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A fun and funky photo effects app that turns your own pictures into vintage comics or postcards.

What's New

+ Added new image Stamp feature (open an image and use it as a Stamp...including transparent PNGs)
+ Added Camera+ integration for capturing and sharing (user request)
+ Added support for sending images to Dropbox (user request)
+ Updated/added Aviary image editing features (can now edit full size images)
+ Changed default paper style to "Wrinkled"
+ Changed default setting of "Process original" to OFF
+ Other updates and improvements

App Description

★ FULL RETINA SUPPORT FOR YOUR NEW IPAD! IT'S GORGEOUS!
★ NAMED BY APPLE AS ONE OF ITS FAVORITE PHOTO APPS OF 2011
★ MORE THAN 1 MILLION USERS
★ RECENTLY FEATURED AS AN “APP STORE ESSENTIALS” CAMERA & PHOTOGRAPHY APP
★ APP OF THE WEEK AND TOP SELLER IN MANY COUNTRIES

Thank you to all of our users for supporting Halftone and for sending us your feature suggestions. You are why we do this.

Halftone turns your photos into unique, vintage comics that friends and family will love! More than a simple “photo filter” app, Halftone makes it easy to add paper styles, captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). Your final image can be sent via e-mail, uploaded directly to Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr, shared with apps like Instagram, Camera+, and Color Splash, printed, and even sent as a real, physical postcard through the mail!

Features

- Universal app that runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (with full Retina support)
- Open images directly from Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram
- Send real, physical postcards through the mail
- iOS 5 face detection for automatic balloon placement
- Tight integration with Camera+ for improved image capture
- Upload images directly to Dropbox
- Save final images to the photo album, print them, or send them to friends via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and e-mail
- Share images with apps like Instagram, Camera+, Color Splash, and many more
- Full size image editing, including: auto enhance, special effects, cropping, rotation, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, redeye, whiten, and blemish
- More than 25 paper styles, from crisp and clean to distressed and aged
- Multiple caption styles
- Six speech and thought balloon shapes
- More than 25 stamps (BLAM!, Arrrggh!, etc.) with customizable colors
- A customizable stamp that can use images from the photo library (including transparent PNGs)
- Nine unique layouts, including layouts without any captions or borders
- The ability to use any installed font at Small, Medium, and Large sizes
- Three licensed fonts: Digital Strip, Alter Ego, and Billy the Flying Robot
- Two of the licensed fonts include international characters (Alter Ego and Billy the Flying Robot)
- Support for a front-facing camera, flash modes, zoom, and tap-to-focus
- Settings screen for lots of additional customization, including halftone dot size, strength, and gain
- Support for full size images

App Screen Shots

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App Changes

May 10, 2012 Price Decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
May 01, 2012 New version 1.9.3
March 13, 2012 New version 1.9.2
March 08, 2012 New version 1.9.1
March 08, 2012 New version 1.9
February 23, 2011 Initial Release

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