TOKYO (MacHouse) – If I run out of development ideas, what I usually do is to…, you know!? I often look for old applications that I can upgrade, which is the case for a new release that I submitted to Mac App Store several minutes ago. This new software submission is called Look4Faces 2

Look4Faces 2 is a desktop application that lets you scan a video clip and find frames containing one or more human faces. The second version of the Looks4Faces series lets you use not just a local video file but also a video clip hosted at a remote server.

Tom Bluewater

Tom Bluewater

What’s new?

1. The user can use a video file located on a remote server.
2. MPEG and other movie formats are supported.
3. The user can see rectangular facial regions.
4. It’s been developed from a scratch in Swift.

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Last week, I released Old Talk Desktop, the desktop version of Old Talk, which is currently available for the iPhone at Apple‘s App Store. The new software release that I submitted to Mac App Store several minutes ago is an advanced version of Old Talk Desktop.

Old Talk Desktop Advanced lets you create an Internet meme with ease. I mean, it doesn’t even require a picture of your own. Old Talk Desktop Advanced accesses the iCloud server with a pool of movie screenshots from old movies that have expired and then that are placed in the public domain. Unlike the iOS version, you can overlay as many text labels and comment boxes as you want over a movie screenshot you select. Also, the desktop version lets you submit your Internet memes to the public database hosted by the iCloud server so that other users can view them. Additionally, you can view and rate Internet memes created by other users.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Yes, I’ve been slow this month. I’ve published just one iOS app so far. That’s because I had to learn a new thing, which is how to use CloudKit (iCloud Drive framework). Well, I have at least two more apps to publish this month. One of them, which I submitted to Mac App Store several minutes ago, is called… Yes, you’ve guessed it right. It’s Old Talk Desktop.

Old Talk Desktop is the macOS equivalent of an iOS app called Old Talk, which is already available at Apple’s App Store. Old Talk Desktop lets you create an Internet meme with ease. I mean, it doesn’t even require a picture of your own. Old Talk Desktop accesses the iCloud server with a pool of movie screenshots from old movies that have expired and then that are placed in the public domain. Unlike the iOS version, you can overlay as many text labels and comment boxes as you want over a movie screenshot you select. Also, the desktop version lets you submit your Internet memes to the public database hosted by the iCloud server so that other users can view them. Additionally, you can view and rate Internet memes created by other users.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – This month is almost over. Hmm… I still have time for one more desktop application. In fact, I submitted a new software title to Mac App Store several minutes ago. This new software submission is called justIcons 3.

Tom Bluewater

Tom Bluewater

The justIcons series is now more than four years old. It’s been developed from a scratch in Swift. justIcons 3 supports both Xcode 8 and Xcode 9.

justIcons 3 makes software development easier by letting you create an icon set (AppIcon.appiconset) out of a single image file for Xcode. Imagine that you have to create more than a dozen images if you develop a Universal iOS app. With justIcons 3, it’ll take a single image to create the entire icon set folder containing the JSON folder (Contents.json).   Continue reading →