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Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.8

Updated At: 2026-06-12

Changes: Version History New overlay of source images added to change or delete source images. In the overlay you can also rearrange the order of images for transition filters such as Dissolve. Images are now loaded and cached faster. The 'Ken Burns Dissolve' is smoother in the zoom and pan movements. Some other filters are improved and several other bugs are fixed. 3.8 May 25 This version includes some bug fixes and these new enhancements 1. Undo/Redo menu command - on iPad both filter changes and image input changes can be undone. On the iPhone only filter changes can be undone/redone. 2. Multiple selection supported on the iPad library list. Used by the 'Sequence' filter for multiple selection from the Library 3. Stacks with animation or video motion now have new save option to set the length of the video saved to the Photos Library. Set 'Seconds' to zero to save a single still frame. 4. Ken Burns Dissolve style filter added to the Transition category 5. iPhone image area enlarged for landscape orientation 6. Photo albums saved in the Photos library now use an album prefix in front of the album name -Default is 'PhotoArt'. The prefix may be changed in the User Settings area 3.7 Mar 11 New features in version 3.6.1 1. Full screen play to AppleTV Airplay 2. iPad has musicLibrary player menu item 3. Video player will stop/start with menu button 4. Random generator has been optimized 5. iPhone is landscape orientation only 6. Copy/Paste added - use with Photos, FreeForm and other apps to add stickers and designs plus various bug fixes 3.6.1 Jan 1 Improvements made to controls and editing flow include: menu icons, automatic selection of first setting with missing input, 'Save' and 'Save As' flow. Default values for filter settings tuned to always show an image output. Vector default points shifted to always produce an image output on first use. Blend Text default text position adjusted to visible point. Tone Curve Filter now has 'Vary' motion on each setting. Demo menu added a 'Guide' feature to build sample stack layers of several filters. Some Affine filters removed that have matching functionality in Geometry Adjustment category. Maximum Scale Transform settings range expanded for greater impact. Other filters with settings improvements: all Convolution filters and both Rectangle Generators. A stack with any form of visual motion now saves a 2 second video clip to Photos Library instead of a single frame. Help menu visuals changed to show the new icons and work flow. A few bugs are fixed. The name 'Rift-Effex' is changed to 'Rift Effects'" 3.5 05/28/2025 Improved motion on filter settings that can vary. Random motion changes add more visual interest. Blend Text filter has added pitch, roll, yaw and color settings for the text. Pause/Go button tweaked for transition filters and settings. Plus there are a few bug fixes. 3.4 03/20/2025 A couple of fixes, update to Swift 6 for concurrency and a memory leak is plugged. Better than ever ! 3.3 12/19/2024 Many improvements to make smooth and easy use of effex filters including: Easy to follow flow of more complex effex stacks with labels and highlights of the main and supporting effex flows Easy touch switch between visual of a single effex filter or the final image. More demo templates 'Random, 'Blend Demo', 'Sequence Demo', 'Edge Demo', 'Tone Demo', Kaleidoscope Demo Pause/Run button on changing effex displays New special gradient filters Triangle and 4 sided for better subject masking with the various Blend Mask filters Single Save command saves to both Photos & iCloud data Trash action starts new photo selection Crop Filter rectangle display improved 'Add' effex & 'Edit' icons moved from the title bar to the Effex Controller Settings Controller will highlight image settings missing an image input. Additional '---> ' label points to info button to open the photo picker Settings Image cells swipe labels changed from 'More' to '+Effex' for adding input filters Title bar buttons are separated into simple logical groups Help Menu improved with new tips and screen shots Trash command now has three options - 'Start Over', 'Remove Filters', 'Remove Images' to start over in new ways with your favorites. 3.2 11/26/2024 Bug fixes for scale framing in full screen mode on both iPad and iPhone. One help window changed on iPad to show use of the Image Picker. 3.1 06/03/2024 Video clips and video recording are new features. Framing is improved. Images can be positioned and sized inside other images with the Lanczos Scale Transform. The Apple standard photo picker is used in both the iPad and iPhone versions. Template filter stacks from the Library can now loaded as an input image parm. Full screen display added with image double tap. Triangle and 4 Sided Gradients are added for use with the Blend with Mask filters to simplify advanced image combinations. Various bugs are also fixed. 3.0 05/03/2024 Finding and Saving effect stacks has been improved. Single click save to iCloud or Save to Photo Library added. Effect stack title and album now is now a user entered header on the Effect Stack. Filter listing has added a switch from Category to A-Z display. A pop up menu delete command has been added to the Library menu. 2.5 09/13/2023 In this version the Library thumbnail images are larger so as to better display saved effect stacks. The Library menu is moved to a better location on the image navigation bar. Searches for saved effect stacks now query both the title and the category. The iPhone library title search keyboard closes to give more room for the results. Some bugs fixed. 2.4 07/05/2023 Filter Categories have improved display and search. Popular filters are setup in Bookmarks section. Sequenced Filters has been reworked for smoother transition from one filter to the next. A helpful demo example has been added to the first startup along with new help screens. Icon colors are brightened. 2.3 05/12/2023 New filters include the Convolution family of 3x3, 5x5, 7x7, 9x9 and RGB variants. SequencedFilters displays independent filter stacks with the same input. The Rift morphing with the Sequenced dFilters is really cool! Color filters feature improved controls for Tone Curve, Color Polynomial, Color Matrix. Affine filters are now supported for rotation, scaling and coordinate transforms. Dissolve sizing is smoothed for different format images. Several older filters have been removed such as 'WarpItMetal' Internal database changes reduce the space used locally and on iCloud. Metal code for drawing is improved and more efficient. CPU utilization is reduced for static image stacks. 2.2 01/21/2023 2.1 08/15/2022

