iOS iPotassium App Update: Now Extremely Powerful Search Facility

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iOS iPotassium App Update: Now Extremely Powerful Search Facility - Published on 05/04/20

Independent iOS Developer, James Hollender has updated his iPotassium app, which aids in determining potassium amounts in foods. This is just one of ten apps updated to version 7.0 in the suite of iNutrient apps: iCarbs, iCholesterol, iFiber, iKals, iPotassium, iProteins, iSatFat, iSodium, iSugars and Vitamin K. Version 6.0 made the app capable of using the entire screen even of newer iPhones with the notch. Now version 7.0 brings back the Search feature, but one that's much more powerful.

Revere, Massachusetts - Independent iOS Developer, James Hollender has updated his iPotassium app, which aids in determining Dietary Cholesterol in foods. This is just one of ten apps updated to version 7.0 in the suite of iNutrient apps: iCarbs, iCholesterol, iFiber, iKals, iPotassium, iProteins, iSatFat, iSodium, iSugars and Vitamin K. Version 6.0 made the app capable of using the entire screen even of newer iPhones with the notch. Now version 7.0 brings back the Search feature, but one that's much more powerful.

Version 6.0 made the app capable of using the entire screen even of newer iPhones with the "notch". Now version 7.0 brings back the Search feature, but one that's much more powerful. These apps include data from the USDA National Nutrient Database covering the following nutrients: Calories, Carbohydrates, Cholesterol, Fiber, Potassium, Proteins, Saturated Fat, Sodium, Sugars and Vitamin K. All ten apps are universal apps that can be used on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices. The apps include information on how they can be upgraded to app bundles for additional significant savings, i.e., the cost of any apps previously purchased included in bundle is deducted from the cost of the app bundle.

The big new feature in version 7.0 of iPotassium is a search capability that allows for both simple and complex searches. There are two fields that can accommodate either words or phrases. Using only the first provides a simple search that looks for the supplied value in the title, description and USDA ID fields. If a second word or phrase is supplied, then the user has the choice of three operands for how the fields are evaluated: "AND", "OR" and "But Not". As the user enter or changes their values, an instantaneous display is given of how many records will be found. Pressing the "Results" button then displays the full list of matches found.

The vitally important nutrient Potassium can help with: Anxiety and Stress; Blood Pressure; Brain Function; Cramps; Regulating Electrolytes; Heart and Kidney Disorders; Low Blood Sugar; Metabolism; Muscle Disorders; Muscular Strength; Nervous System; Preventing Stroke; and Water Balance. The app makes it easy for users to quickly determine the amount of potassium in a large number of food servings based on information provided by the USDA National Nutrient Database.

In the "Access My Records" section, each food serving for the day is listed in it's own section and the total daily amount of the nutrient is included in the day's heading. This makes comparing nutrient intake for each day an easy task.

The iPotassium app is a Universal iOS app (for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch), and is one of 10 apps in the iNutrients collection. Others include:
* iCarbs - Carbohydrates - great for bodybuilders or diabetics
* iCholesterol - Dietary Cholesterol - for those wanting to watch their cholesterol intake
* iFiber - Fiber - for those interested in getting enough fiber in their diet
* iKals - Calories - for anyone watching their calories
* iProteins - Proteins - great for bodybuilders, vegetarians or vegans needing to make sure they get enough protein in their diet
* iSatFat - Saturated Fats - for those who have been advised by their physician to limit their intake of saturated fat
* iSodium - Sodium - for those who want to cut down on their salt intake
* iSugars - Sugars - for those concerned with getting too much added sugar in their diet
* Vitamin K - Vitamins K1, K1D and K2 - For users of blood thinning medications like Coumadin or Warfarin

If you are working towards healthy eating, knowing the amount of potassium in the foods available for consumption can be extremely helpful.

The iPotassium app provides information about foods and how they are rated for content of potassium. This is provided as a means to assist in deciding which foods to eat. The food servings are rated from Extremely Low in potassium all the way up to Extremely High. The following colors help readily identify which is which:

* Black = Rated Extremely High in Potassium (> 700 mg)
* Dark Red = Rated Very High in Potassium (501 - 700 mg)
* Red = Rated High in Potassium (351 - 500 mg)
* Orange = Rated Moderately High in Potassium (201 - 350 mg)
* Yellow = Rated Moderate in Potassium (151 - 200 mg)
* Light Green = Rated Moderately Low in Potassium (101 - 150 mg)
* Green = Rated Low in Potassium (51 - 100 mg)
* Light Blue = Rated Very Low in Potassium (11 - 50 mg)
* White = Rated Extremely Low in Potassium (0 - 10 mg)

Essentially, the cooler the color, the lower the amount of Potassium, with white being the coolest color and black being the hottest (think burnt).

