Photographer's Ephemeris 3D Hack 1.4 + Redeem Codes
Sunlight, moonlight, starlight
Developer: Crookneck Consulting LLC
Category: Photo & Video
Price: $11.99 (Download for free)
Version: 1.4
ID: com.crookneckconsulting.TPE-3D
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Description
3D Sun, Moon and Night Photography Planning For Outdoor Photographers.
The Photographer's Ephemeris 3D (TPE 3D) is a unique natural light visualization tool for outdoor and landscape photographers shooting in varied terrain. It's a 3D map-centric Sun, Moon and Milky Way calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.
"TPE3D predicted the light in the distance in the gap just before the right most hill very accurately." - OnLandscape Magazine
"This app has become an indispensable tool in my planning kit, I highly recommend it!" - David Kingham, Exploring Exposure
Watch a sunrise from the future in a rich simulation of sunlight, moonlight and starlight set against the actual topography of your planned shooting location.
Need to see when the arch of the Milky Way will rise between two mountain peaks? Need to see what time in the afternoon the valley will lose direct light in September?
Watch the light unfold under clear skies hours, days, weeks or years before you're actually there in person.
Key features includes:
- 3D topographic maps with simple navigation options
- Sun, moon and galactic centre continuous timeline showing key rise, set and transit events
- Full search capability to find your location (or enter decimal or DMS coordinates directly)
- Automated playback to watch a realtime or faster-than-realtime simulation of the light
- Flying mode for quick movement around a scene
- Enhanced mode for maximum topography and shadow detail
- Symbolic represetation of the Milky Way in Flying mode
- High resolution Milky Way and stars in Enhanced mode
- Direct elevation control for the 3D model camera
- Camera pitch and bearing indicators
- Moon phases are rendered accurately in the 3D scene
- Zoom in/out to equivalent 35mm focal length in enhanced mode
- Daily and annual events lists
- Shared location database with TPE
- Navigation and Artificial Highlights lighting modes
- Support for multiple map pins
- User settings for controlling scene complexity
If you like to plan your natural light photography to capture the photo opportunities others miss, TPE 3D is a must-have tool!
Note:
- This app is CPU and graphics intensive: modern device models provide the best user experience and highest resolution data
- Not recommended for users who only shoot in flat terrain
- Satellite maps are not included
- Building are not shown in 3D
- Max elevation data resolution is 1 arcsecond (approximately 30m/33yards)
- Requires an internet connection
- Does not currently provide simulation of lighting during solar and lunar eclipses
- Topographic data is available only between 83°N and 83°S: data may contain artifacts and errors
- Availability of map types is subject to change, due to 3rd party map service availability, terms or conditions
The Photographer's Ephemeris 3D (TPE 3D) is a unique natural light visualization tool for outdoor and landscape photographers shooting in varied terrain. It's a 3D map-centric Sun, Moon and Milky Way calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.
"TPE3D predicted the light in the distance in the gap just before the right most hill very accurately." - OnLandscape Magazine
"This app has become an indispensable tool in my planning kit, I highly recommend it!" - David Kingham, Exploring Exposure
Watch a sunrise from the future in a rich simulation of sunlight, moonlight and starlight set against the actual topography of your planned shooting location.
Need to see when the arch of the Milky Way will rise between two mountain peaks? Need to see what time in the afternoon the valley will lose direct light in September?
Watch the light unfold under clear skies hours, days, weeks or years before you're actually there in person.
Key features includes:
- 3D topographic maps with simple navigation options
- Sun, moon and galactic centre continuous timeline showing key rise, set and transit events
- Full search capability to find your location (or enter decimal or DMS coordinates directly)
- Automated playback to watch a realtime or faster-than-realtime simulation of the light
- Flying mode for quick movement around a scene
- Enhanced mode for maximum topography and shadow detail
- Symbolic represetation of the Milky Way in Flying mode
- High resolution Milky Way and stars in Enhanced mode
- Direct elevation control for the 3D model camera
- Camera pitch and bearing indicators
- Moon phases are rendered accurately in the 3D scene
- Zoom in/out to equivalent 35mm focal length in enhanced mode
- Daily and annual events lists
- Shared location database with TPE
- Navigation and Artificial Highlights lighting modes
- Support for multiple map pins
- User settings for controlling scene complexity
If you like to plan your natural light photography to capture the photo opportunities others miss, TPE 3D is a must-have tool!
