App Update: PictureShow
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 6:43PM | Glyn Evans "If you buy only one photo editing app for your iPhone, make sure it's PictureShow" - editor
PictureShow the app that emulates various toy camera styles, and lets you mix frames, light leaks and noise to create unexpected results has just hit the App Store with a major update, and what an update it is.
So what's new in version 3.0?
Custom Camera (iPod4 & iPhone 3G is not supported)
- 5 Camera Lens added (Single, Quad, Vertical Quad, Multi-Exposure and HalfShot Lens)
- Timer function added (10 sec)
- Grid added (3 by 3)
- You can save all sequence images in Camera Roll when selecting multi-shot lens.
- You can set Time Interval on multi-shot lens.
11 more preset filters are added.
- Calm, VintageRed, GreenPlastic, RedPlastic, BluePlastic, VintageKkhaki, LightLime, BlueCross, OldGray, OldRed and BluePrint
- Total 37 styles prepared for free (No in-App Store).
Effect: Now PictureShow support TiltShift & HDR Effect. You can create more unique style with mixing this new functions with others.
- TiltShift Effect: You can select the type of effect (oval or rectangle), also control the intensity and range.
- HDR: You can control the intensity.
Style: more frame & noise are added and upgraded.
- Frame: 3 new frame styles are added. (white wide, black wide and fiber mount)
- Noise: 3 new noise styles are added. (newspaper, tv screen and grid)
Transform: You can trim out the area you don't want.
- Crop: crop support 6 presets (free, original ratio, 1:1, 3:4, 4:6 and 9:16)
- Flip: you can flip an image vertically and horizontally.
Share
- 'tumblr' upload is added.
- 'blogger' upload bug fixed.
Recipe: You can save and apply your own recipe with just one touch.
- If you like a combination of styles, filters and effects or get an unexpected image with shuffle.
- Just click the heart icon on upside bar to save it as your own recipe.
Simple Manual is added in 'Setting'. we will publish more detailed pdf manual soon.
User Interface upgraded.
- Shotcut Button is moved in filter name on the upside bar. Just click filter name, then filter list will show up.
- Swipe horizontal action is removed. But you can change value gradually using little '+' & '-' buttons on edit bar downside.
- You can up & down the edit bar area clicking little toggle button on right side of the bar.
Bug of saving image on iPhone3G is fixed.
App Store Link: PictureShow; Price: £1.19/$1.99/€1.59
PictureShow in App Update
Reader Comments (29)
From what I've seen this far it's almost as good as promised. The new GUI is somewhat less intuitive than the previous what. The HDR is somewhat a bit of a disappointment (according to my first test it's just a flash enhancer).
I'll give the app a few more run before the final verdict, but the first test looks great.
This one goes to 11! Love the updates - tons more to play with now. Already one of my favorite & most-used apps just got significantly better!
This is really a great update I have been using this for a while and love the tools I think the single best feature of the new version is the focus/tiltshift effect that is awesome for faux depth of field.
These guys are definitely beyond the curve with this new release....
Kudos again the development team!!!
Wasn't there an option to turn off the date appearing on some of the frames before? Love the tiltshift effect ...
PictureShow was awesome until this release. With the removal of frame effects like "vintage dust" and noise effect "light smoke" the developer has hamstrung the many iPhoneographers who have been using this app -- and its classic filters and effects -- since its initial release. While the new additions to the app are interesting, the removal of some of the original filters -- with no suitable alternatives -- was unnecessary and left me no choice but to downgrade the app back to its previous version. I loved it until now. Hopefully this was a mistake that will be rectified by the developer.
The option to turn the date off (on the frames) is still in Settings (inside the app). Not sure how I missed it the first time!
I've just tried the new version, and even though I like the new additions to the effects, I miss a few of the old ones. I'm considering downgrading to the old version. I do hope this is a mistake though, it would be a perfect upgrade if the old effects were restored in next upgrade.
Same here. Pictureshow to me has ALWAYS been the best photo app, period, in the app store. But the removal of light smoke alone requires downgrade to the prior version. Wonder why they removed some of the filters/frames? Total bummer!!
After further look into the new version I am also downgrading...
Bring back the missing filters/frames, they were very usable.
Update quickly please.
Thank you.
Hmm, quantity instead of quality! I think Hipsta is still better.
Yes, please bring back the old filter effects!
In my experience, processing after a new picture is taken, takes a very long time. Like more than 7 seconds. Anyone else has this experience too?
As far as I can tell the Shift Tilt feature is useless as there seems to be no way of rotating the effect. For example load a portrait image and the only option you have is to apply the effect horizontally - the opposite occurs with a landscape format image.
I also miss the old filters and frames and think they were better than some of the new ones. I guess I'll be reverting back to the old version as well.
Richard
If there was only one photo app on my iPhone it could be PictureShow 3.
Yet some menu text is for me - wearing glasses - very hard to read. Processing seems also taking more time than in PictureShow 2
After trying this app out some more, processing is definitely very slow.
Thanks for using PictureShow & Sorry for some issues.
First. There so many request of getting back v2.3 elements.
So we decide to get back some of them.
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Frame
- Instant : It was prohibited by Apple. We had to remove it.
- OldMat, Vintage Dust will be back.
Noise
- Smoke Light, Rust, Rub, Painting Drop will be back.
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Some could be refined and This will be updated in v3.1
Sorry for inconvenience again.
Right PictureShow v3.0 takes more process time.
Cause of new features like 'TiltShift' & 'HDR'.
We had tried to do best we could. and will try to enhance it.
Thanks guys.
hey!
I've downloaded the new version - but what is this?
the resolution of choosen photos in hq gets SO bad, when I upload it
in picture show. what happened??
has anybody the same problem?
As a previous poster has pointed out, it was very disappointing to find that the 'rectangle' tilt shift effect is not rotatable. I do like the controls, just wish that I could have horizontal, vertical, diagonal and every angle in between.
Thanks PictureShow Developer for letting us know you are bringing back the old stuff.
@Kaz @Richard We'll try to make it to rotate rectangle area of tiltShift effect. I think it should be.
Thanks for good point.