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.7

Updated At: 2026-05-09

Changes: Version History This version includes some bug fixes and these new enhancements 1. Undo/Redo menu command - on iPad both filter changes and image input changes can be undone. On the iPhone only filter changes can be undone/redone. 2. Multiple selection supported on the iPad library list. Used by the 'Sequence' filter for multiple selection from the Library 3. Stacks with animation or video motion now have new save option to set the length of the video saved to the Photos Library. Set 'Seconds' to zero to save a single still frame. 4. Ken Burns Dissolve style filter added to the Transition category 5. iPhone image area enlarged for landscape orientation 6. Photo albums saved in the Photos library now use an album prefix in front of the album name -Default is 'PhotoArt'. The prefix may be changed in the User Settings area 3.7 Mar 11 New features in version 3.6.1 1. Full screen play to AppleTV Airplay 2. iPad has musicLibrary player menu item 3. Video player will stop/start with menu button 4. Random generator has been optimized 5. iPhone is landscape orientation only 6. Copy/Paste added - use with Photos, FreeForm and other apps to add stickers and designs plus various bug fixes 3.6.1 Jan 1 Improvements made to controls and editing flow include: menu icons, automatic selection of first setting with missing input, 'Save' and 'Save As' flow. Default values for filter settings tuned to always show an image output. Vector default points shifted to always produce an image output on first use. Blend Text default text position adjusted to visible point. Tone Curve Filter now has 'Vary' motion on each setting. Demo menu added a 'Guide' feature to build sample stack layers of several filters. Some Affine filters removed that have matching functionality in Geometry Adjustment category. Maximum Scale Transform settings range expanded for greater impact. Other filters with settings improvements: all Convolution filters and both Rectangle Generators. A stack with any form of visual motion now saves a 2 second video clip to Photos Library instead of a single frame. Help menu visuals changed to show the new icons and work flow. A few bugs are fixed. The name 'Rift-Effex' is changed to 'Rift Effects'" 3.5 05/28/2025 Improved motion on filter settings that can vary. Random motion changes add more visual interest. Blend Text filter has added pitch, roll, yaw and color settings for the text. Pause/Go button tweaked for transition filters and settings. Plus there are a few bug fixes. 3.4 03/20/2025 A couple of fixes, update to Swift 6 for concurrency and a memory leak is plugged. Better than ever ! 3.3 12/19/2024 Many improvements to make smooth and easy use of effex filters including: Easy to follow flow of more complex effex stacks with labels and highlights of the main and supporting effex flows Easy touch switch between visual of a single effex filter or the final image. More demo templates 'Random, 'Blend Demo', 'Sequence Demo', 'Edge Demo', 'Tone Demo', Kaleidoscope Demo Pause/Run button on changing effex displays New special gradient filters Triangle and 4 sided for better subject masking with the various Blend Mask filters Single Save command saves to both Photos & iCloud data Trash action starts new photo selection Crop Filter rectangle display improved 'Add' effex & 'Edit' icons moved from the title bar to the Effex Controller Settings Controller will highlight image settings missing an image input. Additional '---> ' label points to info button to open the photo picker Settings Image cells swipe labels changed from 'More' to '+Effex' for adding input filters Title bar buttons are separated into simple logical groups Help Menu improved with new tips and screen shots Trash command now has three options - 'Start Over', 'Remove Filters', 'Remove Images' to start over in new ways with your favorites. 