There are eight tables listing food servings:
* All Foods
* Fast Foods
* Fruits & Vegetables
* Meat, Fish & Shellfish
* Dairy & Egg
* Cereal Grains & Pasta
* Sweets
* Snacks

The All Foods list allows you to search by any word or partial word from all the Food Titles.

Selecting a food in any of the tables will display pertinent information about the selected food serving:
* Food Title
* Weight (in grams)
* Common Measure (serving size for weight)
* Potassium Content (in milligrams)
* Calories
* USDA Description
* USDA Food Group
* USDA Nutrient Database Number

This app allows users to record their intake of food servings and its potassium information. The information is maintained for one year and is presented in reverse chronological order grouped by day, so the latest data is presented first in the list. Editing allows for: 1) changing the number of servings; 2) changing the date; and 3) deleting records.

Information is derived from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference: Potassium Content of Selected Foods per Common Measure. There are currently over 1,100 different food servings included, searchable using more than 2,500 names (some foods are known by different names or how they are prepared, e.g., "Egg, Scrambled" and "Scrambled Egg"). A few these have as many as six searchable names.

The Potassium Info screen provides access to additional information pages:
* What is Potassium?
* Benefits of Potassium
* Highest Potassium Foods
* How to Use this App
* Access My Records
* New iNutrients App
* Important Other Info. (includes allowance to 1) Report a Problem; 2) Ask a Questions; and 3) Make a Suggestion)

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* Requires iOS 12 or later

Pricing and Availability:
The iPotassium price is $2.99 (USD) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Health & Fitness and Medical categories. Review copies are available on request. Review copies are available on request to qualified organizations.

Users interested in multiple nutrients should be aware of the "iNutrients App", which includes all ten of the above listed nutrients. Instead of the USDA partial selection of foods used in the individual iNutrient apps, the iNutrients app includes all foods and food servings in the entire USDA National Nutrient Database for those nutrients. It also includes the capability for altering the color scale for each nutrient if desired. And Custom Foods can be created for those not included in the USDA database. Even an entire meal's nutrient information could be included in a single Custom Food definition to make entry even simpler. The iNutrients app is available for less than the cost of three individual iNutrient apps and is specially reduced during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

iPotassium 7.0: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id625982326
All iNutrient Apps Bundle (10 apps): https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/all-inutrient-apps/id917498465
Most Popular iNutrient Apps Bundle (5 apps): https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/most-popular-inutrient-apps/id917503222
iNutrients App (Entire USDA National Nutrient Database for 10 nutrients): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inutrients-10-nutrients-incl-carbs-vitamin-k/id580660547


Based in Revere, Massachusetts, Indie developer James Hollender is a well seasoned Information Technology professional who has been familiar with Apple products since the days of the first Macintosh computer and has been involved with object oriented programming since the introduction of Java, culminating most recently in writing apps in Objective C for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. His innovative ideas have resulted in numerous suggestion and other awards including a commendation from a former President of the United States. James Hollender has been involved writing iPhone and iPad apps with Foliage, Kronos, Olympus, Cross Country Automotive Services (now Agero), and Valmarc Corporation (now Vi3 Global). Copyright (C) 2010-2020 James Hollender. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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GraphicConverter 11.2 Adds More Useful Image Editing Features to macOS

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GraphicConverter 11.2 Adds More Useful Image Editing Features to macOS - Published on 05/04/20

German indie development team Lemke Software GmbH today announces GraphicConverter 11.2, an important update to their award-winning image editing utility for macOS. GraphicConverter converts any of over 200 graphic file formats to one of more than 90 other graphic formats. Version 11.2 brings new and updated features, including a Live Unskew effect, Dehaze filter, Bulging Eyes filter, and much more.

Peine, Germany - Independent developer, Lemke Software GmbH today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of GraphicConverter 11.2, an important update to their popular image editing utility for macOS. The utility, which has been hailed by users as the "Swiss Army Knife" of image editing applications, can convert any of 200+ graphic file formats into any of 90+ other graphic formats.

The update brings a large number of new and updated features, along with bug fixes and performance enhancements. New features in version 11.2 include a Live Unskew effect, Dehaze filter, Bulging Eyes filter, and numerous other new and updated features, as well as bug fixes and performance improvements.

"GraphicConverter 11.2 represents just the latest in a continuing cycle of improvements to the GraphicConverter app. We strive to continually add new and improved features that both novice and well-experienced users will appreciate and find useful," says Thorsten Lemke, founder of Lemke Software GmbH. "We take pride that GraphicConverter has always been simple enough for novice users, while offering powerful features that graphics professionals will appreciate."

