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iPhoto for iOS Hits 1 Million Users in 10 Days

iBug2 said:
No, ofc you don't edit them in your iPad if they are on your computer to begin with. But if they are already on your iPad, no need to sync to your computer to edit them.
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But, if you are in the field, use the camera connection kit after taking photos with a DSLR, for example, you can do some quick editing right there and then and have a good idea of what the final will look like without carrying around a laptop.

Just one possible example :)
 
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aurichie said:
Consumers have spoken they want the most feature-rich and powerful applications on their iOS devices. iPhoto is the most incredible photo application available on any mobile platform.
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Agreed. It still has some things to work out, particularly organization, but the tools are fantastic. I've tried many photo editing apps for the iPad and this is the only one that works really, really well.

Photoshop touch was promising, but it's just too complicated for this platform. Most consumer level photo editing doesn't involve layers, which iPhoto doesn't have and Photoshop Touch does, so iPhoto will be quite adequate for most users.

If I want in depth photo editing a la Photoshop, I'll do that on a Mac. I'd just like to see better organization tools in iPhoto for iOS. Jumping between the photos app and iPhoto is cumbersome. Just let me put everything in Photostream, organize it into folders or albums. Then every device pulls from the same content. If I want to keep it on my iPad or my hard drive, I can download it and do that easily.
 
Impressive number but it probably cost them that just to develop the App.

This is a App made developed to add value to the iOS platforms, specifically the iPad (retina display, upgraded camera) and probably should have been included in the iOS. Or probably should at some point.

Again $5 million is a nice number but peanuts when your talking about the device itself. The new iPad ads focus on the screen, telling you how amazing photos look, one more reason they should have included it.
 
Stang68 said:
Just bought my iPad yesterday and I'm wondering if I should buy iPhoto. I love it on my computer, it's where I store all of my pictures. But why would I edit pictures on my iPad? What's the point? I don't plan on taking any pictures on my iPad; does that mean people are actively syncing photos to their iPad just so they can edit them?

Can someone explain the logic?
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Vacations.

It's great to be able to load up your photos every day for the week and play around with a few an upload the best to your family before you get back.

My mother loves getting photos of her granddaughter at Disney World each night, for example. And even though I use an SLR and not a camera-phone, I DON'T have to bring my laptop to accomplish it!

I did all this last year without iPhoto, so the iPad is certainly capable. iPhoto just makes it even easier to do.
 
Small White Car said:
Vacations.

It's great to be able to load up your photos every day for the week and play around with a few an upload the best to your family before you get back.

My mother loves getting photos of her granddaughter at Disney World each night, for example. And even though I use an SLR and not a camera-phone, I DON'T have to bring my laptop to accomplish it!

I did all this last year without iPhoto, so the iPad is certainly capable. iPhoto just makes it even easier to do.
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Cool, thanks for the info. I have a DSLR, too. What cables do you use to transfer to your iPad?
 
Stang68 said:
Cool, thanks for the info. I have a DSLR, too. What cables do you use to transfer to your iPad?
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The Apple iPad camera adapter.

The regular 'photos' app actually saves the RAW files! When I edit them in other apps they become JPEGs, but I can do that just to send to people and then when I get home I can copy all the RAW files from my iPad. So I still have them, even if my edits are JPEG copies.

Not perfect, but useful.
 
iBug2 said:
No, ofc you don't edit them in your iPad if they are on your computer to begin with. But if they are already on your iPad, no need to sync to your computer to edit them.
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If your photos are in Dropbox, they're accessible to both.
 
It's important to note that figure is users, not downloads. It's quite possible that one user downloaded the app multiple times, but Apple isn't counting those, only the unique users.
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It's important to note that that is actually purchases, not users. A single family can share an iTunes account and one purchase could mean 2 or 3 users (downloads to multiple iPads or iPhones). Also, in many families the iPad is a shared device. So typically, purchases < users < downloads
 
Small White Car said:
The Apple iPad camera adapter.

The regular 'photos' app actually saves the RAW files! When I edit them in other apps they become JPEGs, but I can do that just to send to people and then when I get home I can copy all the RAW files from my iPad. So I still have them, even if my edits are JPEG copies.

Not perfect, but useful.
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Very cool, thanks :)
 
At $4.99 per sale, that comes to $4,990,000 in revenue over that time.

DAMN! If they'd charged an even five bucks, they'd have ten grand more! :D
 
Moonjumper said:
With this much success for Apple developed apps, will we see more of them? iWeb next?
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Apple said that there were THREE apps in iLife, when they introduced this. Garageband, iPhoto, iMovie.

If that isn't a stronger signal that there will be no iWeb (and certainly no iDVD) going forward, I don't know what is.

Myspace (and now Facebook) killed the need for iWeb. Average people just don't need to create complete websites anymore. Those that do are better served by services like SquareSpace or moveable type or blogpress or whatever if they are more technical.
 
If they'd remove the inane requirement for a front-facing camera, they'd sell even more. Not all of us have moved up from the still-very-satisfactory iPad Gen1.
 
nfl46 said:
And the money just keeps rolling in. The executive board at Apple must be smiling. $$$$$$$!
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Not to be a party pooper, but $5 million in revenue is chump change, especially for Apple (who took in about $100 billion in revenue last year). iPhoto's real value is in enhancing the appeal of the iPhone/iPad. The iLife + iWork suite is now complete for the iOS platform (with tablet-native versions) and it beats the pants off anything available on competing platforms.
 
Stang68 said:
Just bought my iPad yesterday and I'm wondering if I should buy iPhoto. I love it on my computer, it's where I store all of my pictures. But why would I edit pictures on my iPad? What's the point? I don't plan on taking any pictures on my iPad; does that mean people are actively syncing photos to their iPad just so they can edit them?

Can someone explain the logic?
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I'm going on a trip next month, and I don't plan to bring my laptop. I'll bring my iPad, the Camera Connector Kit, and my cameras.

Each night I plan to sync up to my camera, download the day's best pictures onto the iPad, then use iPhoto to touch them up. Then I'm going to share them with my friends. I haven't decided whether to post them on Facebook, on Flickr, or write a full blog to annotate the photos on Tumblr. But either way there's apps for all that.

Edit: looks like I was beaten to the punch :)
 
notjustjay said:
I'm going on a trip next month, and I don't plan to bring my laptop. I'll bring my iPad, the Camera Connector Kit, and my cameras.

Each night I plan to sync up to my camera, download the day's best pictures onto the iPad, then use iPhoto to touch them up. Then I'm going to share them with my friends. I haven't decided whether to post them on Facebook, on Flickr, or write a full blog to annotate the photos on Tumblr. But either way there's apps for all that.

Edit: looks like I was beaten to the punch :)
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That sounds really nice. And, for my own curiosity, are you going to then sync your iPad to your iPhoto app on your Mac? Does it work like that?
 
ctdonath said:
If they'd remove the inane requirement for a front-facing camera, they'd sell even more. Not all of us have moved up from the still-very-satisfactory iPad Gen1.
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I agree that is silly, maybe it actually an performance issue and this is one way they could eliminated - also they didn't want to test it on it.
 
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