3.2 11/26/2024 Bug fixes for scale framing in full screen mode on both iPad and iPhone. One help window changed on iPad to show use of the Image Picker. 3.1 06/03/2024 Video clips and video recording are new features. Framing is improved. Images can be positioned and sized inside other images with the Lanczos Scale Transform. The Apple standard photo picker is used in both the iPad and iPhone versions. Template filter stacks from the Library can now loaded as an input image parm. Full screen display added with image double tap. Triangle and 4 Sided Gradients are added for use with the Blend with Mask filters to simplify advanced image combinations. Various bugs are also fixed. 3.0 05/03/2024 Finding and Saving effect stacks has been improved. Single click save to iCloud or Save to Photo Library added. Effect stack title and album now is now a user entered header on the Effect Stack. Filter listing has added a switch from Category to A-Z display. A pop up menu delete command has been added to the Library menu. 2.5 09/13/2023 In this version the Library thumbnail images are larger so as to better display saved effect stacks. The Library menu is moved to a better location on the image navigation bar. Searches for saved effect stacks now query both the title and the category. The iPhone library title search keyboard closes to give more room for the results. Some bugs fixed. 2.4 07/05/2023 Filter Categories have improved display and search. Popular filters are setup in Bookmarks section. Sequenced Filters has been reworked for smoother transition from one filter to the next. A helpful demo example has been added to the first startup along with new help screens. Icon colors are brightened. 2.3 05/12/2023 New filters include the Convolution family of 3x3, 5x5, 7x7, 9x9 and RGB variants. SequencedFilters displays independent filter stacks with the same input. The Rift morphing with the Sequenced dFilters is really cool! Color filters feature improved controls for Tone Curve, Color Polynomial, Color Matrix. Affine filters are now supported for rotation, scaling and coordinate transforms. Dissolve sizing is smoothed for different format images. Several older filters have been removed such as 'WarpItMetal' Internal database changes reduce the space used locally and on iCloud. Metal code for drawing is improved and more efficient. CPU utilization is reduced for static image stacks. 2.2 01/21/2023 2.1 08/15/2022

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.7

Updated At: 2026-03-11

Changes: This version includes some bug fixes and these new enhancements 1. Undo/Redo menu command - on iPad both filter changes and image input changes can be undone. On the iPhone only filter changes can be undone/redone. 2. Multiple selection supported on the iPad library list. Used by the 'Sequence' filter for multiple selection from the Library 3. Stacks with animation or video motion now have new save option to set the length of the video saved to the Photos Library. Set 'Seconds' to zero to save a single still frame. 4. Ken Burns Dissolve style filter added to the Transition category 5. iPhone image area enlarged for landscape orientation 6. Photo albums saved in the Photos library now use an album prefix in front of the album name -Default is 'PhotoArt'. The prefix may be changed in the User Settings area

