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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Live filters are the latest buzz in the world of iPhoneography. What’s new and different with these live filters, is the big question on everyone’s mind. This time around, the options available with live filters are pretty amazing! With my short stint with iPhones and iPhoneography, I’ve found a whole new world with live filters that I find totally cool and amazing with Camera Plus Pro v4.0.

In most camera apps (or even the previous version of Camera Plus Pro for that matter), your options for adding filters would be limited to taking a photo and then applying a filter to it. So that would mean waiting till the end to see how your final photo would turn out. The option of live filters bridges this big gap and allows you to have a look at the filter set and choose the filter you want to apply even before taking the shot. And if you want to change filters, all you would have to do is flip through with the 2-finger swipe to change to the next filter until you find what you’re looking for. The best part is that this option is available for both photos and videos on your iPhone with version 4.0 of Camera Plus Pro. So in essence, you can decide what your final photo or video will look like even before you hit the capture button.

What’s also interesting is the additional filter set with a number of new filters added that lets you further add filters to your photos. So, can you apply a filter on a photo taken with a live filter? Abso-freaking-lutely! This is a whole new dimension in photo editing and definitely a must watch-out for all the editing buffs out there. This camera app also gives you full control in the editing phase, to decide how your photo will look in the end. The live controls on the editing tools including hue, saturation, brightness, sharpness and contrast further let you play around until you decide what is just right for the photo.

From start to finish, Camera Plus Pro v4.0 is all about letting you have all the freedom to capture mind-blowing photos. With live filters, we have created a platform for users to have total independence in their work and become the ultimate creators of their masterpiece!

Grab your app while it’s on sale at a 66% discount for $0.99 only for a limited period! You can pick up Camera Plus Pro v4.0 with live filters for photo and video on the App Store. To know more about live filters and other features of the app, visit us here.

~ Anna Rego

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They say that the world’s best camera is the one which you have with you. Even though, a professional photographer will always say that you need proper equipment when you want to capture a great shot, but this is not always the case. No matter which camera you have, a talented photographer can capture amazing photos with the most basic piece of equipment. Yes, this means, you can capture great photos using just your mobile device.

iPhone4 has become the most popular Camera in the Flickr Community.

A mobile camera, such as an iPhone, is a hand-held device and even though the default camera app comes with few basic features, it is not enough to provide you with better capture features. This is where Camera Plus Pro comes in.

Here are a few tips for capturing amazing photos with iPhone and how Camera Plus Pro will enable you to take better photos:

1. Creativity is the key - Always try to do something new. Try new angles, new perspectives. Trying out different things will add new dimensions to your photography skills and that’s what iPhoneography is all about. (iPhone is a small, handy and powerful camera device)
2. Use the maximum resolution supported by your iPhone camera - Camera Plus Pro lets you take photos with maximum resolution supported by iPhone. So in iPhone 4, max resolution is 2048×1536. Some times, a photo needs to be captured just for sharing purpose, so you can capture Low and Medium resolution photos too.

3. 

   Camera Plus Pro features: Zoom, Slide to Exposure, White Balance

   Get up close to the subject - iPhone has digital zoom and even if you want to take photos using this zoom, the photo comes out of a lesser quality. Get up close to the subject rather than use zoom feature every time (for taking portrait or group photos).

4. Awareness of Proper Lighting - At times, the photo which you want to shot is not properly lit, with Slide to Exposure and Tap to Focus features in Camera Plus Pro, you can adjust the lighting and focus on the subject to suit your requirements.
5. Flash - Use Flash only when necessary. To use Flash or not to use Flash is a very important question.
6. White Balance - White Balance is an important aspect of photography/videography that helps you in capturing the true colors. You might have seen that in some of your photographs white appears to have a bluish cast over it and thus the image/video appears a bit different. In Camera Plus Pro, with white balance in the automatic mode (AWB), the colors would be recorded as they appear in reality. If you do not want the camera to change the white balance under different lighting conditions, you can tap on it once to lock it.

7. 

   Rule of Thirds / Gridlines

   Rule of Thirds / Gridlines - With the gridlines, you basically divide the photo into 9 parts with the important parts of the photo lying on the four intersection points on the frame. When you place points of interest on these four points, the photo becomes more balanced and interactive to the eyes of the viewer. When capturing the photo shown on the right, the left eye lies on the intersection of the gridlines and catches the viewer’s attention.  (To know more, click here)

8. Anti shake - No one wants to look at a blurry photo (else you wanted to take a creative one). When in a crowded place or in a moving vehicle, use the Anti Shake feature to automatically capture the photo as soon as Camera Plus Pro detects that the iPhone is stable enough to capture photo.
9. Timer - Want to take self-portraits or delay in taking a photo. With the Timer feature in Camera Plus Pro, you can set the time between pressing the capture button and the actual capture to take place. It gives you ample time to set the camera when taking self-portraits or place the iPhone on a steady surface and capture a group photo with you in the group.
10. Add Geo-Tags on your photo to imprint Meta data of the location where the photo was taken.
11. Capture a test photo - It is always better to take a test photo and check whether the photo settings are perfect or not. It helps by saving time when you need to shoot a lot of photos.
12. Capture, Shoot and Capture - Practice makes perfect. When taking photos, do not think whether the people passing by are staring at you or not. (Read Tip#1)

~Saurabh

References: LightStalking, National Geographic, Flickr, Digital Photography School

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Why do you see the individual blades of an airplane even though it is rotating at a very high speed? It is because iPhone’s camera lens is based on ‘rolling shutter’.

Rolling shutter (also known as line scan) is a method of image acquisition in which each frame is recorded not from a snapshot of a single point in time, but rather by scanning across the frame either vertically or horizontally. In other words, not all parts of the image are recorded at exactly the same time, even though the whole frame is displayed at the same time during playback. (Source: Wikipedia)

Thus, the resulting effect is that you can see the individual blades of the airplane when you record using devices using rolling shutter.

Blades of an Airplane (Recorded using Camera Plus Pro)

There isn’t any physical shutter in an iPhone or similar recording devices. It is just called that as a convention (something similar to a movie camera having a shutter moving across frames). In digital video, the rolling shutter effect is the result of the way a CMOS sensor is read. CMOS sensor doesn’t captures the entire frame at one go but instead information is read line by line of each frame, i.e. top to bottom. The video frame rate (fps) also depends on the quality of recording and also if the device is handheld.

CMOS sensors capable of higher frame rates than 30 frames per second (and not just through repeating frames) will exhibit less rolling shutter effect because their sensors have been designed to read faster. This limitation is removed in high-end DSLR cameras.

~ Saurabh

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It’s time to flex your voting muscles! Mashable, the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture are conducting their annual Mashable Awards! The Mashable Awards celebrate major innovations and achievements in the digital and social media landscape by companies, people and projects via an open, multilingual, international, community-nominated voting platform.

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Now we need your help to nominate your favorite camera app for the iPhone, Camera Plus Pro for Best Use of an API category! Vote for @camerapluspro from your respective Twitter or Facebook accounts. Do remember that you can vote everyday once for the same! Vote now and ask your friends to do the same and help Camera Plus Pro win!

-Vaishnavi

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