4/14/2014

[MacNews] Digest Number 3424

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Digest #3424

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Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Atelier for iOS: Draw, Sketch, Paint - Published on 04/13/14

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We want to help you create something beautiful. Zininworks announces Atelier, a powerful and easy-to-use app for drawing and painting. Atelier offers highly refined 5 brushes. All brushes are meticulously tuned. Each brush remembers its width and opacity, so switching brushes is easy and fast. It is straightforward to navigate around a canvas, too. Zooming and panning with two fingers are easy and intuitive. Atelier strikes a balance between simplicity and functionality.

Seoul, Korea - We love drawings on iPad. We love to draw on iPhone. While touch interfaces of these devices are very good, still there's a huge gap between raw touch points and svelte drawing lines. Zininworks is pleased to announce Atelier is here to fill this gap and help you create something beautiful.

Atelier is a new app for creating digital artwork. It is powerful and easy-to-use. The main point, striking the perfect balance between simplicity and functionality is deeply ingrained in its core.

Most drawing apps are rooted in desktop drawing application and have millions of brushes and settings; spacing, jitter, flow, rotation, hardness, and more. It's quite overwhelming to draw a single line on these complex apps, constantly thinking if one is using the right setting.

On the other end, there are a few apps with minimal interface - or no interface at all. It's good for concentrating on drawing itself, but often confusing without visible UI. So we reimagined what is really needed for touchscreen art.

Rather than overloading tons of settings into precious screen real estate, Atelier offers highly refined 5 brushes; Air, Marker, and Water for adding colors to the canvas; Blender for smudging; and Eraser for subtracting. All brushes are meticulously tuned, so you just tap a brush, adjust width or opacity slider, then it's ready to draw. Eschewing complicated settings, all brushes and sliders are shown on the main toolbar. Each brush remembers its width and opacity, so switching brushes is easy and fast.

It is straightforward to navigate around a canvas, too. Zooming and panning with two fingers are as easy and intuitive as the stock photo app. Full screen layer management is obvious and simple. Moving, merging, changing blend modes and opacity; All functions are visible and attached to each layer so that you can easily manipulate the layer. (And everyone loves subtle motion effects, no?)

In case you are not sure that those tools are enough to create great artworks, check out Gallery, an online gallery full of great paintings created with Atelier.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* 30.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Atelier 1.0.3 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. We're offering In-App Purchase just for Unlock All. With free download, all features - except Water, are available and you can edit up to 7 canvases at a time.

Atelier 1.0.3: http://atelierapp.com
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/atelier-draw-and-paint/id802885260
Canvas Gallery: http://gallery.atelierapp.com/
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Based in Seoul, Korea, Zininworks builds cool apps for iPhone and iPad since 2011. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Zininworks. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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United States
joyh@zininworks.com

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Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Full resolution photo editor Tint Mint 1.0 releases for iOS - Published on 04/13/14

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California based independent developer, Jeffrey Sun today introduces Tint Mint 1.0, a new photography app for iPhone, iPad and iOd touch. Packing powerful image editing tools in a playful interface, Tint Mint features spot-editing brushes, as well as a crop tool, filters, and textures. Tint Mint is language-less, and the entire interface is conveyed through icons. Users can easily share creations via Instagram and Facebook, Email, Copy & Paste, Printing, and so much more.

Palo Alto, California - Jeffrey Sun, creator of the iOS app Modern Editor, releases Tint Mint, a new photography app for editing enthusiasts. The app costs a dollar, and it packs dozens of powerful image editing features in a light playful interface. This app targets an international audience, as all features are communicated solely through icons.

Feature highlights:
* Saves in full resolution (up to 12 MP)
* Can save photo's EXIF & metadata
* Undo & redo buttons
* Ability to zoom & edit
* 11 brushes for facial spot-editing (Whiten, Smooth, Reshape, Accent, Enlarge, Tones, Sharpen, Darken, Saturate, Grey, Blur)
* Crop tool: Freeform, fixed, square, with 9:16, 5:8, 2:3, 5:7, 3:4, 4:5 aspect ratios
* Rotate, Flip & Straighten
* 12 image adjustments: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Temperature, Exposure, Gamma, Vibrance, Sharpness, Shadows, Grain, Colors, Vignette
* 10 adjustable filters & effects: 7 color filters, 3 black & white filters (24 more available in app)
* 10 adjustable light leak textures (20 more available in app)

Sharing:
* Instagram & Facebook direct sharing
* Email, Copy & paste, Print
* Open in other apps
* Low, medium, or full resolution

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 10.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Tint Mint 1.0 is $0.99 USD and available worldwide in English, Portugese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

