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.

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I’m a little bit older, a little bit
wiser, a little bit rounder, but still
none the wiser.
-Robert Paul

The past year, 2011 i.e., has been the most exciting year for us here at Global Delight. We started off the year with a bang with the release of Boom at the Macworld Expo 2011, which went on to win the Best of Show Award along with other laurels. The rest of the year saw other great developments, such as the release of Boom on the Mac App Store, the revamp of Camera Plus Pro with the introduction of Live Photo and Video Filters and the Voila update. We have spoken about this in more detail, in our previous post entitled, “Happy Holidays - Amazing Apps, Amazing Discounts!“

For the year 2012, we have more exciting things planned for all of you. Awesome new updates and who knows we might just come up with yet another mind-blowing app On this note, we would love to wish all of you and your families a Smashing New Year!

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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!

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So we are there! People far away from their families and loved ones might have planned to visit back home; friends and families who could not meet for a long time might have planned to rejoice; likewise, each one of us might have planned something special. The next two weeks are going to be a very special period to relax, rejoice and party with the near and dear ones to make as many memorable moments that last with us till end of time. And while we get ready to welcome the New Year, many of us might plan some great things to be done in the New Year, which would leave a mark in our and others’ lives.

Year 2011 has been great for us and we have many great things to remember. Boom volume booster for Mac received a grand welcome in the late January at the Macworld Expo and went on to bag ‘Macworld Best of Show 2011’ and notebooks.com’s ‘Best of Macworld Expo 2011’. Later in mid June, Boom made it to the Mac App Store and reached the 13th spot in the Top Paid section.

Our iPhone camera app, Camera Plus Pro, received some great updates throughout the first half of the year with some unique photo filters, distortion effects, video controls and more. In late September, the v4.0 got a UI face-lift, Live Filters, smooth video zoom, performance boost and much more. There are some great things planned for this app and we hope to keep you ahead in the iPhone photography arena in the coming days.

The powerful Voila screen-capture tool for Mac was featured during Apple’s Mac App Store launch earlier in January and once again it was ready when Apple launched their new Mac OS X Lion in June. Voila screen-capture tool was a ‘Staff Pick’ and was also featured in Apple’s ‘Macs In Class’ promotion. This tool is now used by hundreds of thousands every day and we would improve this to the next level in the coming year.

Our free iPhone camera app, Camera Plus, launched way back in October 2009 has now grown significantly with millions of users around the globe. There’s something in the pipeline and we hope to surprise you in the next year. Photo Delight for iPad, the color-splashing app with smart-touch technique, is enjoyed by many of you. We receive many colorized photos and some of them are breathtaking! Hats off to your imagination! You’d see some nice updates coming your way some time soon.

This was all possible because “You”, our dear customers. You kept supporting us by purchasing the apps, trying them, and providing useful feedback and suggestions. We take this opportunity to thank each one of you for constantly pushing us to deliver the best each time! As a thank-you note, we are providing some amazing discounts for our apps till 2nd Jan 2012. You can buy or gift from our online store, Mac App Store, or iTunes Store, or spread the word. As usual, do drop us a line if you have any questions or need any help regarding our apps.

All of us here at Global Delight are wishing you Happy Holidays and A Very Happy New Year too! Have fun and take care.

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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

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