This morning came with a strange sense of deja-vu. I remembered being woken up from a deep slumber at about the exact same time last year by an excited voice that said that we had just won the Macworld Best of Show for one of our apps. Still half-asleep, I dragged myself to my system and checked the web and that’s when realization hit me! We had just won THE Macworld Best of Show Award for our app Boom! So where does deja-vu come in here? Well this morning I was again woken up to the same news, but this time it was the Macworld l iWorld 2012 Best of Show Award for our just released app, Game your Video!!!!!

My colleagues at the Macworld l iWorld Expo can’t stop raving about how well Game your Video was received by everyone. The Macworld and Apple team appreciated the app too! Whoever came by just loved the power, the interface and the simplicity of the app. We also had a bunch of kids who had a ball with the audio effects! This is something we have been always going after with Game your Video. Simple, yet powerful and fun to use with great results.

The icing on the cake was when many came by and told us “I loooove Boom”, “I have Camera Plus Pro maaann..”, “Where’s Voila?? Aren’t you showing it this time?”. Well, this shows people will always remember great products!

Winning the Macworld Best of Show is a great achievement. And winning it twice? Is supercalifragilisticexpialidocius! Here at Global Delight all of us are definitely on Cloud 9. We thank Macworld for providing such a great platform and thank all of you for your love and support!

But wait, that’s not the only great news to be shared. All of you know of the Best App Ever Awards hosted by 148apps. It’s conducted annually to celebrate the best iPhone/iPad apps and games available. Well, Camera Plus Pro has emerged victorious in two categories! Camera Plus Pro has not only won the 2nd place as the ‘Best Photo App’ it has also won ‘Best Video Sharing App‘ ahead of Flickr! It is also featured among the Honorable mentions for ‘Best Photo Sharing App’ and ‘Best Video App’ as well! How cool is that?! Thanks to everyone who voted for us. This only motivates us to do bigger and better!

-Vaishnavi

Camera Plus Pro, Game your Video 148 apps, best app ever 2011, best of show, Camera Plus Pro, Game your Video, Macworld

The Best App Ever Awards is back and yet again all of you have helped us in getting Camera Plus Pro nominated in not just one, but four categories! Woo hoo! But wait, it still needs your support to push it a ‘lil further, to gain the coveted title. So flex those voting muscles yet again and get your favorite app to the top! We have provided you with the voting links in the Information Tab (i ) within Camera Plus Pro or you could just click on the buttons provided below. Hurry! Voting is open through January 25th and Camera Plus Pro needs all the support it can get!

The Best App Ever Awards hosted by 148Apps was created to celebrate the best iPhone/iPad apps and games available and not just the best-selling apps. In its fourth year now, the hosts have opened things up to Android apps as well. For each category, there will be winners in both iPhone/iPod, iPad and Android divisions.

-Vaishnavi

Camera Plus Pro 148apps, Best App Ever Awards, Camera Plus Pro, photo app, video app

As we all know, current generation of iPod touch and iPhone 3GS doesn’t ship with a hardware flash. Which means, there’s not an ‘as-is’ method to take some of the beautiful photos under low-light conditions. Really? WAIT! You won’t miss that anymore! Because Camera Plus Pro, on its 2nd Anniversary today, is introducing Live ‘Soft Flash’ for iPod touch and iPhone 3GS.

All the iPod touch and iPhone 3GS users running iOS 4.1 or later, can tap on the flash icon from the app’s screen and see the Live Preview of the scene on your screen. If you like what you see, simply snap it. If you want, you could still use the exposure control and white balance lock to perfect everything before snapping that photo. The best part is, on your iPod touch, you could apply ‘Soft Flash’ on the front-facing camera as well! ☺ Checkout the video below.

The live ‘Soft Flash’ would work in the regular photo capture mode and can be used in conjunction with the Big Button (the screen turns out to be shutter), Countdown Timer and Anti-Shake for blur-free photos. It’s shy of burst, live filter and video recording mode for now.

That’s the big feature, but there’s more for all the iPhone and iPod touch users. You now have the aspect-ratio-based cropping options. Crop your photos at 1:1, 2:3, 3:2 or 4:3 sizes. If you find these options are limiting in retaining/removing certain portion of the photo, you can always use the free-form crop.

We added the feature to import multiple photos from your Camera Roll to Camera Plus Pro. So, you can now easily beautify your other photos in the Camera Roll with fast and live editing, applying filters and comparing with the original photos instantly. Of course, sharing is just a touch away.

From the very first version of the app, you have had the option to add photo notes and copyright to your photos. The font size has been slightly increased to make it more legible but without obstructing the content of the photo.

Hope you like this gift from Camera Plus Pro team on this very special occasion! Thanks again for all your support and feedback. The app is on sale for a limited period - buy it or gift it!

