The Top Ten Paid Apps for Photography at the iTunes Store

A couple weeks back I posted the Top Ten free iPhone apps for photography. The response to it was overwhelming so I thought I would do the same for the Top Ten paid photography apps on the iTunes Apps store. Without further delay here they are:

Camera Zoom – KendiTech
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
Camera Zoom is now World’s Top Paid iPhone App!

“App of the Week” – The New York Times

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Version 1.1 is submitted to Apple, and is awaiting approval. This is a major update that fixes issues which many users are reporting, including image quality and compatibility with OS 3.0.
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Zoom in/out with your iPhone Camera! One of iPhone’s most requested feature.

With Camera Zoom, you can now zoom in and out in real-time when taking pictures, by just simply moving the slider.

Features:
- Up to 4x digital zoom
- Realtime zooming camera preview
- Auto-adjusts photo to best quality after taking picture
- Customize zoom slider’s position
- Fullscreen shutter (optional, tap anywhere to take pictures)
- Fullscreen slider (optional, swipe anywhere to zoom in/out)
- Ask before saving a photo (optional)
ColorSplash – Hendrik Kueck
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
ColorSplash lets you quickly and easily give photos a dramatic look by converting them to black and white, while keeping your chosen details in color.
This effect – known as a “cutout” or “selective desaturation” – draws the viewers’ attention to the colored areas.

Use your finger as a brush to remove or bring back the original color from regions of your image.
Quickly zoom in and out using the two finger pinching gesture.

ColorSplash is built on the same solid foundation as our popular Juxtaposer app and features the same intuitive and responsive multi-touch user interface.

Features:
- Undo any number of accidental brush strokes.
- Save multiple sessions.
- Share your edited image on Facebook, Flickr or Twitter.
- In-program help.
- An alternative view mode shows regions that will remain in color tinted in red to make it easier to see and adjust the boundaries between color and black & white regions.
- Choose from 4 different brushes (hard or soft edged, opaque or transparent)
- Work in landscape or portrait orientation.
- Hide the toolbars in full screen mode.

Tips and Clarifications:
- When in other apps you would change the brush size, in ColorSplash you zoom in and out using two fingers. You can do this in any mode! Paint with one finger, zoom with two. Try it, it works great!
- ColorSplash does not add new colors to your image. It only removes or restores the original colors. The ‘red mode’ only visualizes the current mask, it does not actually tint the image.

Photogene – Omer Shoor
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
Photogene is about improving your digital photos and having fun while at it.
This intuitive, easy to use application offers a comprehensive set of professional editing tools:

- **new** Frame effects: Reflection and Vignette.
- **new** Do it yourself: Customized frames in various shapes, widths and colors. Selection of shadows – outer and inner glows, gloss, drops shadow.

- Crop.  Fixed aspect ratios are optional.
- Sharpen.
- Levels histogram. Manually or automatically correct color distribution, improving brightness and contrast at the same time.
- Gama correction (midtones).
- Separate exposure and contrast sliders.
- RGB balance.
- Saturation. Increase or decrease hues intensity in your picture. B/W effect can be reached.
- Color temperature. Correct unnatural colors by adding warmth or coolness to the image.
- Straighten for a tilted image.
- Rotate and mirror.
- Special effects, such as pencil, sepia or heat-map
- Frames.
- Text bubbles of different styles, colors and fonts (just drag and place them wherever you like).
- Multiple undo-redo and reset buttons. You can use these features to compare between origin and result.
- Take photos from within the application.

Photogene received PC Magazine editor choice award and was picked by iLounge magazine as one of the best 100 iPhone apps.

Edit your photo, go artistic or be playful. Photogene enables it all in one program.

It’s not just a one time app. Photogene fulfills a wide range of your editing needs and we keep updating it.
See our website for some ideas of what you can do with this app. Also check the tutorial and frequently asked questions section.

Changes are fast and immediate and the features are continuously available on screen. You can navigate easily among the different tools.

The app allows you to zoom in and out and move the picture around, without damaging the editing work. Landscape editing is supported.

When satisfied, save to your photo library for later use (such as emailing or uploading to your favorite sites).

