iPad By Davis: “Best iPhone and iPad apps for professional photographers” plus 13 more |
- Best iPhone and iPad apps for professional photographers
- Blast from the past: The Apple QuickTake 150 digital camera
- Best travel and vacation companion apps for iPhone and iPad
- Mobile Cloth Contest – Winners
- Where, oh, where is my regional Apple TV content?
- Apple drops prices on refurbished iPad mini and iPad 4
- How to delete courses within iTunes U on iPhone and iPad
- Take the fight to those galactic pigs as Angry Birds Space goes free for iPhone and iPad
- The Saturday Evening Post Now Has a (Crappy) iPad Edition
- Propellerhead's ReBirth for iPhone headed for death
- Feral Games Bundle offers six sweet Mac games for $20
- Deal of the Day: 49% off the Marware rEVOLUTION for iPhone 5
- Issue 2 of The Loop Magazine Is Out
- Latest rumors suggest iOS 7 to be "black, white and flat all over"
| Best iPhone and iPad apps for professional photographers Posted: 24 May 2013 05:56 PM PDT
As a professional photographer, the iPhone and iPad can be excellent tools for your business. You are probably already aware that there's a lot of great apps out there focused on editing photos, but if we're being real, as a professional, you're not going to use them. However there are many other great apps that can help compliment your business, and we've rounded up some of our favorites. Shoot and Sell
If you're a photographer who offers prints and canvas to your clients, then Shoot and Sell is a fantastic app to show off how your clients' photos will look on the wall, even their wall. Designed by by the creators of Photographer's Wall Display Guides, Shoot & Sell is sure to help you generate more sales from each client.
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FolioBook Photo Portfolio
FolioBook is your digital portfolio. Forget showing your website with Safari and use FolioBook to show off your work to potential clients. It lets you create a custom branded home page and as many galleries you'd like with up to 200 images per gallery. You can also create slideshows with transitions and music. The amount of customization that FolioBook allows is incredible and really lets you create a portfolio that reflects you and your brand.
Square
As the owner of a small business, utilizing a point of sale system like Square will simplify your life and impress your clients. People don't like carrying around checkbooks and cash, so accepting credit cards is a vital aspect of any business, and Square is a great option that will keep your costs down and bottom line up.
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Easy Release - Model Release App
If you're a portrait photographer, you likely have your clients sign model releases and other contracts. Easy Release is a great app that comes preinstalled with some great release forms. You can also edit them to be more tailored to your business or create your own from scratch. Each release can be branded with your business and you can email to your clients immediately after they sign them.
PDF Expert
If you prefer to stick with the contracts and release forms you've already created and formatted into PDFs, you can still go paperless with PDF Expert. You can easily keep all your forms organized, and since PDF Expert supports annotation, your clients can easily sign the forms as if they were printed out in front of them.
Rego
When it comes to portrait photography, location is key, and Rego will help you keep track of all your favorite spots. With each location you can add photos and make notes about the lighting and anything else you want to remember.
Things
Running a business requires a lot of various tasks, and with Photography in particular, each shoot is like an individual project each of which has a set of required tasks. Things for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, is a great trio of apps to keep you on track and organize your business. It's a bit pricey and isn't the prettiest of apps, but it works really well.
Trip Cubby
As a photographer, you are likely driving all over the place to different shoots, and since all those miles are tax-deductible, a solid mileage tracking app is a must. Trip Cubby is an awesome choice and makes this daunting task a lot less cumbersome and is designed with IRS compliance in mind. Trip Cubby does not support the iPhone 5's larger screen, and this is normally a huge turn-off for me, but it's truly one of the best options out there.
Quickbooks Mobile
One of the most difficult parts of running a business is keeping track of the finances. If you use Quickbooks, then the iPhone and iPad versions are a must. Having the ability to stay on top of your business finances on the go is a great convenience.
Dropbox
To successfully run a photography business, you must keep a lot of paper work, including contracts, release forms, invoices, financial records, and of course photos. The last thing you need is for some freak accident to cause you to lose it all, and with Dropbox, you can rest assured that your files are forever safe. Many of the previously mentioned apps in this list include Dropbox integration which makes it one of the best cloud solutions out there.
Your favorite apps for professional photography?So there you have it! iMore's best apps for iPhone photographers. Did we miss any of your favorites? What apps do you use to shoot, edit, enhance, and show off your photos taking with your iPhone? 