New features:
* Filter External Services
* Apple II Single/Double HiRes import
* Browse Nextcloud, Synology Drive and pCloud
* Faces menu: rebuild database
* Faces menu: add faces from already tagged images (i.e. images from Picasa)
* XMP/IPTC menu: copy part of filename to title
* Preferences General Window Content: option to increase custom pattern display size
* Edit menu: Crop with last values
* Edit menu: Crop all open images with last crop values (appears only with pressed shift key)
* File menu: New: New image from clipboard with name
* Filter menu: Dehaze with Color
* Effects menu: Live Unskew
* Faces menu: Bulging Eyes

Updated features:
* Slideshow with Find: additional filter orientation
* Improved File menu
* Improved Browser context menu
* Modernized saving (removed a lot of old file manager calls)
* Log processed file option for batch conversion
* Progress during resample and rasterize PDF
* PICT import tries to import JPEG datastream directly
* Improved browser context menu item order
* Improved File menu item order
* Browser context menu in thumbnail area: show submenu supports storing of settings
* Picture/curves: added reset all button
* Improved missing profil action
* ExifTool
* Slideshow option-o opens image defined Open With app
* Image window: scale toolbar icon
* Edit menu optimized
* Improved speed of slideshow file list reading for large slideshows
* Added progress dialog to slideshow file reading for large lists
* Added histogram to raw developer
* Added note before opening PICTs on macOS 10.15.4 or later

Bug fixes:
* Fixed error -516 during overwriting an existing file by drag and drop in the browser
* Fixed possible rounding error in make square batch
* Fixed missing change flag during editing iptc data of open image
* Fixed possible crash during extraction of image objects in convert & modify
* Fixed possible issue with JPEG compressed DICOM import
* Fixed possible crash upon import of PCDs on macOS 10.13 or older

GraphicConverter 11.2 continues the long-standing tradition of offering macOS users the most powerful way to edit and manage images on the Mac. Users can use the app to capture, import, convert, edit and export images. The app can import images directly from cameras, even in the RAW format. Other features include powerful slideshow abilities, support for AppleScript, powerful batch image processing features, image catalog generation, and so much more.

Features Include:
* Ability to open files in 200+ graphics formats
* Ability to export to over 90+ different formats
* Graphical file and picture browser
* Slide show functions
* Powerful batch processor feature
* Import directly from camera (also RAW)
* Catalog generation (web, print, picture)
* TWAIN and image capture interface for scanners
* Direct support of the photo services Flickr and locr
* Support for Applescript
* Express picture enhancement function
* Powerful functions for editing pictures
* Advanced effects and filters
* Plug-in architecture
* Color management with ColorSync and ICC profiles
* 3D image support
* Supports the latest technologies of the different macOS versions
* Multilingual (12 available languages)
* Image verifier
* Ability to browse local copies on cloud services like Dropbox, SkyDrive, Amazon Cloud and Google Drive
* Record Macros: Save time by recording steps and applying them to other files
* RAW Developer: A full-screen dialog is now available when opening RAW files
* Unpack Archives: View or unpack archive files
* Wide Equalization: Reduce distortion present in wide-angle shots
* Gradients: Easily create color gradients with up to 10 colors
* Duo-Tone: Color shots with two colors to duo-tone images
* Apple Finder Tags: Use the context menu to directly display and change Finder tags

While Lemke Software takes pride in the continual addition of new features and enhancements in every new version of GraphicConverter, it also strives to keep the app a simple to use utility that will allow new users to quickly and efficiently import, convert, and edit their images.

"We continue to offer a trial version of GraphicConverter, as we believe it is important for users to be able to try the app with no risk of any kind," continues Thorsten. "If users have any questions or have any suggestions on how to improve the app, we encourage them to drop us an email and share their thoughts."

Language Support:
English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese

System Requirements:
* OS X 10.9 or later
* Compatible With macOS 10.15 Catalina (supports new features, too)
* 64-bit processor
* 153.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GraphicConverter 11.2 is only $39.95 USD (or an equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide through the Mac App Store in the Photography category. It can also be directly purchased online from the Lemkesoft website. Upgrades from older versions of GraphicConverter are available for $25.95 USD. The upgrade is free for all customers of version 11.0

GraphicConverter 11.2: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/
More Information: https://www.lemkesoft.info/forum
Download GraphicConverter: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/download/
Purchase and Download from the Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/graphicconverter11/id1465576485
Purchase from Lemke Software: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/order/
YouTube Channel (Tutorial Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAtl9qcyQ3-hxhYnSCkbZ7Q


Based in Peine, Germany, Lemke Software GmbH is a developer and publisher of Macintosh software. Founded by Thorsten Lemke in 2002, the main focus and passion of Lemke Software is centered on the maintenance and further development of GraphicConverter. Lemke Software also develops individual solutions for special customer requirements. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2020 Lemke Software GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh Mac OS X, and macOS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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