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Built with scientific precision by some of the most talented artists in the mobile photography community, these effects truly deserve the “Formula” accolade. Each is meticulously constructed from components that are expertly-crafted by renowned photographer Dirk Wuestenhagen and that themselves are fully-fledged effects in the traditional sense including textures, filters, gradients, adjustments, and much more. Each formula goes through a vigorous testing process to ensure compatibility with a wide range of scenes, subjects, and editing styles from landscapes and cityscapes to street photography and portraits.\n\nDozens of custom frames expertly-crafted by renowned photographer Dirk Wuestenhagen, which include high quality scans of vintage paper, worn fabric, weathered stone, and a multitude of other materials and substrates that are then refined, blended, and fine-tuned to perfection in an arduous post-processing regimen aimed at exposing naturally occurring character lines, blemishes, and impurities. Moreover, a great deal of attention is given to specific color tones within an overall limited spectrum of earthy hues that are deemed to work best with images.\n\nOne-tap Auto Adjust tool that automatically analyzes color and tonal levels in an image and makes adjustments accordingly, thereby producing professional results with no effort whatsoever.\n\nBeautifully designed and streamlined UI that is intuitive and easy to navigate. A lot of thought and effort went into making the UI appealing to and accessible by users of all skill levels.\n\n\nPHOTO EDITING EXTENSION:\n\nEdit your photos right from within your photo library with a fully-fledged photo editing extension that not only provides access to the full functionality of the main app, but also preserves your sessions, allowing you to pick up right where you left off the next time you edit the image.\n\n\nSTACKABLES:\n\nThink you’ve got what it takes to create your own formulas? Download Stackables from the App Store and start experimenting today.\n\n\nTECHNICAL INFO:\n\nHigh resolution support up to 16MP (4,000 x 4,000 px) on newer devices (iPhone 5 and later, iPad 3 and later).\n\nSupport for JPEG, lossless PNG, and lossless TIFF formats.\n\nURL Scheme \"formulas://\".\n\n\nSUPPORT: \n\nExperiencing issues? Have comments or suggestions for future updates? Please contact us at support@formulasapp.co.","facts":{"developer_id":503806808,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2015-06-04T07:15:51Z","support_url":"http://www.formulasapp.co/","privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"2.3","release_notes":"◉ Optimized for iOS 9 and iPad Pro.\n\n◉ Now preserves all image metadata including EXIF and GPS.\n\n◉ Minor UI Changes.\n\nIf you enjoy Formulas, please consider leaving a positive review on the App Store. If you've already left a review, please repost it as reviews are reset with every update. Thanks!\n\nExperiencing issues? 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