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.6.1

Updated At: 2026-01-01

Changes: New features in version 3.6.1 1. Full screen play to AppleTV Airplay 2. iPad has musicLibrary player menu item 3. Video player will stop/start with menu button 4. Random generator has been optimized 5. iPhone is landscape orientation only 6. Copy/Paste added - use with Photos, FreeForm and other apps to add stickers and designs plus various bug fixes

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.5

Updated At: 2025-05-28

Changes: May 28, 2025 Version 3.5 Improvements made to controls and editing flow include: menu icons, automatic selection of first setting with missing input, 'Save' and 'Save As' flow. Default values for filter settings tuned to always show an image output. Vector default points shifted to always produce an image output on first use. Blend Text default text position adjusted to visible point. Tone Curve Filter now has 'Vary' motion on each setting. Demo menu added a 'Guide' feature to build sample stack layers of several filters. Some Affine filters removed that have matching functionality in Geometry Adjustment category. Maximum Scale Transform settings range expanded for greater impact. Other filters with settings improvements: all Convolution filters and both Rectangle Generators. A stack with any form of visual motion now saves a 2 second video clip to Photos Library instead of a single frame. Help menu visuals changed to show the new icons and work flow. A few bugs are fixed. The name 'Rift-Effex' is changed to 'Rift Effects'"

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.4

Updated At: 2025-03-20

Changes: Mar 20, 2025 Version 3.4 Improved motion on filter settings that can vary. Random motion changes add more visual interest. Blend Text filter has added pitch, roll, yaw and color settings for the text. Pause/Go button tweaked for transition filters and settings. Plus there are a few bug fixes.

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.3

Updated At: 2024-12-19

Changes: Dec 19, 2024 Version 3.3 A couple of fixes, update to Swift 6 for concurrency and a memory leak is plugged. Better than ever !

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.2

Updated At: 2024-11-26

Changes: Nov 26, 2024 Version 3.2 Many improvements to make smooth and easy use of effex filters including: Easy to follow flow of more complex effex stacks with labels and highlights of the main and supporting effex flows Easy touch switch between visual of a single effex filter or the final image. More demo templates 'Random, 'Blend Demo', 'Sequence Demo', 'Edge Demo', 'Tone Demo', Kaleidoscope Demo Pause/Run button on changing effex displays New special gradient filters Triangle and 4 sided for better subject masking with the various Blend Mask filters Single Save command saves to both Photos & iCloud data Trash action starts new photo selection Crop Filter rectangle display improved 'Add' effex & 'Edit' icons moved from the title bar to the Effex Controller Settings Controller will highlight image settings missing an image input. Additional '---> ' label points to info button to open the photo picker Settings Image cells swipe labels changed from 'More' to '+Effex' for adding input filters Title bar buttons are separated into simple logical groups Help Menu improved with new tips and screen shots Trash command now has three options - 'Start Over', 'Remove Filters', 'Remove Images' to start over in new ways with your favorites.

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.1

Updated At: 2024-06-03

Changes: Jun 3, 2024 Version 3.1 Bug fixes for scale framing in full screen mode on both iPad and iPhone. One help window changed on iPad to show use of the Image Picker.

Photo Art: Rift Effects version 3.0

Updated At: 2024-05-03

Changes: May 3, 2024 Version 3.0 Video clips and video recording are new features. Framing is improved. Images can be positioned and sized inside other images with the Lanczos Scale Transform. The Apple standard photo picker is used in both the iPad and iPhone versions. Template filter stacks from the Library can now loaded as an input image parm. Full screen display added with image double tap. Triangle and 4 Sided Gradients are added for use with the Blend with Mask filters to simplify advanced image combinations. Various bugs are also fixed.