Tai Shimizu

iOS & Mac Developer

Creator of the iOS photography apps Gridditor & Filterstorm, the Mac drawing app Inkist, the Mac HDR app Light Compressor, and the experimental web browser Torii.

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Apps

Filterstorm

Filterstorm was originally released alongside the first iPad with the goal of being the preeminent photo editing app on the device. Years later it’s still going strong on both iPhone and iPad, with a recent rewrite Filterstorm Neue improving speed, stability, and ease of use.

Gridditor

Gridditor stands in contrast to Filterstorm as a fast, simple way to edit photos, rather than a deep and powerful app. Gridditor’s unique interface makes it unlike anything else on the App Store.

Inkist

Inkist is a drawing app originally on Mac, and later for iPad. It provides a variety of drawing tools including customizable brushes, layers, and pressure sensitivity.

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Filterstorm Neue

Hi,

I ve just bought filter storm neue. In make square tool background is now black?? Can you please white option. I can not use neue instead of filter storm classic.

Posted by Nihat Sinan Erul (anon) on 2013-11-08 20:46:17.

Missing tools..

Hey, filterstorm is cooler than the classic one. It is faster when exporting projects but i did not find tools for adjusting levels and adding text or watermarks. I hope these will apear on the next updates.

Posted by Marchiolly (anon) on 2013-11-22 05:49:42.

I mean filterstorm neue missing tools

Hi,

Levels, whitebalance, and adding text are missing. It will be better if it will retain all the tools from the classic one.

Posted by Marchiolly (anon) on 2013-11-22 06:07:00.

Filterstorm neue

Hallo,

Super Programm, doch ich vermisse die Möglichkeit einen Stempel für die IPTC anzulegen. Vielleicht mit dem nächsten Update.

Posted by Knut Vahlensieck (anon) on 2013-11-25 10:08:42.

Filterstorm Neu

Hi all, this is a very good App and Iam very happy about it.

III have a Problem with the EXIF Data. I doesnt See the Data. Can you Five me a Hint for work?

Greets

Peter

Posted by Peter Schulte (anon) on 2013-11-28 12:19:07.

Great app

The new Neue is so well designed. I especially love the brush, although it would be better if the size of the brush could be easily changed on the fly. I am also waiting for proper layers. If it stayed as is, i would still use it regularly because of how much i enjoy the interface. Great job!!!!

Posted by Perry Drew (anon) on 2013-12-10 10:53:47.

Filterstorm Neue 1.1 Update

Nihat Sinan Erul:

The white option has been added for the v1.1 update

Marchiolly:

The text tool is a part of the v1.1 update, the border tool is still not implemented

Knut Vahlensieck:

IPTC sets are a part of the v1.1 update.

Peter:

Exif display is part of the v1.1 update

Perry Drew:

Brush size and opacity controls are part of the v1.1 update.

Posted by tai on 2013-12-10 11:05:52.

Doblado barrera

As I can send Photoshop to a ftp program whisky filterstorm neue

Posted by Raúl (anon) on 2014-01-13 09:31:58.

Doblado barrera

As I can send Photoshop to a ftp program whisky filterstorm neue

Posted by Raúl (anon) on 2014-01-13 09:32:00.

Nome file

si possibile filet trasmittente has original nome file?

Posted by ALDO (anon) on 2014-01-16 17:36:22.

Filterstorm Neue

I like the new clear user interface and the way the program responses to user actions. I’m sadly missing the layer funtionality though. Please put this on your urgent update requirement list. Thank you.

Posted by Axel Rademacher (anon) on 2014-01-25 08:49:07.

Ftp

Cant work out how to send multiple images at once like before

Posted by Ben (anon) on 2014-02-01 21:51:22.

Select tagged images and import IPTC to FSN

Tai,

How do I Select tagged images (tags or memo marks don’t show up to import) and import IPTC to FSN

Posted by Nathanbilowphotography (anon) on 2014-02-03 06:00:23.

Firestorm & Firestorm Neue

I bought both apps thinking that they where two different apps offering widely different apps. They where the same price so I took for granted that I would get more features. Not the case. If Firestorm Neue is just an upgrade than why do you still sell the old Firestorm seprately? I feel ripped off. I have requested a refund to no avail. What a crime!

Posted by Burned Customer (anon) on 2014-03-25 22:25:04.

@burnedcustomer

I’m sorry you didn’t have luck getting a refund from Apple, but I can’t provide refunds through the app store, only Apple can do that.

In my defense, the description for Filterstorm BEGINS “NOTE: It is highly recommended people purchase Filterstorm Neue rather than Filterstorm. Future development has moved to Filterstorm Neue.”

The old filterstorm is left on the app store for people who need some of the few features that are still not available on Filterstorm Neue.

Posted by tai on 2014-03-25 22:28:09.