Note:
- This app is CPU and graphics intensive: modern device models provide the best user experience and highest resolution data
- Not recommended for users who only shoot in flat terrain
- Satellite maps are not included
- Building are not shown in 3D
- Max elevation data resolution is 1 arcsecond (approximately 30m/33yards)
- Requires an internet connection
- Does not currently provide simulation of lighting during solar and lunar eclipses
- Topographic data is available only between 83°N and 83°S: data may contain artifacts and errors
- Availability of map types is subject to change, due to 3rd party map service availability, terms or conditions
Version history
1.4
2019-09-20
- Support for iOS 13 and Dark Mode
- Performance improvements
- Updated SDKs
Terrain processing performance has been improved along with timeline scrolling (improved rendering performance under changing lighting conditions). We're saying goodbye to iOS 11 support in this release.
If you're finding TPE 3D useful in your landscape photography planning, a review helps us developing and working to improve the app. If you have any feedback or questions, please write to [email protected].
- Performance improvements
- Updated SDKs
Terrain processing performance has been improved along with timeline scrolling (improved rendering performance under changing lighting conditions). We're saying goodbye to iOS 11 support in this release.
If you're finding TPE 3D useful in your landscape photography planning, a review helps us developing and working to improve the app. If you have any feedback or questions, please write to [email protected].
1.3.5
2019-05-16
- Search is now much better at finding specific addresses
- Search results show different icons to distinguish place names, addresses and manually entered coordinates (TPE 3D will parse decimal degrees and DMS formats)
- Fixes search UI on iPad Pro 11"
- Updated SDKs and libraries
Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you! If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store is really helpful, and lets us keep improving the app.
- Search results show different icons to distinguish place names, addresses and manually entered coordinates (TPE 3D will parse decimal degrees and DMS formats)
- Fixes search UI on iPad Pro 11"
- Updated SDKs and libraries
Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you! If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store is really helpful, and lets us keep improving the app.
1.3.4
2018-09-25
- Camera max elevation above sea level (flight ceiling) increased
- Camera no longer moves horizontally if you hit the flight ceiling
- Display the DST aware time zone name (previously displayed the standard time zone name only)
- AzAlt indicator positions improved
- Updated SDKs, libraries
- Camera no longer moves horizontally if you hit the flight ceiling
- Display the DST aware time zone name (previously displayed the standard time zone name only)
- AzAlt indicator positions improved
- Updated SDKs, libraries
1.3.3
2018-02-23
- New: Services Status screen
- Fix: possible crash in iOS 11 on selecting Save Image from the Share screen
The Services Status screen can be accessed from the Settings page. It shows current availability of the elevation, map and other web services which TPE 3D uses. If you're having trouble loading data, you can check to see if the requires services are up and running ok (it's very rare that they're not!). The services status screen queries an independent uptime monitoring service to give you a true picture of service availability.
If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store really helps us continue to develop the app. Send us your feedback at [email protected].
- Fix: possible crash in iOS 11 on selecting Save Image from the Share screen
The Services Status screen can be accessed from the Settings page. It shows current availability of the elevation, map and other web services which TPE 3D uses. If you're having trouble loading data, you can check to see if the requires services are up and running ok (it's very rare that they're not!). The services status screen queries an independent uptime monitoring service to give you a true picture of service availability.
If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store really helps us continue to develop the app. Send us your feedback at [email protected].
1.3.2
2018-01-07
- Improved moon appearance
- Fix: moon would appear red in iOS 11.2 or higher
- Fix: app crash on attempt to save a location
- Fix: missing locations for a few users
Happy New Year! Send us your feedback at [email protected].