Jeffrey Sun: http://jsun.us
Tint Mint 1.0: http://jsun.us/tintmint
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/tint-mint/id791306408
Screenshot 1: http://postimg.org/image/9xxjotunl/
Screenshot 2: http://postimg.org/image/cgmtd37kt/
Screenshot 3: http://postimg.org/image/w11cfv865/

Based in Palo Alto, California, and an independent iOS developer himself, Jeffrey Sun looks to support creative indie work wherever possible. He is a budding entrepreneur who studies Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Jeffrey Sun. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Jeffrey Sun
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650-799-1933
United States
jsun1@andrew.cmu.edu

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/tintmintapp

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Rage Ball 1.0 released for iOS and Android - Addictive Ball Game - Published on 04/14/14

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UK based independent developer, Hassan Abdullahi introduces Rage Ball 1.0, his new game title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Rage ball is a obstacle evasion game where you dodge obstacles coming at you. With a change in orientation, the ball moves up, down, Left, and right. The orientation also changes after 20 seconds which makes it very intriguing and challenging. Take this amazing game to the next level by challenging your friends and see who gets the highest score.

Manchester, United Kingdom - Independent developer, Hassan Abdullahi is proud to announce the release of Rage Ball 1.0, his new game title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Rage with your ball and get past obstacles! Rage ball is a obstacle evasion game where you dodge obstacles coming at you. With a change in orientation, the ball moves up, down, Left, and right. The orientation also changes after 20 seconds which makes it very intriguing and challenging.

Rage ball features:
* Amazing graphic and gameplay that will keep you playing forever
* Fun to play but a challenge to complete master
* Leaderboards for you and your friends and you can compare scores
* Surely a mind-awakening sound effect

Rage Ball is definitely a must try game. You can be on top of the leaderboard. Take this game to the next level by challenging your friends score on Game Center.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 23.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Rage Ball 1.0 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Android Users can also download for free from Google Play. Players may buy extra lives to continue from same score and subsequently get extra lives when playing again. (Also, if you hate ads you can get rid of them.) A Big thank you and appreciation to everyone who has read this, downloaded and shared to friends. To stay up to date with all the latest new and updates, like us on Facebook and share with your friends.

Rage Ball 1.0: http://rage-ball.blogspot.co.uk/
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/rage-ball/id850658187
Screenshots: https://www.facebook.com/ball.rage/posts/243990532455871
App Icon: http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/6d/83/b1/6d83b1ce-5e53-1ce7-b808-5aba6675a0fa/mzl.mlojlscx.175x175-75.jpg

Located in Manchester, United Kingdom, independent developer Hassan Abdullahi is a 2nd year chemical engineering studying at the University of Manchester. His focus is on development for the iPhone and iPad platform. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Hassan Abdullahi. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Hassan Abdullahi
Media Contact
07871698013
United Kingdom
ajubrilhassan@yahoo.com

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PhatWare's new ultimate writing app for iOS renamed as WritePad Pro - Published on 04/14/14

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PhatWare Corp. today is proud to announce it has renamed its new WritePro word processing app for iPhone and iPad as WritePad Pro. Building upon WritePad's powerful handwriting recognition technology, WritePad Pro 1.1.0 offers powerful word processing, note-taking, handwriting recognition and collaboration for users of iPhones and iPads. Version 1.1.0 adds image/sketch resizing, letter animations file manager improvements as well as bug fixes and performance improvements.

Spokane, Washington - PhatWare Corp. today is proud to announce it has renamed its new WritePro word processing app for iPhone and iPad as WritePad Pro. PhatWare has decided to change the app name to leverages the strong brand awareness and foundational technology of PhatWare's popular WritePad app and handwriting recognition SDK.

WritePad Pro, which builds upon WritePad's powerful handwriting recognition technology, adds rich text editing which can be combined with images, custom drawings, and text. The app also integrates with various system resources such as email, contacts, maps, iCloud, social networks, and others. WritePad Pro creates HTML and PDF documents and can open text, Microsoft Word, RTF and HTML files for editing.

To speed-up note-taking, WritePad Pro offers advanced shorthand features which enable users to format text using written commands. Users can scribble shorthand commands to change font, paragraph and other formatting options, insert emotions and user-defined text blocks, invoke translator, maps and other system resources, and much more.

For those who must collaborate with people in other countries, WritePad Pro offers superior integration with an online language translator. Notes can be written in English, for example, which can be automatically converted to Spanish or fifteen other common languages.

Document sharing is a key element of WritePad Pro, offering a large number of ways to share and collaborate with documents. WritePad Pro documents are standard HTML files which can be viewed on any computer using any modern Internet browser and can be easily shared via HTML email, Twitter, Facebook and iMessage. Documents can further be synchronized with Box, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, iCloud, Evernote, and Google Drive. Users can also print and export documents as PDFs.