CameraBag – Nevercenter Ltd. Co.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
****RATED 4.5 OUT OF 5 BY MACWORLD
****ONE OF TECHCRUNCH’S TOP 10 APPS 2008
****ONE OF PC MAGAZINE’S “21 COOL IPHONE APPS”
****ONE OF MACLIFE’S “101 MOST ESSENTIAL APPS OF 2008″

Dramatically enhance your photos using the many classic camera and film simulations in CameraBag.  It’s like having 10 unique cameras all in one tiny device!

Step 1: From inside CameraBag, take a new photo (iPhone only) or choose one from your library (iPhone or iPod Touch).

Step 2: Quickly switch between CameraBag’s cameras to view your photo in many styles, simulating old school cameras and popular lenses and films.

Step 3: Save your photo. You can save the same photo in multiple styles.  Try layering effects by reloading a saved image!

CameraBag focuses on emulating styles and processes from some of the most interesting cameras of the past to enhance the mood of an image.  The cameras included in CameraBag are:

“Magazine” – Emulates a common photographic effect used in fashion photo shoots.
“Helga” – A square-format toy camera feel with washed-out highlights and old-school vignetting.
“Instant” – No need to shake this instant-developing film.
“1974″ – This is your father’s camera. Faded, tinted, and hip.
“Lolo” – Shoot from the hip and take life as it comes with vibrant, colorful shots.
“Cinema” – Dramatic, moody, wide-screen stills from the ongoing saga of your life.
“1962″ – Dynamic black and whites from the photojournalists of a bygone era.
“Mono” – Smooth gradation from black to white.
“Infrared” – Simulation of the popular landscape photography technique.
“Fisheye” – Popular fish eye lens effect – for fun effects, try it in combination with other filters.
“Original” – The unaltered image.

Picfree – Send Picture Messages (MMS) Free! – Pinger, Inc.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
Send free picture messages (MMS) to any US mobile or email.  Now compatible with iPhone OS 3.0!

HOW DOES PICFREE WORK?
Simply take a pic from your iPhone or use a photo from the Photo Library, then send that picture to any US mobile phone via MMS or even to an email.

IS SENDING PICTURES REALLY FREE?
Hey, we’re the makers of Textfree.  Of course sending pictures is free.  Send as many pics as your little trigger finger can handle.*

DOES PICFREE REALLY SEND AN MMS?
Yes, Picfree really does send MMS–when the recipient’s phone can handle it.  That means your picture message goes directly to your friend’s MMS supported phone.

SHOULD I WAIT FOR IPHONE OS 3.0?
Even when AT&T supports MMS “later this summer”, you’ll have to PAY for picture messages. With Picfree, you send as many pics as you like–all free!

CAN I RECEIVE PICTURE MESSAGES?
Picfree is only for SENDING picture messages.  Replies to messages you send will go to your email address.  Unfortunately, there is no way to receive a true MMS on the iPhone or iPod touch right now.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I SEND TO A PHONE THAT CAN’T RECEIVE MMS?
For phones that can’t receive MMS/picture messages (including iPhone), use the ‘Send as text with a link to pic’ option.  Your friend’ll get a normal text message with a link to the picture.

WILL PICFREE WORK ON IPOD TOUCH?
Definitely.  There isn’t a camera on an iPod touch, but you can use any photo from your Photo Library.

WHAT CARRIERS WORK WITH PICFREE?
Picfree supports AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, Virgin Mobile, US Cellular, Cellular One/Dobson, Boost Mobile, MetroPCS, Tracfone and many others.  For a full list see www.pinger.com.

REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF
* We hate spam as much as you do. We reserve the right to limit the number of messages sent to ensure no spam is sent using Picfree.  Also, when your friend receives your message, it will come out of his or her normal messaging plan.

Apps from Pinger: Textfree, Picfree, Doodle Buddy

iFlashReady – Camera Flash Effect – Imaging Luminary, LLC
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
Brighten your iPhone photos instantly with iFlashReady!

By adding a software-based flash to the iPhone camera, iFlashReady helps you overcome the iPhone’s lack of a build-in camera flash.