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| Blast from the past: The Apple QuickTake 150 digital camera Posted: 24 May 2013 04:39 PM PDT
It's possible to forget, but Apple used to have their own line of digital cameras. Back in the mid-nineties they launched three cameras under the 'QuickTake' product banner. What we have here is the second of those; say hello to the Apple QuickTake 150. Launched in 1995, the QuickTake 150 cost new a staggering $700. Granted, this was a time when digital cameras were in the early days, but $700 meant this was not an item for the masses -- much like Apple's computers of the time. So what does an 18 year old camera provide in the way of specs? The QuickTake 150 has an 8mm fixed focus lens, a flash, and 1MB of flash storage. It's capable of shutter speeds between 1/30 and 1/175 of a second, and produces 24-bit images at 640x480. The on-board storage stores only 8 photographs taken at the full resolution, or 32 taken at 320x240 resolution. Unthinkable today that you would ever take an image so small. The QuickTake 150 also included a separate close up clip on lens as part of the kit. Battery power comes by way of 3xAA batteries, with support for rechargeable ones with the optional charger that was sold separately.
By modern standards, the QuickTake 150 is a rather unusual shape. It's more akin to a pair of binoculars than a camera, with a large eyepiece at the rear alongside the main controls, with the flash together on the front with the lens. While the shape may be unusual, it's still surprisingly comfortable to hold. A neckstrap was included in the box too as part of the kit, and it is insanely long. Apple also included their own image software with the camera -- all 4 floppy disks worth of it -- along with the serial cable required to connect the camera to the computer. With the QuickTake 150 Apple added support for Windows 3.1 -- the previous iteration, the QuickTake 100 had been Mac only -- in an effort to widen the market appeal.
The photos taken are stored on the camera in QuickTake file format, but can be converted using the bundled software into more regular and supported file types such as JPEG, BMP and TIFF. So, the bundled QuickTake software and the serial cable are 100% necessary to actually get images from the camera to the computer, and there lies the very reason that sadly I won't be able to use it. For now, at least. The QuickTake 150 can't be connected directly to a more modern Mac running OS X, because there is a lack of support for the Apple serial protocol used. I simply don't have any hardware old enough to support this camera, an unusual situation to be in. And, because the QuickTake 150 doesn't have any kind of display on it there's no way to preview any of the images taken without taking them off the camera first.
However, thanks to the Internet -- and in this case, Wikipedia -- here is a sample picture taken at maximum resolution with the QuickTake 150. Also thanks to the Internet, the full original user manual for the camera is available to view from Apple. So, there's a quick look at a piece of vintage Apple. The camera line didn't live for long, with the QuickTake 150 being discontinued in 1997. It was though followed by a much improved model, the QuickTake 200 that looked a lot more like digital cameras of the modern day. It was also cheaper, had removable flash storage, a much wider range of shutter speeds and user-selectable focus and aperture controls.
It also serves as a reminder as to just how far camera technology has advanced. Sat next to my Panasonic Lumix G2 Micro 4/3 camera, the QuickTake 150 strikes an imposing figure. So, did anyone of you purchase a QuickTake digital camera back in the nineties? What were your memories of it and what made you ultimately decide to purchase one? If you've any stories to share about your experiences with Apple's short-lived range of digital cameras, drop us a line in the comments! 
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| Best travel and vacation companion apps for iPhone and iPad Posted: 24 May 2013 03:04 PM PDT
iMore takes a look at the best apps for planning your next vacation or business trip, and the ones you should always have while away. Whether you're planning a vacation or travel frequently for pleasure or business, there are literally hundreds of apps available in the App Store that deal with all aspects of travel. Everything from airport and transit guides to vacation home finders and more can be found. If you're looking for the absolute best ones, here's a list of the ones we'd highly recommend checking out. TripIt for iPhone and iPad
If you travel frequently, TripIt is an absolute must have. It's an entire trip organizer all under one roof. While there is a free version of TripIt that can help you stay organized, the Pro version also includes notifications, the ability to track frequent flier miles, and so much more. Don't want to enter things in manually? Not a problem. TripIt gives you an email address to forward all your plans to and it'll auto-fill and populate everything for you. It really doesn't get any simpler than this for frequent travelers.
Packing Pro
Once you've planned a trip, whether it's a vacation or a business trip, you're obviously going to have to pack at some point. All of us have always had that moment where we forget something last minute. Packing Pro can help you prevent that by giving you the option to organize your trip way before hand by creating lists of what you need to bring and in what order. Beyond that, Packing Pro also has full iCloud sync support which means your travel list is always with you, regardless what device you're on.
