iPad App Updates: ArtStudio for iPad, Weather HD, iBooks

There are updates available for several of our favorite iPad app titles today, ArtStudio for iPad, Weather HD and iBooks. Here’s the breakdown:

ArtStudio for iPad – iPadmodo Review and iTunes Link

• new design, more compliant with Apple Human Interface Guidline
• added brush type: DODGE/BURN with the following options: shadows/mid-tones/highlights, normal/colorize
• added brush setting slider: jitter
• improved quality of brush that need texture rotating
• added new shape: polygon (open and closed)
• added opacity slider on drawing canvas
• shapes moved to separated popover
• tap and hold layer thumbnail to display layer options
• “quick menu” displayed after three-finger tap
• possibility to keep color swatches when loading an image
• real-time colorized RGB sliders
• color editing – tap old-color rectangle to restore old color
• new filter icons
• size of Airbrush increased 2 times
• better stability

Weather HD – iPadmodo Review and iTunes Link

• 7-Day forecast, up from 4.
• 3-Hourly forecast for the next 24 hours.
• Several bug fixes and improvements.

iBooks – iTunes Link

• Changes how new iBooks users are provided their complimentary copy of Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.
• Addresses issues to improve performance.