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We strongly recommend you do a hard reset if you are experiencing any crashes. The instability caused by memory usage is a common problem with all image processing apps. A hard reset will solve the problem.
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The local method in iFlashReady is usually more effective than global methods such as levels, curves, fill light, shadow/highlight adjustments, or exposure adjustments.

Without a flash, the iPhone camera often takes under-exposed and low-contrast pictures when lighting is poor. iFlashReady is a one-of-a-kind software specifically designed to enhance the photos taken by the iPhone camera by reproducing the effect of a camera flash. With a click of a button, you can add low, medium, or high levels of fill-in flash effect to reveal details in the dark regions, or light up the entire photo to improve brightness, contrast, and color.

iFlashReady can also enhance photos imported by iTunes on iPod Touch or iPhone.

iFlashReady is based on an innovative algorithm that intelligently lightens up each pixel to an individually differentiated level. Even if the entire photo is lightened up, the details in highlights are not blown out. The internal parameters are specially configured for the iPhone camera.

Reviews:
* CNet: Five favorite iPhone photo apps
* Gear Patrol: 25 best iPhone apps
* iphoneography.com: Recommended

Requirements:
iFlashReady works on devices running iPhone OS 2.0 and later. It is tested extensively on all devices including the new iPhone 3GS.

Mac/PC software is also available for more features and extended capacity.

iZoom – Nick Drabovich
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
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Unlike another “zoom” app,
this app is FULLY COMPATIBLE
with the latest IPhone OS 3.0

Get iZoom if you have updated
to the latest iPhoneOS 3.0 !
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iZoom helps you to take “zoomed in”
photos using only standard iPhone camera.

It is the feature which most users look for when taking photos with iPhone.

You simply select desired region on camera viewfinder and press shutter button! When Preview is ready, press ‘Use Photo’ for an option to save a photo.

It’s all that easy. You will really wish you had iZoom before!

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New in submitted update 1.1
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- Image size indicator.
- Fixed “stuck” camera button issue.
- Brightness and color tone adjustment (“flash”).
- Minimum image size now is 160×160 px and maximum  – 1000×1000 px.
- Wallpaper size is default.
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P.S. Also, check out our free (for a limited time) apps:
“Crazy Faces” and “iRetouch Lite”

Night Camera - Sudobility
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
As with all memory intensive apps, please restart iPhone after syncing.
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Tips on iPhone night photography:
1. Clean the lens with lens cleaning tissues, not your finger. Dirty lens will cause light source to glow.
2. Do not shoot strong light sources directly.
3. Do not be too tense. Hold naturally.
4. Hold in landscape orientation with both hands.
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Night Camera helps you to take sharp photos at night or other low light conditions, by using the built-in accelerometer to trigger the shutter when it detects the camera being stable.

iPhone camera, like other cell phones, has some problems. While washed-out color and low contrast can be fixed by Photoshop, iPhoto, or our Photo Lab app, no software can fix blurs caused by shaky hands. That’s especially a problem for night photos.

Night Camera can not be simpler. Tap the shutter button, it will start checking the accelerometer. Be calm, hold still, it takes the photo when the accelerometer detects the camera is steady. You get to review the photo before saving.

New after 1.5! Now it is three camera in one! In addition to the stable mode, you can also use it as a regular camera, or a camera timer. In all three modes, you can use the full screen as shutter button.

Options
- Camera mode
- Sensitivity
- Fullscreen shutter (if Auto shutter is off, tap the whole screen as the shutter button)
- Vibration at Review (Great for self portraits)
- Repeat (time mode only, take a photo every x seconds)
- Resolution (full 1600×1200 vs Quick 427×320)
- Film type: Color, B/W grayscale, Sepia, Hard Light
- Auto Save
- Time Stamp
- etc

It is so simple that we cannot even do a screenshot – pressing the home and sleep button together for the screenshot will surely give a blurry result. So, take a look at the sample photos, which we took around the San Francisco. Those are all real photos, taken with Night Camera, without any post-processing or touch-up.

