Camera+ 4.2 Presents The Standard Effects Pack

Camera+ 4.2 comes with a pack of new photographic effects. The app now counts a total of 54 different photo effects; most of them are free with the initial download of Camera+, the only exceptions being the I ♥ Analog and the Hollywood packs, each available through in-app purchase for $.99.

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Camera+ 2.3 On Sale!

Camera+ iPhoneCamera+ 2.3 introduces a new feature: captions. Captions are a simple and fun way to add text to your photos.

Captions allow to add text to photos only when a border is enabled. From the edit panel, select the border tab; once the desired border is selected, you will see that after the update the Captions button appears on the bottom right: by tapping on it, you can access the caption editor. You can enter your own caption, add current date and time in various formats or your current location. It’s also possible to enter recently added captions: a useful option when you want to quickly add the same caption to more photos.
Camera+ iPhoneAs you can see from the images below, each border style comes with matching styled captions, varying in fonts and colors. Alignment, font, size and color of captions are not editable.

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Different borders with matching caption styles.

Camera+ is currently on sale: tap tap tap’s multi-purpose camera for iPhone is available in the App Store at the special price $0.99/€0.79/£0.69.

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Camera+ 2.2 Is Here!

The announced update of Camera+ is finally here.

The 2.2 release introduces Clarity, a new feature which, the developers state, “can make your photos look truly stunning with just one tap”. The new feature is a processing tool whose purpose is bringing out details and enlivening dull shots in the easiest possible way.

Here you can see an example of how Clarity affects photos:

Clarity: before and after

Clarity is not the only thing worth noting in version 2.2. Other changes and improvements are the following:

  • Added ‘+’ button to the touch focus control to enable easy splitting into focus and exposure controls — and here is the explanation to the ‘+’ symbol in the app’s icon;
  • Multiple photos are now saved to Camera Roll according to the order they were selected
  • Better indication when camera is auto-focusing;
  • Improvements to Pinhole effect;
  • Improvements to Vintage border;
  • Shutter button bug fixed;
  • Incorrect date/time bug when saving to camera roll fixed;
  • Timer countdown time bug fixed;
  • Cancel buttons bug in sharing fixed;
  • Various minor bug fixes and enhancements.

What are your opinions on the new features? Do you want to share them with us? Feel free to do so!

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Camera+ Updated to 2.1

Camera+ just got an update. Version 2.1 doesn’t add significant features, but improves features already included in version 2.0. Check out what’s new:

  • Optimization in effects processing. Improvements when trying out the different effects/borders and when saving/sharing photos that have effects applied;
  • More instances of the camera button so that you can instantly get to shooting from almost anywhere in the app.
  • Change of icon for multi-select;
  • Choose the order which your photos will be shared;
  • Save your photos automatically to Camera Roll as you shoot them;
  • Info panel’s improvements;
  • Access info on photos from the Lightbox without zooming;
  • Turn geotagging on and off;
  • Tap-and-hold buttons to display additional options;
  • Geotags and metadata are now retained when emailing photos;
  • Improvement in the quality of several effects and borders;
  • Location services are now only active when in camera view to save battery life;
  • Several bug fixes.

Camera+: Finally Back!

Camera+ — not to be confused with Camera Plus — is back after a long and troubled absence from the Apple Store. We are happy to finally see it back and to be able to write our opinion on it.

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, Camera+ is an old acquaintance of the Apple Store: despite its popularity, at some point it had to be retired for violation of Apple’s developer agreement — the app introduced with an update the possibility to use iPhone’s volume button as a shutter button. The app got many positive opinions both from the media and from users, so it was quite a shock for some to see it was gone.

Camera+ is now available again for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners, without the volume button trick (not the developers’ fault), but with some interesting improvements.

Main Features

  • Full resolution available;
  • Stabilizer, burst and self-timer shot modes;
  • Crop and rotate;
  • Grid on/off;
  • Digital zoom;
  • Twenty-seven available filters (+ nine available with in-app purchase);
  • Different scene modes for easy photo enhancement (digital flash, etc.);
  • Eighteen photographic borders;
  • Exif and location data available;
  • Share via email, Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.

Appotography Opinion

Camera+ is one of those multi-purpose cameras that will be very helpful especially when choosing to use a single tool to accomplish what several different apps are able to offer separately. Camera+ includes tools like self-timer and stabilizer for making your shooting easier and more immediate, together with editing features like crop, rotate and several different post-processing adjustable filters and presets. If this weren’t enough, you also have the possibility to access your pictures’ data, which is something whose importance many apps stupidly don’t regard as a priority.

The interface is quite simple, although maybe not the simplest available. Anyhow, people with a little familiarity with their Apple devices won’t encounter difficulties getting used to it.

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Your pictures, both taken with the built-in camera or uploaded from the camera roll, will be stored in the Camera+ Lightbox. From this dedicated space, you’ll be able with ease to modify your photos without having to start over all the times. The Lightbox works a lot like the Gallery feature within other apps: pictures taken or uploaded will remain there until you either remove them or save them once and for all.

To edit and enhance your photos, you crop and flip and rotate, and you can also access a variety of scenes — presets like the digital flash and other simulations of lighting conditions — or you can add a photographic filter and a border. Most filters are available right away with the app, but a few more can be added with in-app purchase. Having also a few more borders for a wider choice of styles to fit more appropriately the filters wouldn’t hurt.

These are a few examples of filters applied with Camera+, with or without borders:

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As you can see for yourself, the results obtained with Camera+ are really nifty; the filters are high quality and they can truly make a difference in complementing your photos. This app is definitely a purchase I would recommend to anybody in need of a comprehensive photography tool on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

To sum it up in just a few words: welcome back Camera+!

Overall

Name: Camera+
Developer: tap tap tap
Compatibility: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. iOS 3.1 or later.
Price: £0.59||$0.99||€0.79
Vote: 5/5

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