problems using both of these methods. Halftone will allow you to import full resolution photos, though it warns that the program may run more slowly.
The iPad is a great tool to save and carry around those big moments in time. Whether it is an European vacation, a Disney adventure with the family, your kids memorable moments, or a picture of a funny moment in your life, all your photos deserve the best treatment — or better yet, a special place on your iPad.
Over the next several weeks PadGadget will be bringing readers a wide range of app reviews and information designed to help readers maximize their tablet’s photography capabilities.
Aperture on the iPad or any iOS device has been simply wishful thinking for most professional photographers, including some of us amateurs that like to take pictures and refine images to showcase our personal photography style.
However, according to the latest patent granted to Apple, professional photographers may finally get their wish granted. The patent indicates that Apple is probably bringing a version of Aperture to touch screen devices, which could include the iPad.
When it comes to photo processing apps there are certainly a lot of choices in the App Store, but FX Photo Studio HD stands out as being high-quality and easy to use. Within moments, I had loaded a photo from my gallery and was applying effects and customizing them with ease.
You can certainly play it safe and stay with the utility effects like flipping, cropping and resizing but half the fun is using the over 187 effects and filters to customize your image. If you find an effect you particularly enjoy, save it to your favorites list so you can make additional photos in the same style.
TouchUp by Roguesheep is a creative photo editor specially designed for the iPad. It enables anyone, of any skill level, to quickly learn to create adjustments and fun effects for photos. With over a dozen effects and an unlimited number of layers, the possibilities are endless.
Every effect in the app can be applied by drawing it on or erasing it off with just your finger, and it’s surprisingly fun to be able to edit photos with just a touch. There are all kinds of features and effects which allow you to create beautiful photo masterpieces with just a little time and patience. Read More »
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