AirPorts by Travel Nerd
Airports are always cause for stress and confusion, especially large ones. If you get nervous about making flights and being sure you're where you need to be at the right time, AirPorts by Travel Nerd is the app for you. Not only can you enter in flight information in order to check statuses, you can also view full layouts of many major airports around the world. This means you'll not only know where terminals are but where bathrooms and other amenities such as WiFi hotspots are as well. It's a great app for infrequent travels to business users looking for a place to plug in and recharge. Travel Channel Layover Guide
There's nothing worse than having a ridiculously long layover or dealing with a canceled flight, especially if you're on vacation. Instead of sitting in a hotel or wandering around an airport, Travel Channel's Layover Guide can help cure boredom and irritation by giving you lots of local spots to hang out at that you may have never decided to visit. Everything from breweries to pubs to five start dining and local attractions. Layover Guide specializes in helping you find the things that locals treasure, not your typical tourist attractions, even though there are some of those included. You can also become more familiar with an area's musical culture and download music from those countries directly via iTunes links provided to you. Whether you just want to know more about the area you're traveling to or simply want a better experience when traveling in general, you can't go wrong with Layover Guide.
Fodor's City Guides
If you're traveling abroad and want to make sure you don't miss anything you should be seeing, Fodor's City Guides is a great way to check out the culture around you. Not only can you read up on popular landmarks and attractions, the imagery to go with them is gorgeous. And who doesn't like looking at amazing photos? Fodor's City Guides has lots of information on the usual suspects you'd expect with everything from London, Rome, Paris, New York, Barcelona, and more. If any of these places are ones you'll be visiting for the first time this summer or on a future trip, make sure you check out Fodor's City Guides. Pixter Scanner
If you're traveling in a foreign country where the main language is not your first language, reading things such as traffic and transit signs can become overwhelming and quickly eat up a lot of time. Enter Pixter Scanner for iPhone. This little gem of an app can snap a photo of any text you'd like and then translate it for you to any given language. Just choose the language the text is written in and what language you'd like it to translate to. I've tried a lot of text translators and Pixter is by far one of the fastest and most accurate. The fact that it pulls from images instead of re-entering text just makes it that much more awesome. Dwellable
Not everyone likes to stay in hotels when they're on vacation. Renting a house or finding a condo can be a task if you don't know where to look, though. Dwellable can you help you with that task by aggregating a huge list of properties for rent near many popular vacation destinations including Hawaii, Vail, Orlando, Palm Springs, and more. Many of the listings on Dwellable will also have reservation calendars showing when properties are available along with contact information. This way you know while looking whether or not something is available the dates you need to travel. If hotels aren't your thing and you're traveling to one of the spots Dwellable supports, make sure to check out what properties are available. You may just be surprised how many you'll find.
Hotel Tonight
If you're planning a last minute trip, or decided to extend a current one, Hotel Tonight does exactly what it sounds like it would do. It can find you a great deal on a hotel, tonight. Featuring a list of over 80 destinations in 12 countries, Hotel Tonight can provide you deals that you can't get anywhere else. In most cases, you can even book for the night all the way until 2am. Not only will you find great deals with Hotel Tonight, you'll also enjoy the amazing interface and design that comes with it. So whether you're in a bind and need a room fast or want to extend a stay somewhere you're already visiting, make sure to check out what's available on Hotel Tonight before booking.
Your picks?Do you have any killer apps that you've either used to plan trips or while you're away? Don't be shy, let us know what they are in the comments! 
