#horizon 2.0

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Horizon 2.0 launch aftermath

As you might know, Horizon 2.0 was released four days ago on the App Store. We have yet received numerous emails, tweets and reviews revealing how much you love this update and the new features we have added to the app. We really want to thank you for that!

While we are already working on the 2.0.1 update and we are getting ready for the Android release, we thought to take a moment and share with you three really good news that happened lately!

Horizon 2.0 on the App Store

Horizon update is now featured across the App Store in over 100 countries in various places.

We are really honored to be part of the 'Split Second Video' App Store collection, among apps like Vine and Instagram!

Horizon 2.0 has been also featured in the 'Best New Apps' section in the front-page of the App Store and also with a unique banner in the Photos & Videos category across the world.

We are really excited & humbled by this! Getting showcased by Apple is always a way of knowing that we are doing the right thing, and also that we are providing you with be possible experience out there.

FbStart: Accelerate

The news do not end there though! We are really excited to announce that we have been chosen by Facebook in its FbStart Accelerate track! But what does that mean essentially?

FbStart will give us the opportunity to use a large number of services (from prototyping and design, to testing and customer care), which will allow us to continuously improve our product even faster!

The Summit 2014 @ Dublin

Last but not least, we have one more announcement to make! We will be exhibiting Horizon during 'The Summit' in November this year at Dublin, Ireland!

'The Summit' is one of the world’s most influential and international tech events out there, with attendees coming from companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Dropbox.

If you happen to be visiting 'The Summit', come and join us! We will be more that happy to chat with any of you in person!

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Horizon 2.0 is here!

The 14th of July is here, and this can only mean one thing: Horizon 2.0!

So go ahead and unlock the screen of your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and open Horizon. You will be greeted by our updated tutorial, which will guide you through the new features of the 2.0 update!

While Photo Mode, 2K and 60 / 120 FPS video recording are the highlighted features of this update, we have made quite a lot of changes almost everywhere!

You can read the full Horizon 2.0 change-log below. We went ahead and highlighted the most important changes for you.

Photo mode! Tap the photo button or swipe anywhere on the screen to switch to photo mode!

You can also take photos while capturing your video!

60 FPS (720p) support for iPhone 5/5S, iPad 2/Mini/Mini Retina/Air users!

2K resolution & 120 FPS / 720p (Slow Motion) support for iPhone 5S devices!

Lossless zoom with the all new ‘Crisp’ resolutions at iPhone 5S.

New Locked mode: Auto. This mode chooses the best locked orientation automagically!

A lot of interface changes that introduce you to the new features!

The leveling modes have been renamed and revamped: Meet Flex, Rotate and Locked mode!

You can now select modes in a much smarter way while capturing.

Toggle flash on/off even while recording.

The library button now takes you directly to your last captured photo or video.

Do you want to massively delete photos and videos from the photo library? Tap the 'Select' button, then simply swipe to select your items!

The filters have been updated, now working both on video & photo modes.

The produced photos and videos have correct metadata.

Metadata are now saved correctly with your photos & videos to your photo library

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Oh, and one more thing…

We have a whole new dedicated website just for Horizon on horizon.camera!

You can visit Horizon.camera now, and learn more about Horizon, read User Reviews, the Press coverage and the awards and also play with the interactive demo!

And don't forget: If you enjoy using Horizon, please take a minute to leave a nice review or rating in the App Store. If you’ve reviewed or rated a previous version of Horizon please resubmit it as ratings are reset with each new update.

Thank you for your support!

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Introducing: 60 & 120 FPS, 2K recording and more!

You might have thought by now that the upcoming Horizon 2.0 is all about the Photo Mode, but this is just the peak of the iceberg as far as new features are concerned!

Beginning with the 2.0 update you will have the option to shoot horizontal videos in 60 & 120 FPS as well as capture your moments in a staggering 2K resolution!

Our goal is to make the selection of these new modes as fast and as streamlined as possible, so with just one tap you will be able to choose between them (as shown in the screenshot below) and get the result you want without messing around in the Settings!

The 60 FPS mode produces videos with more natural movement whereas the 120 FPS gives you the ability to add slow motion your creations!

For the 120 FPS slow motion videos we added an extra functionality in Horizon's build-in video library: Tap & hold for slow motion playback! You will now have the power to slow time while your video is playing, just by tapping & holding your finger on the screen. Release it and your video goes back to normal playback speed.

As for the 2K option, we now let you capture horizontal videos in 2592x1936 resolution at 30 FPS, which isn't even available in the default Camera app!

For iPhone5S users we have yet another ace upon our sleeves: Crisp modes! Crisp modes take the full 2592x1936 stream from your camera and use it to produce 720p & 1080p videos, resulting in a much more cleaner, or as we prefer to say crispier, output.

All those new modes are available on Apple devices that can support them hardware-wise. The 120 FPS and 2K recording modes are available only on iPhone5S and 60 FPS recording can be found at iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Mini Retina, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S.

Start shooting horizontally now!

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Introducing: Photo Mode

With just one week away from the launch of the first huge update of Horizon, let's start talking about the cool new features.

With the new 2.0 version you can switch between Video and Photo modes just by tapping on the appropriate button or by swiping your finger anywhere on the screen.

Photo mode allows you to shoot beautiful full resolution horizontal photos, but wait; there's more! You can also capture horizontal photos while shooting your video. Just tap on the photo button while recording!

Photo Mode and photo capturing while recording will be supported by any device that Horizon already runs on, available for the back as well as the front cameras!

Oh, and we also have a Vine video for it:

Last but not least, you might want to pick Horizon now, as we have dropped its price from $1.99 to $0.99 (-50%) in order for you to be among the first to experience the power of the Photo Mode!

Start shooting horizontally now!

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Announcing Horizon 2.0 launch date

We’ve been quite busy the past few months. After the last update back in April, we took a step back and read all of your feature requests since launch. It was quite apparent that most of you wanted cool & powerful new functionality to be added to Horizon, and hey, that was exactly what we wanted too!

So we set out to work on an update that would integrate all those new features and yet more, some of which aren’t even available on the default Camera app! We also had to rewrite most of the ‘backend’ logic of the app to make it faster and more reliable, with tighter integration to the latest iOS libraries.

After two months of hard work, we are finally there. We call this update ‘Horizon 2.0’ due to the extensive list of the new features and we will launch it exactly six months (time does run fast, huh?) after the initial release of Horizon: July 14th, 2014.

This update will be free for all of our existing users as a thank you note for your ongoing support!

In the following days we will introduce you to every single change built in Horizon 2.0, so stay tuned!

Till then, mark the date: 14th of July 2014.