If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store really helps us continue to develop the app.
- Fix: moon would appear red in iOS 11.2 or higher
- Fix: app crash on attempt to save a location
- Fix: missing locations for a few users
Happy New Year! Send us your feedback at [email protected].
If you're enjoying TPE 3D, a review on the App Store really helps us continue to develop the app.
1.3.1
2017-11-21
- Fix: lighting was not updated after selecting event when at pin
Please send feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
Please send feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
1.3
2017-11-07
- Updated for iPhone X
- Location search improvements: language bias and fuzzy search now enabled
- Fixes crash while viewing location details on 32-bit processor devices
- Bug fixes
If you're using both TPE and TPE 3D, please ensure you update to TPE 4.1 to ensure compatibility of the shared Locations database with TPE 3D 1.3.
Send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected]
- Location search improvements: language bias and fuzzy search now enabled
- Fixes crash while viewing location details on 32-bit processor devices
- Bug fixes
If you're using both TPE and TPE 3D, please ensure you update to TPE 4.1 to ensure compatibility of the shared Locations database with TPE 3D 1.3.
Send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected]
1.2
2017-10-17
- UI updates for iOS 11
- Adds support for "Open in TPE 3D" from the Activity/Share sheet in TPE 4.0 (via Universal Links)
You can now set up a shot plan in TPE 4.0 and then choose Share/Open in TPE 3D: the shot will open with your map pins in place and date/time set - double tap a pin to fly directly to it and see the shot in 3D. Please ensure you have the TPE 4.0 update - check in the App Store if you haven't received it yet.
- Adds support for "Open in TPE 3D" from the Activity/Share sheet in TPE 4.0 (via Universal Links)
You can now set up a shot plan in TPE 4.0 and then choose Share/Open in TPE 3D: the shot will open with your map pins in place and date/time set - double tap a pin to fly directly to it and see the shot in 3D. Please ensure you have the TPE 4.0 update - check in the App Store if you haven't received it yet.
1.1
2017-09-08
New:
- Sun, moon and galactic centre paths added
- Sun, moon are scaled when adjusting scene/time in enhanced mode (to make them easier to track visually)
- Scene size slider added to Settings screen
- When at pin, two finger long press walks backwards
- Ambient lighting is now adjustable in Settings (this primarily affects moonless nights)
- Tap sun or moon to start tracking (works in both flying and enhanced mode)
Improved:
- Moon visual appearance and lighting intensity
- When at pin, walk forward direction accounts for location of long press on screen
- Accuracy of sun and moon positions with respect to effect of atmospheric refraction (you should now see better agreement with other TPE versions when adjusted for height above the horizon)
- Accuracy of moon position algorithm (fixed two minor numerical typos in algorithm implementation)
- Reduced preferred frame rate on older devices to improve responsiveness
- Reduced frequency of calculation updates during gestures to improve responsiveness and reduce CPU utilization
- UI refinements
Fixes:
- Focal length calculation in landscape orientation had an error in the formula
- Sun color occasionally left at a default yellow when app first starts and sun is below +1 degree
- Automatic playback should pause on presenting a popover (iPad)
- Initial help overlay was not shown after reset on iPad
Changes:
- Height above the ground is now limited to 6,000m (and an absolute ceiling of 11,000m still applies)
Scene size: we recommend leaving the setting at its default value, unless: (i) you need snappier performance on an older device (in which case, go smaller) or (ii) you're working in a area with high prominence (e.g. high, isolated mountains) and need high accuracy around sunrise/sunset (in which case, go bigger).