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| Mobile Cloth Contest – Winners Posted: 24 May 2013 01:50 PM PDT
Wow. This contest was a heck of a lot of fun. I asked you guys for damn good reasons why you need these cleaning cloths for your iPads and touchscreen devices and Oh Boy did we get some great reasons and responses. If I had to pick a single favorite it would be extremely tough. Luckily I don't have to though – because Mobile Cloth generously let me pick 6 winners. They are:
OK, if you twist my arm I'll share just one quick favorite among the many I had – this one from Brian Esse:
Winners – please keep an eye on your Inboxes and spam folders – as Mobile Cloth will soon be contacting you to get your shipping details. Thanks to everybody who took part in the contest and made such great...         Related Stories
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| Where, oh, where is my regional Apple TV content? Posted: 24 May 2013 11:35 AM PDT
I love my Apple TV, but what I'd love even more is a healthy dose of regional content on it. AirPlay is OK, but I see it more a means to an end in certain circumstances, not an integral part of my experience. When I'm relaxing watching TV, I don't want to have to reach for my iPhone or iPad, or even my Mac in order to put something on there to watch. The major free-to-air channels in the UK -- BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 -- all have on-demand video services. Each of them also has an iOS application to watch their TV content on your iPhone and iPad. On the Mac, you only need the web browser. On the Apple TV, I'd love each of these to have their own channel. AirPlay isn't quite the sameAirPlay is great, I use it all the time. Be it sending music or video from my iOS devices or mirroring the display on my Mac to the TV. Mirroring a Mac display doesn't help in this situation though, because I can't use it for anything else. OS X doesn't provide the same media-only AirPlay options that iOS does. (Fingers crossed for OS X 10.9...) The other issue is that the apps have to be specifically AirPlay enabled. For example, this method works great on the BBC iPlayer app, but doesn't work at all on the ITV Player app, because it doesn't have AirPlay enabled. Whether it's DRM issues or contractual obligations that keep apps AirPlay free, or force strange AirPlay implementations, it makes no difference to the end user. We just think it's broken. In the absence of proper channels, AirPlay is all there is, for those that support it. I find myself using apps like the iPlayer more than ITV Player simply because I can watch them on the TV if I want to. Never mind when you try to mirror from an iPhone and the Phone app actually rings, killing the TV... The TV is for relaxingI like to relax when I'm watching TV, so when I'm using my Apple TV I just kick back, find something to watch and off I go. There's just not quite enough content to make me want to use the Apple TV more. The hardware is fine, the software is fine -- to me, at least -- I just want more content. I want to use my Apple TV more. I want to have one under every TV I have, and not have to think about whether I'll need my iPhone or iPad to help decide what I want to watch. So, coming out of WWDC I would really love to see some Apple TV news. I'd love to see Apple announce that they've struck a whole bunch of regional content deals all over the world. Or the ability for developers to make apps for the platform so the likes of the BBC could do it themselves. And I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing for a better spread of regional content. So, what would you love to see Apple do with the Apple TV at WWDC? What kind of content are you longing for in your part of the world? 
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| Apple drops prices on refurbished iPad mini and iPad 4 Posted: 24 May 2013 10:59 AM PDT
Apple has lowered the prices of refurbished versions of the iPad Mini and iPad 4. The discounts hover around 15% off the original price, with the 16GB Wi-Fi-only iPad mini starting at $279, and the 32GB and 64GB models starting at $359 and $439, respectively. These refurbished models had previously been available for $299, $389, and $489. The cellular models each go for $389, $469, $549, down from $429, $519, and $619. Likewise, the iPad 4 models available also received price cuts. Starting with the 16GB version, prices for the Wi-Fi-only model are $419, $499, $579, from $449, $549, and $649. The refurbished cellular models come in at $529, $609, $689, coming down from $579, $679, and $779. A refurbished 128GB model is not available. Apple notes that all refurbished iPads come with a brand new battery and outer shell. If you have been waiting for lower prices on either the iPad Mini or the iPad 4, now is a great time to get them. 
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| How to delete courses within iTunes U on iPhone and iPad Posted: 24 May 2013 10:37 AM PDT
If you use iTunes U in order to keep up with courses and class material, there will probably come a time when you've watched everything and completed assignments. That means you probably have no need to keep it on your iPhone or iPad any longer. If you want to free up some space, you can always delete them just as easily as you downloaded them. Here's how:
That's it. Deleting older titles and materials you aren't using anymore is a great way to not only keep your material organized, but free up precious storage space on your iPhone or iPad. 
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| Take the fight to those galactic pigs as Angry Birds Space goes free for iPhone and iPad Posted: 24 May 2013 10:32 AM PDT
This weeks App Store free app of the week is Rovio's Angry Birds Space for both iPhone and iPad. If for whatever reason you haven't tried this particular version of the smash hit bird flinging adventure, both regular and HD versions are now free for the week. Angry Birds Space takes the tried and tested Angry Birds formula and takes it into orbit, with a host of new birds and the effects of gravity -- and lack of -- to add to the challenge. As with all Angry Birds games, Space has been updated a few times since launch with additional levels, included a Curiosity Rover inspired Mars level. Grab it from the App Store now!
