One of the questions I am most often asked is "What's the best app for transferring photos back and forth?" Working on the iPhone itself can be a fast track to eyestrain especially if you are using a painting app, such as my fave Pixel Blend. Ideally, we'd rather "app" our photos on our iPad or optimize them on our computer. So we need a reliable and quick way to transfer our art.
Of all the apps I've tried, (and as an appaholic, I've tried a bunch), the one that gets my overall vote is PhotoSync. For $1.99, you can install it on both your iPhone and iPad. The computer version is free (of course, you have to have it installed on one of your other devices for it to work.)
It is unbelievably fast - I've never had it crash or had any problems with it. I use it everyday. There is only one caveat: you must have wifi access.
And, traveling around to photograph, there may be times - gulp - when there is no access (eg. in the Galapagos, or Yosemite or camping.)
For those situations, I depend on my previous favorite transfer app: Photo Transfer. ($2.99 in the app store.) Because (drumroll please), it also works with bluetooth. Just turn on bluetooth on both devices, open Photo Transfer on both, and voila, you are on your way. Go have a cup of coffee or chimp on your big boy/big girl camera for a bit, because bluetooth is a lot slower than wifi. But it's still magic.
The above image was transferred to my iPad or I'd never have been able to process it - the iPhone, much as I love it, is just too tiny for accurate brush strokes. This heliconia blossom was "painted" in Ghostbird Software's Photoforge app using the smudge tool, (way harder than Pixel Blend, but it wasn't available when I worked this) then combined with a sketch of the same image from Jixi Pix Artista Sketch app. The combining and blend mode was done using IRIS Photo Suite app.
So iphoneographers, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. The two best and most versatile transfer apps for less than the cost of a latte. You can't afford not to have them!
Okay - I am hooked. i will download tomorrow and then, watch out!
ReplyDeleteTheresa
Great blog post! We are happy to hear, that you enjoy using PhotoSync.
ReplyDeleteOne note: PhotoSync also works using Bluetooth, when transferring between devices. All you need to do is enable Bluetooth on both devices, then select the photos on the source device and select iPhone/iPad as target. It can take up to 10 seconds then, until the devices discover each other over Bluetooth.
I have used Pixel Blend.It is really nice application for my iPad.I have never used the PhotoSync but I have read the review of it. It is also really nice for iPhone and iPad.
ReplyDeleteOn the contrary, is there an easy way for transferring photos from computer to iPad?
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