Iris Photo Suite for iPhone & iPad updated, and on sale

Iris Photo Suite [App Store Link], one of the lesser know, but still very good photo editors for the iPhone & iPad, were recently updated, with the iPhone version having a complete redesign, with new UI, which brought it inline with the iPad version, whilst the iPad version received just a minor update with bug fixes.

Listed below, you will find what is new and improved in both the iPhone and iPad versions.

Iris Photo Suite for iPhone:

• A complete new and redesigned UI.
• Layers have been given a major reavamp, now the blend image can be resized and positioned over the base image.
• Strength for every filter can be edited.
• 23 new effects including: New Ultra Realistic Comic Sketch Effect !! (check out the screenshot below), Diffused Glow, Mosaic , Clouds, Vintage Print, Instant Print, Pinhole Camera, Parchment etc.
• Text annotations.
• Images are saved with their Exif information preserved.
• Noise Reduction Feature Added. Ability to individually reduce individual channel noise.
• Editable Opacity in the Mask Feature.
• Ability to Invert Mask.
• Ability to define layer mask, that effects all the filters the same.
• Motion Blur Filter Added.

Iris Photo Suite for iPad:

• Opacity Option Available for Text.
• Layers, has the option to select the size of destination Image after Blend, as in the iPhone Version.
• Added Masking options. Ability to define Image Mask, & and invert mask.

In addition to these updates, both these versions are on sale, priced at just £0.59/$0.99/€0.79

Comments

[Kristin]

Since day one of this app being released it has been my go-to app for photo editing. It might not be as popular as some of the other apps out there, but in my opinion (my job deals with digital imaging, colour correction, retouching, etc.), it's one of the best (and my personal fave). For many things, it has saved me from having to wait until I get to a desktop machine to do some retouching/corrections in Photoshop.

I have absolutely no affiliation with this app — just a power-user of it. This is a welcome update, especially on the iPhone, and especially for the ability to preserve meta data now!

[Charles Maclauchlan]

perhaps lesser known but that surprises me...since first released, for free, it has set standards for what an image editor should be. It's on my iPhone in a folder marked "Big 4"

[AlanH]

And, as of last night (7/3) Iris for the iPad is a free download! Ya can't beat that price!! Get it while ya can, if you're interested.

[Ilja Schnorr]

Of course one of the best photo editors.

[JB]

This is hands down my go to app for the phone or pad. Crazy good!

[Gustavo]

I love this app, certainly one of my go to apps as well!! However I've noticed that this new update is saving all my portrait oriented photos in landscape orientation. Anyone else experiencing this?

[yoshiyahu]

I saw someone on Instagram talking about an edit they did in Iris, and that's how I heard of it. I looked it up on the App store and thought hmm, I already have Photoforge2, Filterstorm3, PhotoFx, etc etc, perhaps I should learn to use those tools first before I get another app. Then within a day, bam. On sale for free. Well, Ok. Free works for me. Even though I already have enough apps.

Turns out, Iris is the best darn tool. It's so intuitive. I have tried doing layers with masks on Filterstorm3 and have done ok..., and have not figured out how the hell to do that on Photoforge2. On Iris I just 'got' it right away and have done some cool things with it that I'd never have been able to do with another app. Also, the "Color Sense" feature works so damn well on Iris... I have had so much fun selecting a color and replacing it on Iris. And the selection of textures you can use to add complexity and mood to your photos is awesome.

Right now, Iris and Filterstorm are my goto apps.

[Horse]

Agree with what everyone says around here. Iris really rocks.
Photo Forge is cool, has some nice things but it is not intuitive at all. Filterstorm is a bit better but still confusing at times. Iris is as good but so easy anyone can do it.