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Givit makes video editing, sharing easier

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 31st, 2013)

Every year at Macworld/iWorld I see another great video application for iOS. Last year one of the Best of Show winners was Game Your Video, a nifty app for adding effects to video. While I enjoyed the app, it wasn't very straightforward, and editing wasn't a great experience. Givit, on the ...

Google adds spreadsheet creation and editing to mobile versions

by Mike Schramm (Nov 28th, 2012)

Google has added the capability to both create and edit spreadsheets to its Google Drive apps, so you can now calculate and tally up whatever you like in a spreadsheet while out on the go. Users could previously browse shared spreadsheets on the app, but the latest update, for version 1.2.0, ...

Friday Favorite: Voila captures your screen with ease, on sale now

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th, 2012)

Given the issues with my former screen-capture app-of-choice Skitch, I recently went on the hunt for a replacement that can grab screenshots and handle video capture. I've finally landed on Voila. While it isn't perfect, Voila offers plenty of functionality and does almost everything I ...

Cinefy puts a Special FX studio in your pocket

by Mel Martin (Oct 25th, 2012)

Put this in the category of "I didn't think I could do this on my iPhone." Cinefy is a US$0.99 app for the iPhone that lets you overlay Hollywood-type special effects over your videos. There are dinosaurs, missile attacks and lightning strikes among 100 nicely rendered CGI effects. The app also ...

Google acquires iOS photo app Snapseed

by Mike Schramm (Sep 17th, 2012)

Snapseed is a popular iOS photography app around here at TUAW -- not only have we spotlighted it a few different times, but the app also won a coveted Apple Design Award back in 2011. And now here's news that Google appreciates the app as well: The ad and search giant has acquired the developer ...

Acorn 3.3 adds Retina Canvas, Smart Export, more

by Mike Schramm (Jul 19th, 2012)

Version 3.3 of the popular Mac image editor Acorn is out, and developer Gus Mueller writes up the biggest changes on his blog. The Retina Canvas is likely the coolest update: If you're using Acorn, you can now see any art you create at a 1:1 ratio on a Retina Display. So if you have a MacBook ...

Coda 2 for Mac, Diet Coda for iPad available May 24

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2012)

Coda is Panic's legendary Mac app for editing HTML and other web files, and today Panic has announced the followup to Coda, called (surprise) Coda 2. As you might expect, the hugemongous feature list over on the Coda site has web developers frothed up into a frenzy of anticipation. In addition ...

Scrivener for iPad under development

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

Last December, Literature & Latte confirmed the company will begin porting its popular Mac writing app, Scrivener, to the iPad. Though work is under way, progress is slow because, as Literature & Latte points out, good apps take time to plan and develop. Much of the time since ...

Video shows another way Apple could implement text editing on iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

As noticed by iDownloadBlog, YouTube user danielchasehooper has come up with an idea that would simplify text editing on the iPad by making it even easier to select text. Instead of tap, hold and zoom to select text, you could use a finger swipe to move the cursor and hold shift to select the ...

Friday Favorite: Audacity 2.0 delivers free audio editing for Mac

by Mel Martin (Apr 13th, 2012)

Audacity, the venerable and much loved open source audio editor, has a 2.0 release out (as of March 13) in versions for OS X, Windows and GNU/Linux. Here's a rundown of what has changed: Many effects are significantly improved, especially Equalization, Noise Removal and Normalize. Vocal ...

Apple unveils iPhoto for the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 7th, 2012)

Besides the updates to iWork, iMovie and GarageBand, Apple also announced iPhoto for the iPad! iPhoto will let you browse and edit photos on the iPad, especially those nice ones you can take with the new 5-megapixel camera. iPhoto for the iPad will include tools like crop and auto-enhance. There's ...

Adobe Photoshop Touch brings the flagship retouching app to the iPad 2

by Mel Martin (Feb 27th, 2012)

Adobe has finally gone and done it. An iPad version of Photoshop called Adobe Photoshop Touch is out for the iPad via the App Store. It's tremendously impressive and to a lesser degree a bit frustrating. Let's start with the good stuff, because there's plenty of it. Getting a sophisticated photo ...

Editor Walter Murch is feeling better about Final Cut Pro X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 8th, 2011)

When Final Cut Pro X debuted, it caused a stir in the professional video editing world. Long a standard tool for feature film editors, the latest version of Final Cut was designed more for the prosumer, and left some pro editors with a bad taste for the update. In a recent interview with Rick ...

Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10 for Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 20th, 2011)

Today Adobe announced new versions of its consumer flagship photo and video editing applications. Photoshop Elements 10 adds new features including 100 paint and effects patterns, depth of field simulation, and the ability to find photos that contain certain objects, like your dog or a hat. ...

Final Cut Pro X update adds "top feature requests"

by Dave Caolo (Sep 20th, 2011)

Apple will release a major update to Final Cut Pro X, as well as a demo version that new customers can download and try out today. This update address the top user requests, according to Apple's senior director applications marketing, Richard Townhill. In an interview with The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, ...