ZDO Blog

What's happening with the video revolution.

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Circle

A line... without a beginning or an end... that goes around in a smooth curve... with no corners to interrupt your journey along the path... turning ever so lightly at each step... ending back at where it started... or did it?... Did it even begin in the first place?... Do we stop?... Or, do we continue on our journey around this geometric beauty yet again?

Circle(s)! Coming soon... in version 1.3

Go ZDO!

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Version 1.2 just got approved and is now available for download on the iTunes AppStore. Go download it, and take a trip to San Francisco… So, you too can take screenshots like these ;)

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Version 1.2: What's Coming?

First, let's get the bad news out. v1.1 went out last week and introduced a few new filters along with the "SF Pack". But, it also came with a few bugs, the most prominent of which was that nobody could do anything with the SF Pack filters. Added to that, people that were still on iOS 6 had the app crash on them whenever they tapped on a locked filter :( ZDO was meant to make videography easier for users, but instead made life miserable.

Fixed crash on iOS 6 devices.

SF Pack is now available for unlocking.

Don't lose your videos when your app goes into background. This is a big one! v1.2 makes sure your video gets saved automatically... If not when you go into background mode, at least when you open the app again.

Improved Memory Usage, so your app runs lighter, and has a lesser chance of getting kicked out by the OS...

And, the biggest improvement of all, and the reason why this is v1.2, and not v1.1.1, is... LANDSCAPE MODE!!!

Now you can shoot in either Square format, or, tilt the phone sideways and shoot in native aspect Widescreen Landscape Format. And, yes! For the sake of everyone else's sanity, you cannot shoot portrait videos in ZDO :) It's either square, or widescreen landscape.

ZDO 1.2 has been submitted to the AppStore for review, and should be out soon.

Go ZDO!

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Got Bugs?

Don’t worry. Fixes are on the way!

iOS 7 introduced a few quirks around recording videos which caused ZDO to fail at recording videos the very first time the App is launched. Especially around accessing the Microphone the very first time an App tries to record a video, where iOS 7 has a new dialog asking for permission. And, for some weird reason, this causes the movie recorder to fail.

This flow went untested before the launch, and now that everyone seems to be having this issue, I’m pushing out a fix for it right away. I’ve already submitted the v1.1 build to the App Store, and hopefully it becomes available for download soon.

Of course, a point release is not worth a +.1 versioning if all it’s gonna do is fix bugs! That’s what the +.0.1 releases are for. So, it’s gonna include new filters as well. 8 of them in all. 3 free ones, and a new premium pack of 5.

Go ZDO!

-V

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Paper Pack: Introductory Offer!

For a limited time only, Paper Pack can be unlocked for $0.99. That's half off the regular price of $1.99. Shhh! Offer will expire after a limited number of unlocks have occurred. Unlock yours while you still can ;)

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Hello!

Humble beginnings for an awesome app blog ;)

Welcome to the ZDO App Blog! Here you will find updates about new features that are in the works, and also any news surrounding the App. For starters, did you know that ZDO launched on the App Store this week? Did you also know that there is already an update in the works to fix all the issues that new users are running across on their devices?

From time to time, you can also expect some slick content created with ZDO to be featured here as well. If you would like your videos to be featured as well, please shoot a youtube link over to [email protected].

Cheers! -V