I noticed that King Camera had a huge update hit the App store today: the self-proclaimed “WE REALLY LOVE TAKING PHOTOS WITH OUR iPHONE” Edition of the app! The developers have a great video about the new features on their website, SayCheezzz.com as well.

Here’s a breakdown of the new features available with the update (from the description in the App Store):

Promatik -

• New Pinch-zoom on Preview images throughout application
• New Colorizer FX module (up to 3 simultaneous Color Filters)
• New Light Leaks FX module (up to 3 simultaneous Light Leaks)
• New Texturizer now supports up to 3 simultaneous textures
• New Intensifier FX module
• Interface: Simple “Marbles Navigation System”, Promatik Main View with sliding menu to accomodate the additional tools
• Tweak: “Save Photo” (saves on top of current edit) and “Save a Copy” (duplicates your edit)
• Speed: Advanced & Optimized Cache system in Promatik, making the module up to 10x Faster when applying effects

Photodesk -

• Copy/Paste looks directly in Photodesk
• Share – added Facebook Page and MMS
• Copy/Paste Photo to other apps (email, MMS, etc.)
• Option to Export all photos contained in stacks
• Interface: Larger thumbnail size + optimized for Retina display
• Speed: Export of Original photo 2x faster

Quickmatik -

• Quickmatik Looks completely revamped and optimized
• Interface: Larger thumbnails

Camera -

• Settings Option to Save to Camera Roll Only
• User’s activated Camera Tools now remembered from session to session
• Double-Tap gesture in Video Mode to show zoomed-out or zoomed-in view
• Double-Tap gesture in Timelapse to show zoomed-out or zoomed-in view
• Interface: Added “Rule of Thirds” grid button in Camera Main menu

More -

• New Quick Help system in all modules (“?” Icon)
• New Settings: “Clean-Up” function to clean up zombie files in user folder
• Fix – Crop Ratio preserved correctly when a Quickmatik Look contains a crop
• Fix – Photo Orientation preserved when importing from camera roll/exporting to camera roll
• Speed: Many additional tweaks to enhance overall app responsiveness
• Interface: Visual overall redesign of the graphic user interface
• iOS 5 ready
• Various additional bug fixes

So all in all, this is a pretty substantial update for King Camera. From playing around with the new updates I can definitely tell that it seems a bit faster and more responsive, and I’m a fan of the new interface as well.

Here’s a few screenshots of the new Photodesk and Promatik interfaces:

And here’s a final image!