-Global Delight Team

Camera Plus Pro, Fun Times Camera Plus Pro, Flash, iphone camera

We are back with new updates and some cool newly added features for Camera Plus Pro v4.2 this time around. After rectifying few minor issues in v4.1, you can now capture full-resolution photos on your iPhone 4 devices with iOS 5. The previous update in v4.1.1 resolved the issue of video recording in the iPhone 3G, giving users complete visual clarity in their photos.

And for all the Siri-loving iPhone 4S users, this update is almost all about you Photos captured with live filters have always been saved on a lower resolution on your iPhone 4S. However, with Camera Plus Pro v4.2, iPhone 4S users now have the privilege of shooting photos with live filters and saving them with the full resolution of the photos. Which means, all your photos will be in 3264×2448 pixels of awesomeness.

The Exif info now correctly shows iPhone 4S as the device model when you have shot that photo. Moreover, you can now retouch your photos by editing them in real time at the actual resolution of the photos. Use pinch-zoom to check if the effects have been applied correctly on all parts of the photo.

With this update, we have fixed the bug related to timer and burst mode. Instead of only 1 of the 3 options (timer, burst, anti-shake) to be turned on at a time, now you can apply both the timer and burst and use them at the same time. So time it right and get a host of pictures with a simple touch. Of course this update is for any version of the iPhone and iPod touch.

Sometimes when you take photos, the ambience lighting may not be good. Even though you use the Exposure control, it may not give the best results. Yet, in a hurry, you might simply lock the focus and snap the photo because Camera Plus Pro anyways gives you very good photo retouching options to make your photos look good. In order to get good clarity out of those photos, you can use the digital soft-flash. The soft-flash has been around since v1.0 of Camera Plus Pro. There are 3 levels; tap each of them to check which brings out the best clarity out of your photos. The 3rd level soft-flash has been reworked so that now it would show the best clarity out of the photos while not distorting the other brighter areas of the photo. This again works great on all the iPhone and iPod touch devices running Camera Plus Pro.

So have a ton of fun with the live filters and get the best quality photos on your iPhone and iPod. Oh yes! You can shoot some nice videos too with live video filters or use the cool time-lapse feature! As a Thanksgiving special, we are running the sale for some more time and you can buy or gift Camera Plus Pro at just $1.99 (33% off). Have loads of fun this Thanksgiving and don’t forget to shoot photos/videos and share them with us!

-Global Delight Team

Camera Plus Pro Camera Plus Pro, iPhone

We have been testing Camera Plus Pro v4.0 on the iOS 5 Beta builds and observed that everything works great as it is. There were some quirks on the video recording part with live filters and in the creation of time-lapse videos, which we had fixed during the development of v4.0. So, Camera Plus Pro v4.0 was unofficially compatible with iOS 5 when we had released it on September 30th. We could not however make it official because of iOS Terms.

When Apple actually released the iOS 5 GM to the public this October 12th one issue was uncovered. The photos on an iPhone 4 was capturing at 640×480 resolution even though you had set it to capture at the highest resolution! We quickly fixed this and tested the app on all the devices (iPhone 3GS, 4, iPod touch) and submitted an update to Apple for the approval.

And Apple approved the new version in time for Halloween so that you can capture some great photos and record videos with live filters with this camera app!

Another great feature in Camera Plus Pro is the smooth video zoom. When we tested Camera Plus Pro on the iOS 5 beta, we recorded videos with great fps, which made the videos look like they were shot in HD! The fps is close to 28 on iPhone 4 and iPod touch! Even with live filters, the performance is great and should inspire you to create some great looking videos and share them.

Some of you reported an issue with video trimming in iOS 4.3. When you wanted to trim a video, the video trimming timeline bar was hidden below the top menu bar making it impossible for you to trim them. Thanks to Apple, they have fixed this issue in iOS 5 and you can now trim the videos on your iPhone and iPod touch again.

Thanks for sending all your great suggestions and feedback for Camera Plus Pro. Keep sending them our way and do not hesitate to give a 5 star rating and reviews on the App Store As a Hallloween special, we are running the sale for some more time and you can buy Camera Plus Pro at just $1.99 (33% off).

We are now testing Camera Plus Pro on the iPhone 4S – yes, we got it a little late – and all seems to be working fine. We are working on a few new features and one of them is very exciting. When we had added that feature in Camera Plus way back in September 2009, Apple loved it, and so did you! We are checking if we can get it into one of the updates planned for Camera Plus Pro. We’ll keep you posted about its progress. Once again, Happy Halloween and enjoy the long weekend!

-Global Delight Team

Camera Plus Pro apple, camera app, Camera Plus, Camera Plus Pro, Live Filters