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| The Saturday Evening Post Now Has a (Crappy) iPad Edition Posted: 24 May 2013 10:21 AM PDT
The Saturday Evening Post has recently launched an iPad edition, which is available on Newsstand now. Touted as 'the trusted voice of American culture' the magazine has a rich history – and was well-known years ago in part for its Norman Rockwell cover illustrations. I have to admit I didn't realize The Saturday Evening Post was still being published until I saw news of its iPad version. I very rarely visit real-life newsstands these days, so that's my excuse for not realizing this title was still around. Here's a bit of the App Store intro for The Saturday Evening Post iPad edition:
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| Propellerhead's ReBirth for iPhone headed for death Posted: 24 May 2013 08:24 AM PDT
Sad news from Propellerhead, the makers of Reason and other excellent music software for Mac and iOS: They're planning to stop selling and supporting ReBirth for iPhone effective June 1st, according to "Synthhead" at Synthopia. ReBirth is the pitch-perfect iOS recreation of Propellerhead's phenomenal "Techno Micro Composer" software that started out on the Mac - an emulation of three absolutely vital components for dance music: Roland's TB-303 bass synth and its TR-808 and 909 drum machines. FX units and pattern sequencers let you build out entire songs. Propellerhead still sells and supports a more expensive iPad version of ReBirth, which will continue life well after the iPhone version is put to pasture. The iPad version gives you a lot more room to work, plus it lets you export your work as an MP3 file, so you can share with folks who don't have ReBirth installed. That gives you a few more days to download the software if you want it. But be warned that once the deadline hits, you won't be able to share your ReBirth creations with other iPhone users anymore. Sharing ReBirth compositions with other users was always part of the fun. Is Propellerhead doing the right thing by focusing its attention on other software? Will you miss ReBirth for iPhone when it's gone? Or was the iPhone screen just too small to make use of all the features?
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| Feral Games Bundle offers six sweet Mac games for $20 Posted: 24 May 2013 07:51 AM PDT
If you don't take advantage of this, you're crazy. Feral Interactive and Mac Game Store have teamed up to offer the Feral Games Bundle, a collection of six Mac games conversions by Feral for a mere $20. The promotion runs from May 27th through June 2nd, but pre-orders are now being accepted. The bundle includes:
The package would cost $149.90 separately, so it's already an awesome deal. To sweeten the pot, if you preorder it this weekend, you'll get a $10 coupon usable towards any other Feral game from the Mac Game Store, good through the end of June. What do you say, Mac gamers? Does this bundle satisfy your need to save some coin? Or is it not what you're looking for?
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| Deal of the Day: 49% off the Marware rEVOLUTION for iPhone 5 Posted: 24 May 2013 07:01 AM PDT | ||||||
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Issue 2 of The Loop Magazine Is Out
Posted: 24 May 2013 06:11 AM PDT
Issue 2 of The Loop Magazine is out today, right on schedule. This is an extension of Jim Dalrymple's The Loop website, described like so in the App Store:
The Loop magazine will serve as an extension of my interests on The Loop
Web site, which includes music, design, technology, games and Apple, among
others. Each issue will feature a number of really great authors that
I've come to know and respect over my nearly 20 years writing about Apple.
The Loop Magazine is a similar style to Marco Arment's The Magazine – with a clean, minimal look and a strong team of writers. Issue 2 features articles from Matt Gemmell, Rene Ritchie and other notable contributors.
It's published twice monthly, and subscriptions cost $1.99 per month. It's already a favorite of mine.
Here's an App Store link for The Loop Magazine.
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Latest rumors suggest iOS 7 to be "black, white and flat all over"
Posted: 24 May 2013 06:23 AM PDT
The latest rumors surfacing about iOS 7 suggest that it will be "black, white and flat all over." Everyone seems to expect that Jony Ive has gone through iOS with the sandblaster, and the latest rumors suggest just that. The latest comes by way of 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman:
"Sources have described iOS 7 as 'black, white, and flat all over.' This refers to the dropping of heavy textures and the addition of several new black and white user interface elements."
Speculation -- and excitement -- continues to build ahead of WWDC in just a few weeks where we strongly anticipate seeing the fruit of Ive's labors. The 'flattening' rumors just won't go away, and the results of an iMore poll back in April suggested that a large number of you would also like to see some kind of refinement throughout.
Either way, we don't have long to wait until WWDC. Where would you start with the look and feel of iOS 7? What would you change about it? Does the mention of black and white interface elements excite you?
Source: 9to5Mac
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