This post is for our Android-toting friends up north; this is our way of saying thank you for being a major part of iLightr for Android’s recent success! Each week, we’re going to add a new case to our lighter app, iLightr, and this week’s new case proudly dawns the Canadian flag and is available now on the Android Market.
Check out the links below to get your own copy of the most realistic lighter app for your iPhone or Android device.
We love to watch our apps grow and develop over time, either gaining speed and momentum, or just engaging users within a particular platform. Much the same as a parent watching their child, we love to see our “babies” make their first big strides in the world. Well, in the case of our most recent release, our “baby” went straight from the crawling stage to a dead sprint at the 2001 Summer Olympics against Usain Bolt.
iLightr Free for Android has exploded across the Android platform, generating over 33,000 downloads in just a few days. The app has been one of our most popular apps on both the Android and iOS platform and has proven itself to be tough and resilient against other similar virtual lighter apps. As always, we could not be more proud. It is so great to watch an app spread across the market, kickin’ butt and taking names.
With so many recent downloads, iLightr has already flown to the Top Free downloads section in the Android Market. Come to think of it, the paid ad-free version of iLightr for Android is a top paid app for the Android Market as well.
Let’s face it, being the most creative person on the block is only great if you can share your creative talents with your friends, and maybe brag a little in the process. Now you might be asking yourself “what can I do to show off my creative talents?” Well, let me tell you.
First you can download your very own copy of Masque for iPad – which is free if you participate in our Masque promo code giveaway! Then, once you’ve downloaded Masque, just import one of your amazing photos and get to work. Once you’ve created that perfect Masque-r-piece, simply upload it to your favorite photo sharing sites and wait for the applause to start.
Don’t believe me? Well, maybe you’ll believe one of Über-developers, Justin Spahr-Summers, who can explain all the reasons that sharing and importing are so great in Masque. Check it out:
Have you ever wanted to go back in time to change some of your photo edits? If there’s anything I’ve learned from Christopher Lloyd (Doc. Brown from Back to the Future) it’s that anything is possible with a DeLorean! So, what did we do? That’s right, we bought our very own DeLorean and made it possible for each user to travel back in time in order to make your perfect photo edits possible. Okay, so that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but we did make it so each user could take back their photo editing mistakes.
The eraser tool is one of the key features in Masque that really helps you dial in your photo editing skills, allowing you to create a completely custom, mind blowing image. That’s why we decided to showcase it in our Masque feature video series. In this feature video we have the pleasure of hearing from one of the key developers of Masque for iPad, Josh Abernathy. Josh is one of Übermind’s most inspiring developers and had some great things to say about the project and what makes Masque so unique. Here’s what Josh had to say:
Today we released an update to our popular virtual lighter app for Android, iLightr. The app features some new interface updates and a spiffy little feature that allows you to actually blow out the flame. Pretty cool, eh?
Oh, did we mention that it’s free? Just go to the Android Market and search for “iLightr.” Android folks, don’t say that we never did anything for you… Oh man, the iPhone iLightr users are going to be jealous!
To learn more about the additions and the “strategy” behind our app development, take a look at the video posted below (change playback to 480p in the lower right corner of window). There’s some top secret info in there that we’re sharing for the first time in company history.
We know that sometimes it can be hard to paint on effects in photo enhancing apps, which is why we made it so incredibly easy in Masque. Masque is a functional and beautiful (if we do say so ourselves) photo enhancing app for iPad. One of Masque’s key features is the ever-important brush tool. The brush tool in Masque is so incredibly intuitive that you’ll feel as if you’ve been possessed by the ghost of Bob Ross himself! We’re sure he’d be impressed by the happy little trees he could produce with Masque.
In the most recent release from the Masque “feature” video series we get a special insight to this tool from Übermind CEO and mobile enthusiast Shehryan Khan. Here’s what Shehryar had to say about the brush tool in Masque:
Getty Images, the popular stock photo agency, may work even better on the iPad than online. The app’s initial view is fun, a shifting gallery of editorial, creative, or archival photos. A nearly hidden “Easter egg”: shake the iPad to bring up images for a random keyword — good for when the creative juices aren’t flowing. The photo search is phenomenal, making it easy to search for keywords and build a custom lightbox from your favorite results. (Lacking a free Getty Images account, though, I wasn’t able to try the features of sharing lightboxes, viewing them in slideshow mode, and adding voice recordings.) Complex searches work better on gettyimages.com, but the ability to compare up to four photos full screen makes picking the perfect shot a treat. Once again, the iPad’s bright screen proves to be superb for displaying vibrant photography.
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This post is for our Android-toting friends up north; this is our way of saying thank you for being a major part of iLightr for Android’s recent success! Each week, we’re going to add a new case to our lighter app, iLightr, and this week’s new case proudly dawns the Canadian flag and is available now on the Android Market.