RTFD (d=Description

I use my original Fstorm for the missing features in Neue because I read the caveat re: deleted features, but Tai, if the 1st version is no longer supported, when future iOS changes possibly render it dysfunctional, will we lose the features we still love, will you be adding them the the latest iteration of your wonderful app? It seems odd to eliminate them by that point from the arsenal you have created. Is this an impossible/improbable request? Thanks, GB

Posted by Gary Barnett (anon) on 2014-04-06 16:47:54.

Apple is good about refunds, BUT…

…as Neue is a separate program (Thank you, Tai), it’s unlikely Apple can work with anyone who did not buy them together or within a very short time.

Those among us who had full use of the original version and had no complaints immediately have gotten a solid great product that continues to supplement Neue, ja?

Adding Neue is better than replacing via update, so I feel I am supporting a very talented programmer!

Posted by Gary Barnett (anon) on 2014-04-06 16:56:42.

@Gary Barnett

Should Apple release an update to iOS that makes classic Filterstorm unusable before all features have been implemented in Filterstorm Neue, then I’ll probably go ahead and make the necessary updates to classic filterstorm to keep it working. I don’t plan for that to happen, though. The 1.3 update by itself should take care of almost all the remaining differences.

Posted by tai on 2014-04-06 17:23:18.

Use ftp uploading files into a web page

Hi dear friends. I need to uploading

A feo files, but i have only name of server and port,

Posted by Demian Chávez (anon) on 2014-06-13 16:27:57.

Tilt and shift effect

App crashes if tilt and shift effect used iphone 5s. Why

On whole great app

Posted by Gummihermanns (anon) on 2014-06-17 15:49:12.

@Gummihermanns

The fix for that is coming soon. Weirdly, that bug only affected the newest generation models.

Posted by tai on 2014-06-17 15:55:08.

Time line

When is this all going to happen?

The price differential sure was a kick in the teeth.

Hopefully the new product will be worth the investments.

Posted by Steve ellsworth (anon) on 2014-08-06 02:03:08.

Iptc fields

Hi in Neue 1.2.4 the IPTC fields composed with other software do not show. Nor IPTC COMPOSED WITH Neue show in any other photo software (photomechanic, photoshop, etc..)

Also, you should add a picture browser that would allow to choose the pictures to edit from larger thumbnails.

Also need multiple file FTP at the same time.

Thank you

Posted by Yukio (anon) on 2014-08-16 06:13:16.

The 2 Apps - to the developer

You consider Neue like an update to the original but the interface is so different that I see it as 2 totally separate apps besides the fact that Neue has no layers. I think you deserve the money for both for the amazing apps that you have created. These complaints about rip offs is absurd. Those People should be crying about all the rip off 99 cent apps that are terrible or exactly the same as others. Neue is a classic. Nothing out there rivals it for what it does. Thank you for that. I would like to have the ability to have more control over brush size and layers. But even exactly as it is, I have no complaints because of how useful it is and how brilliant the interface is. Thank you so much for creating such a masterpiece.

Posted by Perry (anon) on 2014-11-08 06:40:45.

Problem

I’m having a new issue with the app. Unable to add text to an image. Has something changed?

Posted by Grant (anon) on 2014-11-14 03:08:48.

FTP upload crash

Hi

I have problem with upload images to ftp server

When i try to upload images to my ftp server app is crash

Problem is with last two updates

Posted by Ivo (anon) on 2014-11-19 12:57:26.

Ranam723

Porfavor nesesito mirar todas las fotos qe a refinado aqi enesta pajina

Posted by Renemm123@yahoo.com (anon) on 2014-11-29 04:43:17.

Filterstorm Neue

Please add to ftp export option the “folder” field like in the old filestorm and possibility to type space in name of the folder. Will be nice to see multiple select, load and export photos. Also IPTC sets are not clear and simple like in the old version.

Photojournalist from Poland

Posted by Marco (anon) on 2015-01-01 07:14:41.

Wong

Ok

Posted by Jo (anon) on 2015-01-09 06:19:34.

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Posted by (anon) on 2015-01-09 06:19:43.

Missing Link

Why no link to Instagram? If not now, when?

Posted by Robert Worrall (anon) on 2015-06-26 12:58:22.

Blemishes and text

It would be nice to have a blemish removal function so I don’t have to go to another app. Still must use original program for ASTRO photographs

Posted by Franklin Loehde (anon) on 2015-09-24 15:38:31.

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Posted by (anon) on 2015-10-04 09:37:52.

Sanati

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Posted by Mojtaba (anon) on 2019-01-30 05:23:20.

Sanati

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Posted by Mojtaba (anon) on 2019-01-30 05:23:21.

Sanati

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Posted by Mojtaba (anon) on 2019-01-30 05:23:22.

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Posted by (anon) on 2019-01-30 05:23:36.

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Posted by (anon) on 2022-02-14 03:32:24.

Error App

Since I buy a fiew years a go, I did not have an update. Now, I can not edit photo from my iPhone. Raw missing issue

Posted by Agung Triawan Putranto (anon) on 2022-09-24 02:36:09.
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