Using Mobile Apps to Enhance Pictures

| Sunday, June 19, 2011
By Gareth Jale


Samsung's Infuse 4G is one of the most powerful smart phones to surface and it was highly touted before its release. Two features in particular distinguish the Infuse from its competition. The first is its amazing display, a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch screen that's both gorgeous and innovative. Samsung also has a wide range of accessories available to protect it, so choosing a case and a screen protector that lets you get the most out of it won't be an issue. The second feature features a 8 MP camera that has LED flash, auto focus, zoom, ISO control, and much more features for great photo opportunities.

With the Infuse, when it comes to enhancing your photos, the only thing limiting you are the apps you have or don't have installed. One of the most powerful image editors is PicSay, which can be acquired for free. If you decide you can't get enough, then you can upgrade to PicSay Pro. PicSay offers a nice basic menu that allows you to implement cool effects such as brightness, temperature, contrast, and more. It also features a wide range of effects such as icons, dialogue balloons to help decorate photos.

The next application for image editing is Photoshop's mobile app. Photoshop is the biggest image-editing software and this Mobile application is the closest you can ever get on a phone. What separates this application from PicSay is that it has many more filters and effects. It can be a little complex to use, which is why we prefer PicSay when it has the tool for the job. We have earlier mentioned PicSay Pro, but since Photoshop is free, we'd rather just pair the two applications together than pay for any upgrade.

And last but not least is FxCamera, which has a huge list of cool effects that you can't find on PicSay or Photoshop Mobile. FxCamera is also completely free. Some of its best effects include Fisheye, ToyCam, Polandroid, SymmetriCam and Warhol. The only thing standing between FxCamera being a good app and being a great app is that it doesn't have enough effects that you'll use very often. Nevertheless, it's a must-have tool for any diverse image-editing toolbox.

In conclusion, we'll do a roundup of other favorite applications. Vignette provides a range of film and flash-based effects, and it's like FxCamera in terms of how often it's used but it's not free. CameraZOOM FX is a very powerful suite of many different photo-editing tools. It only cost several dollars, so it's an excellent value, but the intricacy may be a little too high for the average user. And there's Snap Photo Pro, and it aims to replace and expand on most of the built-in camera features.




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