United States3D 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
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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
United StatesMushy 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
United StatesNot 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.
United StatesNeeds better maps.
On an iPad Pro 9.7, the map detail, even in enhanced mode, is too poor to use for any precision location planning.
United StatesWhat happened?
The 5 star rating is for when its working. It has worked flawlessly for almost 2 years and lately it has become buggy. I have become very frustrated with it freezing all the time. I depend on this app and now I am without a valuable tool.
United StatesExcellent 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.
United StatesNot 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.
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- 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].
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