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To improve color, contrast and others, please check out our Photo Lab app.
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AutoStitch – Cloudburst Research
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
AutoStitch makes wide-angle photography a reality on the iPhone, allowing multiple images to be combined into a seamless panoramic mosaic, with no user input other than selecting the photos required. Harness the power of this award-winning stitching technology for the first time ever on a mobile device.

AutoStitch is the only app that can stitch images in any order or arrangement, with both horizontal and vertical motion in the same stitch, and without the tedious manual alignment of images required in other panorama apps. With state-of-the-art algorithms that automatically recognize overlapping images, AutoStitch makes capturing great panoramas easy, fast, and fun.

What others are saying:
- “AutoStitch raises the bar on iPhone panoramas… an excellent program that lets you take the pictures while it does the work.” — TUAW
- “My New Favorite iPhone Panorama App… DRAMATICALLY reduces the time it takes to capture a panoramic image.” — TechnoSanity
- “I can’t say enough positive things about this application. If you’re looking for a panoramic maker for your iPhone, AutoStitch is the one to pick up.” — GearDiary

Features:
- Simple and intuitive interface.  Just select images and touch “Stitch”.
- Built-in interactive viewer allows you to browse the panorama as it is built
- Advanced blending algorithms combine your images with no visible seams
- Stitch images in any layout, with both horizontal and vertical motion
- Stitch any number from 2 to 20 or more images
- Use your existing camera app to take the photos

101 PhotoEffects SALE – MacPhun LLC
Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:09 AM
BIG SALE!
Only during this week you can get this App with discount of 75% !

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The Biggest Collection Of Photo Effects On The App Store!

New Features! (Version 1.4.0):
* 103 Photo Effects
* Crop image
* Crop area rotation
* Rotate and flip image
* Brightness adjustments
* Random filter selection
* You can add any filter to favorites

This App includes more than 101 different high quality filters and photo effects for your iPhone or iPod Touch!

You can take an instant photo or choose pics from your albums and than easily apply any filter in just three taps!

You can choose one of many filters like: False Mirror, Night Vision, Vintage, Ghost, Old Photo, Neon Light, Hue Green, Rainbow Palette, Scary Face, Ancient Canvas, Old TV, Steamy Window, Stardust Frame, Mosaic, Pencil Paint, Burnt Paper, Explosion, Old Film Frame, Bumpmapping and many but many others!
The selection is really enormous!

And don’t forget that besides using basic filters, you can also easily combine each filter with any other, as many times as you want!
This way you obtain thousands of different possibilities for amazing experiments with your photos!

After applying filters, you can save obtained pictures to you iPhone/iPod touch albums in high resolUtion quality up to 1600*1200 pixels.

PLEASE NOTE:
To combine different filters – apply first filter, than use “Set as current” button in the center of toolbar, and than apply any other filter. You can continue applying one filter over another as many times as you want!

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FEATURES:
* The biggest collection of high quality filters on App Store. The number of filters continues to grow with regular Free updates!
* “Take instant photo” feature supported (for iPhones only)
* You can easily import pictures from Photo Albums on your device
* Intuitive, easy to use user interface designed by usability professionals
* Automatic rotation of picture imported with wrong orientation
* High resolution support up to 1200*1600 pixels
* Portrait and landscape modes supported
* All resulting images can be saved to “Camera Roll” or “Saved Photos”
* You can easily combine all filters with each other, creating infinite numbers of your own unique effects!
* Filters previews
* “Undo applied filters” feature
* Detailed user instructions included

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PhotoScatter – Be sure to watch the video about Photoscatter’s Contest below!
Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:23 PM
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PhotoScatter is the simplest way to send photos from your iPhone or iPod Touch to many of the top photo sharing sites.

Simply …

1.  Select or Take a photo
2.  Choose the sites you want to submit to
3.  Add a title and description (optional)
4.  Submit

It’s that easy.

Version 1 of PhotoScatter supports the following sites:

Facebook
Flickr
Shutterfly
PhotoBucket
Picasa
Twitter (twitpic)
(more coming soon)

You can submit to ALL of the sites above with one click, or only one or two… it’s completely up to you.

Never before has it been this easy to get a photo from your iPhone or iPod Touch to your favorite photo sharing sites.