We have a development build of 3D Camera 1.2 that we’re testing on our new iPhone 3GS, and today, we added initial support for sending wigglegrams to Twitpic (check out our first test image). The challenge with wigglegrams is that they either require special code on a web page to flip between the left and right images, or they need to be saved in a format that allows animation.
Of the common image formats, only GIF (the Graphics Interchange Format) supports animation across all web browsers. Unfortunately, the iPhone doesn’t have built-in functionality to create GIF images, nor will it allow a GIF image to be saved to the Camera Roll. The good news is that Twitpic does support animated GIFs, and 3D Camera 1.2 is able to create them.
This is only one of the many requested features that will be available as a free update to current 3D Camera owners.
We were flattered to learn that The Unofficial Apple Weblog (a.k.a. TUAW) posted a review of 3D Camera this morning. As you can imagine, the exposure has driven a lot of traffic to our site, and we’ve been responding to (new) fan mail, feedback, and questions. We honestly love to hear from users of our apps, and we encourage you to leave suggestions and comments to out posts. If you’d prefer not to post publicly, feel free to contact us directly.
We just received notification from Apple that 3D Camera Version 1.1 is now available in the App Store. The update is free to all current 3D Camera 1.0 owners. This minor update reduces the memory that is required to manipulate the 3D images and should result in a more stable and responsive experience.
We’re already working on version 1.2, and based on your e-mail and feedback, we’re making these additions and improvements:
- Ability to use your finger to re-align images after they’ve been taken
- Ability to control or eliminate the “black bar” between the left and right stereogram images
- Ability to save/send wigglegram animations
- Ability to take advantage of the increased camera resolution on the iPhone 3GS models
If there are other additions or improvements that you’d like us to make, please leave feedback or contact us via e-mail.
Nature 1 and Nature 2 for iPhone were both published to the App Store today for $0.99 USD. Each edition in the Nature series includes 50 hand-selected wallpaper images that have been optimized for display on the iPhone and iPod touch screens. We partnered with a popular wallpaper photographer to produce this series, and we hope you like it. Read more on our Nature series page.
Last night, we submitted an update to 3D Camera that is currently going through Apple’s review process. If all goes well, the update should be available to everyone within the next few days. There is no charge for this update.
The 1.1 update reduces the amount of memory that 3D Camera uses during its operation. This should improve general performance and help the app to run more smoothly on phones that haven’t been reset in a long time. By the way, if you’re running into any issues while using 3D Camera, a reset of your phone (as detailed in our FAQ) helps in nearly every case.
As always, we’d love to hear your feedback.
To celebrate the first week of sales on the iPhone App Store, 3D Camera 1.0 is currently 50% off. For U.S. customers, this means that you can now purchase the app for only 99 cents. Quite a bargain! Also, we’ve been getting more and more followers on our 3dcamera Twitter account. We encourage you to follow us, as we occasionally post news and special discounts. We’ve also been posting some 3D photos, and you can find them on Twitpic.
To jump-start the fun, we’re giving away one free promotional code for 3D Camera each day through 6/5/2009. The promotional codes are good in the U.S. iTunes Store only (apologies, international visitors), and we’re annoucing them using our brand new 3dcamera Twitter account. Be sure to follow us and wait for the announcements. We’ll make sure we post some sample 3D photos there too.
Good luck!