WritePad Pro's main features include:
* Handwriting recognition, including self-learning adaptive handwriting recognition engine, statistical vocabulary analyzer, and multilingual support (English (UK, US), German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (BR, EU), Italian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish)
* Spell checker with user dictionary and customizable auto-corrector
* Large number of pre-defined and user-defined shorthand commands
* Supported document formats include text, HTML, RTF, and Microsoft Word.
* Text formatting includes all standard options, including font formats (size, face, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and color) and paragraph formats (alignment, ordered list, unordered list, hierarchical lists, and indent)
* Sketch capability - allowing users to insert custom drawings or handwritten text into HTML documents
* Integration with contacts, maps, events, email and iCloud
* Social media support, including the ability to post to Twitter or Facebook from within the app

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* Universal Application
* 17.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
WritePad Pro 1.1.0 is offered at the special introductory price of $9.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. For more information about WritePad Pro, please visit PhatWare online.

PhatWare: http://www.phatware.com/
WritePad Pro 1.1.0: http://www.phatware.com/index.php?q=page/writepadpro/ipad#
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/writepad-pro./id797238295
Screenshot: http://www.phatware.com/_components/page/writepadpro/media/xiPad1.png.pagespeed.ic.PFX8Y8HsCW.jpg
App Icon: http://www.phatware.com/images/WritePro300.png

Founded in October 1997, PhatWare Corporation is a leading provider of easy to use powerful software products and professional services for the mobile and desktop computing marketplace. PhatWare specializes in handwriting recognition, digital ink, note taking and database, and network management software development. PhatWare's products include such popular titles as CalliGrapher(R), PenOffice(R), PhatNotes(TM), PhatPad(TM), WritePad(TM), and others. PhatWare Corporation is a Microsoft Certified Partner, and Intel Software Partner. Copyright (C) 1997-2014 PhatWare Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PhatWare, PhatPad, PenOffice, and WritePad are registered trademarks of PhatWare Corp. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Irena Baykin
Public Relations
(509) 456-2179
United States
info@phatware.com

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Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/phatware

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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PaigeeWorld - PaigeeKart Contest - Published on 04/14/14

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The race is on! PaigeeDraw Inc., an independent software development company, announced a new weekly mini contest on PaigeeWorld. The stage is set, the track is ready, the engines are on. On your mark, get set, Draw! Join this weeks mini contest on PaigeeWorld. Welcome to the world of manga! A world where you can explore fun characters, meet new friends, share your drawings and maybe even discover your own inner artist. Mini contests only last for 1 week. Join the PaigeeKart today!

Vancouver, Canada - The race is on! PaigeeDraw Inc., an independent software development company, announced a new weekly mini contest on PaigeeWorld. The stage is set, the track is ready, the engines are on. On your mark, get set, Draw! Join this weeks mini contest on PaigeeWorld. Mini Contests are on weekly on PaigeeWorld. Over 1800 people entered the Masterpiece contest and prizes were sent to winners around the world. Mini contests only last for 1 week. Join the PaigeeKart today!

PaigeeWorld is a veritable playground for artists of all ages. Users can create profiles, upload their own artwork, "follow" and "like" other artists and collect points that can be used to unlock drawing tutorials and contests. It is an app that is engaging, educational and highly entertaining. Contests are held regularly on PaigeeWorld to encourage practice, and promote the great artists in the community.

PaigeeWorld is the ultimate hang-out for young artists. It is also a place parents can feel secure allowing their kids to hang out. PaigeeWorld has worked hard to provide a safe environment for artists of all ages. PaigeeWorld is a community that treats inappropriate content and conduct very seriously. Activity is closely monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a full staff of moderators. PaigeeWorld wants to cultivate creativity, imagination and friendships!

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 24.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
PaigeeWorld - How to Draw Manga 2.0 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category. PaigeeWorld now has over 5000 - 5 star reviews and over 350,000 downloads. PaigeeWorld web has been growing dramatically since release on March 8th, 2014 and now has over 20,000 active users.

PaigeeWorld 2.0: https://www.paigeeworld.com/feed/featured
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/paigeeworld-how-to-draw-manga/id571154498
PaigeeWorld Contests: http://www.paigeedraw.com/current-contests/
PaigeeKart Gallery: https://www.paigeeworld.com/feed/tag/paigeekartmini
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PaigeeDraw Inc. is an independent software development company founded by Paige Rohrick. PaigeeDraw's flagship product, PaigeeWorld is becoming the fastest growing social network for manga artists. Copyright (C) 2014 PaigeeDraw Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Preston Rohrick
Consultant
778-883-9976
Canada
preston@rohrick.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/paigeeworld
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/paigeedraw

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