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
- Sun, moon and galactic centre paths added
- Sun, moon are scaled when adjusting scene/time in enhanced mode (to make them easier to track visually)
- Scene size slider added to Settings screen
- When at pin, two finger long press walks backwards
- Ambient lighting is now adjustable in Settings (this primarily affects moonless nights)
- Tap sun or moon to start tracking (works in both flying and enhanced mode)
Improved:
- Moon visual appearance and lighting intensity
- When at pin, walk forward direction accounts for location of long press on screen
- Accuracy of sun and moon positions with respect to effect of atmospheric refraction (you should now see better agreement with other TPE versions when adjusted for height above the horizon)
- Accuracy of moon position algorithm (fixed two minor numerical typos in algorithm implementation)
- Reduced preferred frame rate on older devices to improve responsiveness
- Reduced frequency of calculation updates during gestures to improve responsiveness and reduce CPU utilization
- UI refinements
Fixes:
- Focal length calculation in landscape orientation had an error in the formula
- Sun color occasionally left at a default yellow when app first starts and sun is below +1 degree
- Automatic playback should pause on presenting a popover (iPad)
- Initial help overlay was not shown after reset on iPad
Changes:
- Height above the ground is now limited to 6,000m (and an absolute ceiling of 11,000m still applies)
Scene size: we recommend leaving the setting at its default value, unless: (i) you need snappier performance on an older device (in which case, go smaller) or (ii) you're working in a area with high prominence (e.g. high, isolated mountains) and need high accuracy around sunrise/sunset (in which case, go bigger).
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
1.0.5
2017-07-14
- In landscape orientation, displayed focal length is now based on horizontal field of view (previously was vertical field of view)
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
1.0.4
2017-07-11
- Fixed: crash when selecting Save Image
- Fixed: occasional crash when leaving Location Details screen before time zone has updated
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
- Fixed: occasional crash when leaving Location Details screen before time zone has updated
Send your feedback, questions and suggestions to [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
1.0.3
2017-07-07
1.0.3
- German and Spanish localization
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.0.2
- Fixed: search and locations screens did not display correctly on new iPad Pro 10.5"
- New: current camera state is saved more frequently for more reliable restoration between sessions
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
- German and Spanish localization
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.0.2
- Fixed: search and locations screens did not display correctly on new iPad Pro 10.5"
- New: current camera state is saved more frequently for more reliable restoration between sessions
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
1.0.2
2017-06-29
1.0.2
- Fixed: search and locations screens did not display correctly on new iPad Pro 10.5"
- New: current camera state is saved more frequently for more reliable restoration between sessions
1.0.1
- New: moon illumination % is displayed in the altitude chart
- New: you can now use one or two fingers to look around when in Enhanced mode (i.e. you can still use two fingers like you do when Flying)
- New: pinch to fly in/out and twist to fly around gestures are now much better behaved (previously twisting would often result in the height above the ground changing unexpectedly)
- New: pitch and bearing gauges are now tappable. Tap Pitch to reset the camera first to -25° (look towards ground) or to 0° if at pin, or already at -25°. Tap bearing gauge to reset to true north.
- Fix: occasionally enhanced terrain would not load for some map tiles at max scene complexity
- Fix: enhanced stars could appear in flying mode if scene complexity was changed significantly
- Fix: double Help Overlays can occur if a new user (or a user who has reset Help Overlays) drops and goes to pin in quick succession
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
- Fixed: search and locations screens did not display correctly on new iPad Pro 10.5"
- New: current camera state is saved more frequently for more reliable restoration between sessions
1.0.1
- New: moon illumination % is displayed in the altitude chart
- New: you can now use one or two fingers to look around when in Enhanced mode (i.e. you can still use two fingers like you do when Flying)
- New: pinch to fly in/out and twist to fly around gestures are now much better behaved (previously twisting would often result in the height above the ground changing unexpectedly)
- New: pitch and bearing gauges are now tappable. Tap Pitch to reset the camera first to -25° (look towards ground) or to 0° if at pin, or already at -25°. Tap bearing gauge to reset to true north.
