by The Apple TV makes it easy to show off pictures taken with the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPhone via AirPlay, but the built-in Photos app leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to managing how those images actually appear on screen. Enter PhotoPresenter, a universal app from the creators of iStopMotion that offers iOS device owners full control over how photos are displayed using a clutter-free, drop-dead simple user interface.
As a second screen app, the device display is used for controlling playback in either portrait or landscape mode, while images are displayed elsewhere for an audience to view. PhotoPresenter can access the Camera Roll, albums, and Photo Streams of any iOS device it’s installed on, and with a tap on any image, send it straight to a connected HDTV set. The easiest way to do this is wirelessly via AirPlay Mirroring to an Apple TV, but PhotoPresenter also supports HDMI or VGA with the appropriate adapter.
Rather than swipe to display the next image, you can tap any thumbnail and the previous image pleasantly dissolves into the next. This method allows you full control over the presentation and display photos in a non-linear way, which comes in handy for those who store work and personal photos in the same place. PhotoPresenter also includes another privacy option: Tapping a small icon in the upper right corner of any image thumbnail pulls up a preview of that photo for your eyes only, which is a great way to choose from similar poses without awkwardly displaying them all to your audience.
And that’s really all there is to PhotoPresenter, aside from a single setting that determines whether or not photos are shown in overscan mode, which eliminates black edges on screen so images will fill the frame as much as possible without cropping.
The bottom line. PhotoPresenter does a bang-up job of doing exactly what it promises, so how much utility you receive from the app ultimately comes down to whether or not its decidedly narrow feature set seems worth $1.99. We think it is.
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