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Pixelmator's Shapes interface coming soon

by Mike Schramm (Feb 2nd, 2013)

Pixelmator is one of my favorite apps on the Mac -- I've been following it for a long time, and whenever I want to do any photo editing beyond a quick resize (and sometimes even when I want to do that), I click the Pixelmator icon in my Dock. This week at Macworld/iWorld 2013, Pixelmator's ...

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 ...

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. ...

PhotoForge2 for iPhone has many Photoshop-like features

by Mel Martin (May 21st, 2011)

It's amazing how many useful features are making it to iPhone apps. In particular, photo apps for the iPhone get more and more remarkable as time goes on. PhotoForge2 is a US$2.99 app that allows you to load your photos at full resolution, and it includes high-end features like layering and ...

Flare from The Iconfactory: Awesome photo editing app for Mac

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2011)

One of the joys of photography with the iPhone is that there are a huge number of apps for the platform that let you work with your photos to apply cropping, add filters and effects, and then share those photos with others. Sure, we have apps like iPhoto and Photoshop Elements, but to me they're ...

Review: iPhoto '11 is a very mixed bag

by Mel Martin (Oct 29th, 2010)

When iLife '11 was announced, I was quite excited to hear there was an update to iPhoto, and even more surprised to learn my local Apple Store had the software in stock the day after the "Back to the Mac" event. The feature list for the latest version of iPhoto is impressive, and since I do so much ...

World rejoices as Photoshop Express for iPad is fixed

by Mel Martin (Aug 14th, 2010)

Well, that didn't take too long. After a rather horrible debut Friday Adobe has fixed Photoshop Express so it can now open in the landscape mode. How exactly was this app tested by Adobe and Apple? You'd think since most photo editing is done in the landscape orientation it would have been ...

Photogene for iPad: More features, more coolness

by Mel Martin (Apr 8th, 2010)

Who said you can't do content creation on the iPad? Every day, I am seeing more and more apps that allow you to create, modify, or extend content in ways that are approaching, but not yet quite equal to, what you can do on a desktop or full featured laptop. A case in point is Photogene, a U.S. ...

TUAW Review: iPhoto '09 is a pretty picture

by Mel Martin (Jan 28th, 2009)

As noted by Robert yesterday, the first boxed copies of iLife '09 reached users today. The two iLife '09 apps that have changed the most are garnering the lion's share of excitement this week. iMovie and iPhoto have some rather dramatic improvements, and I'll detail the iPhoto changes here. ...