- Fix: occasionally enhanced terrain would not load for some map tiles at max scene complexity
- Fix: enhanced stars could appear in flying mode if scene complexity was changed significantly
- Fix: double Help Overlays can occur if a new user (or a user who has reset Help Overlays) drops and goes to pin in quick succession
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
1.0.1
2017-06-26
- New: moon illumination % is displayed in the altitude chart
- New: you can now use one or two fingers to look around when in Enhanced mode (i.e. you can still use two fingers like you do when Flying)
- New: pinch to fly in/out and twist to fly around gestures are now much better behaved (previously twisting would often result in the height above the ground changing unexpectedly)
- New: pitch and bearing gauges are now tappable. Tap Pitch to reset the camera first to -25° (look towards ground) or to 0° if at pin, or already at -25°. Tap bearing gauge to reset to true north.
- Fix: occasionally enhanced terrain would not load for some map tiles at max scene complexity
- Fix: enhanced stars could appear in flying mode if scene complexity was changed significantly
- Fix: double Help Overlays can occur if a new user (or a user who has reset Help Overlays) drops and goes to pin in quick succession
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
- New: you can now use one or two fingers to look around when in Enhanced mode (i.e. you can still use two fingers like you do when Flying)
- New: pinch to fly in/out and twist to fly around gestures are now much better behaved (previously twisting would often result in the height above the ground changing unexpectedly)
- New: pitch and bearing gauges are now tappable. Tap Pitch to reset the camera first to -25° (look towards ground) or to 0° if at pin, or already at -25°. Tap bearing gauge to reset to true north.
- Fix: occasionally enhanced terrain would not load for some map tiles at max scene complexity
- Fix: enhanced stars could appear in flying mode if scene complexity was changed significantly
- Fix: double Help Overlays can occur if a new user (or a user who has reset Help Overlays) drops and goes to pin in quick succession
Please send your feedback, suggestions and questions to [email protected]
1.0
2017-06-19
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Ratings
4.2 out of 5
216 Ratings
Reviews
Robot-Duck,
Excellent app, with only one real flaw.
The app works great for visualization of how the light will fall. Honestly it’s only competitor is Google Earth Pro (desktop only) and this does a better job than that. The controls take a bit getting used to, and I still slide around sometimes, but it’s workable.
The *only* reason this doesn’t get 5 stars is the amount of juice this app uses- on my iPhone 7 Plus it absolutely cranks and destroys the battery life; I pretty much can only use it plugged in if I don’t want to lose obscene percentages of battery quickly. However, newer phones may handle this better, I’m not able to test that unfortunately.
Even with this issue I still love this app.
The *only* reason this doesn’t get 5 stars is the amount of juice this app uses- on my iPhone 7 Plus it absolutely cranks and destroys the battery life; I pretty much can only use it plugged in if I don’t want to lose obscene percentages of battery quickly. However, newer phones may handle this better, I’m not able to test that unfortunately.
Even with this issue I still love this app.
BikerJared,
Working well on iPad Pro 11” - I use this like crazy
Great app for framing landscape shots and planning for light. Was very helpful on my Iceland trip. I’m unaware of another app that does this. On my iPad Pro, the two search buttons at bottom right bring up a grey screen that I can’t exit out of. I have to force close the app. This makes it so I can’t jump from Iceland back to the sites in the US that I’m shooting. The app is basically broken for me right now.
NEW UPDATE: Its not network io. It’s screen orientation. When in portrait mode, the search pane is rendered off the screen. To see it, switch to landscape mode.
UPDATE: I waited about five minutes and the saved places screen finally came up. What I may be seeing is the app waiting for data that never comes. When I tap those buttons now, the saved places screen comes up fast now. Suggest adding a spinner or a way to cancel the sync.
UPDATE: I was able to verify the developer’s response. Things look good now. Been using the app a lot lately, (helped out a bunch on a trip last weekend to plan a Milky Way shoot). I’m very happy with the app. Thank you for the bug fixes!
NEW UPDATE: Its not network io. It’s screen orientation. When in portrait mode, the search pane is rendered off the screen. To see it, switch to landscape mode.
UPDATE: I waited about five minutes and the saved places screen finally came up. What I may be seeing is the app waiting for data that never comes. When I tap those buttons now, the saved places screen comes up fast now. Suggest adding a spinner or a way to cancel the sync.
UPDATE: I was able to verify the developer’s response. Things look good now. Been using the app a lot lately, (helped out a bunch on a trip last weekend to plan a Milky Way shoot). I’m very happy with the app. Thank you for the bug fixes!
setopete,
Buggy and slow
Takes awhile to load the map even when on fast WiFi. When pinching to zoom out, once you hit the “flight ceiling” (which isn’t that high) it stops recognizing your pinch and thinks you’re pointing so the map starts moving around.
what’s the point of tilt slider on the left if you can’t manually change your tilt? if you tap or press it goes to -25. On a second tap it goes to 0 and every subsequent tap takes you back and forth between these angles.
The elevation slider minimizes too quickly when trying to do subtle changes. Say i want to lower my elevation 2 full swipes of the slider. I slide my finger from bottom to top. Then quickly move it to the bottom and begin to slide up again and the bar is in the process of minimizing so i’m moving the map not changing elevation. I have to wait for the bar to finish minimizing before i can begin swiping again. Unless you are frantically flicking your finger the bar minimizes before you get back to the bottom. I also tried using both my index fingers and it would still minimize almost instantaneously after i took 1 finger off my phone.
The light tracking is nice and is what the app for.
Bottom line: I expect more out of apps I pay for.
what’s the point of tilt slider on the left if you can’t manually change your tilt? if you tap or press it goes to -25. On a second tap it goes to 0 and every subsequent tap takes you back and forth between these angles.
The elevation slider minimizes too quickly when trying to do subtle changes. Say i want to lower my elevation 2 full swipes of the slider. I slide my finger from bottom to top. Then quickly move it to the bottom and begin to slide up again and the bar is in the process of minimizing so i’m moving the map not changing elevation. I have to wait for the bar to finish minimizing before i can begin swiping again. Unless you are frantically flicking your finger the bar minimizes before you get back to the bottom. I also tried using both my index fingers and it would still minimize almost instantaneously after i took 1 finger off my phone.
The light tracking is nice and is what the app for.
Bottom line: I expect more out of apps I pay for.
dkrowan1,
Great paired with Ephemeris and Transit
I just got back from the Smoky Mountains and used 3D to fully visualize and plan shots down to the lens used and where to set up. Very accurate and just plain fun to use and even did some "arm chair" travel and photo set ups in the hotel at night to pass the time - great app and I love the integration with Ephemeris for smooth work flow. Well done!
Sntbskamtbf,
Needs work
Locations are difficult. I have to start at the city level and manually find the location. Seems like an address should be sufficient. Would love to see improvement on this
Disappointed84621,
Mushy light, doesn’t work as advertised
My results look nothing like the images in the App Store. Moving from sunrise to noon in the location I selected, an oceanfront bluff, you get a slight sense of shadow on the sand and then the light overall just comes up. In real light, there is absolute shadow on the sand until the sun gets up high enough to light it. Can I get a refund? Thank you
paulkammen,
Powerful but very difficult
A great tool, but also incredibly frustrating to use. Did not recognize Schwanachers Landing in Grand Tetons, and its tough to find spots and get them entered. Once you do its great, but finding your specific spot on the map is excruciating.
AZBeaubaton,
Not as useful as I had hoped.
I was hoping this app would help me predict light and shadows on a given day and at a given time. To some extent, it does. But not the level of details that I need.
A bit disappointed.
A bit disappointed.
dento96,
“ locating”………
This app used to be 5 stars. Now I can’t get it to work. So frustrating. The 3D map loads and then nothing just says locating with the spinning icon and NEVER LOADS. I have a brand new iPad Pro with latest updates and still won’t work. Grrrrrrrrrrr
rfm55555,
Not a satellite map view
Disappointing that TPE 3D uses a topo rather than a satellite map. Side streets are not named and are only marginally shown.
Scaling of pin size doesn’t seem to exist. As you zoom in the pin becomes enormous blocking part of view.
Using on iPad Pro.
Scaling of pin size doesn’t seem to exist. As you zoom in the pin becomes enormous blocking part of view.
Using on iPad Pro.
