Obsession with taking pictures or posing for the camera is
not a rare thing these days. There are two reasons behind this. Firstly,
everyone got a camera, thanks to the smartphones. Secondly, there are social
media platforms through which we get an audience for our photos and the
comments that deliver the desired feel-good factor.
We have become expert in posing like never before, sometimes
we even surpass the celebrities. Moreover, it appears as if it’s our moral
obligation to document and share every single moment of our life with pictures.
So, the craze is not subliminal and hence, we must celebrate
it and put efforts to make our pictures more beautiful. Photo editing apps are
of great help in this regard. If you are also fond of taking pictures of
friends, sunrises, nature, your pretty face then your smartphone should have photo
editors devoted to making your pictures much prettier.
These days even smartphone cameras are good at resolution
and quality. So, you always have the liberty to become an amateur photographer.
But as not all of you are professionals, so you mightn’t get the best shot each
and every time. That is what can be taken care of by the photo editing apps.
Using these apps, you can brighten your shots, tune up the color, crop away
unnecessary elements, add special effects and do a lot more.
Following are five photo editing software for iOS8. These
apps carry a whole myriad of features that will let you do a lot of many
experimenting with your pictures.
VSCO Camera
If you are searching for a free photo editing software, then
VSCO Cam can be your choice. It has a versatile package of tools through which
you can put interesting tweak in your photos. VSCO Camera is a photo app but
its real magic lies in its editing features. It includes multipurpose preset
filters that can be adjusted using strength sliders. More filters are available
as in-app purchases. The app also lets you tweak images with features like
saturation and temperature control, film grain, highlights, shadows, and more.
From within the app, users can share pictures on some of the social media platforms
like Google+, Instagram, etc.
Adobe Photoshop Touch
If you are looking for more technically efficient photo
editing software, then Adobe Photoshop Touch will be a good choice. Although, it
is not as comprehensive as the desktop version but has most of the basic functions
of the desktop version. Even with the basic functions, it is much more powerful
than many other editors. It lets users work with layers, use a wide array of
selection tools, filters, adjustments and many others. The app is the best for
editing of high-resolution photos as it avoids downscaling even up to 12
megapixels photos and thus no details get lost. It is available for $9.99 at Apple
App store and Google Play store.
FaceTune
Selfies are very popular these days. As selfies are self-clicked pictures, hence these are closer snapshots of faces. In such close-view pictures, it gets important to make the face look clearer, bright and spot free. FaceTune is for tuning up your face. It doesn’t have powerful photo editing features; rather it exclusively provides ways to make selfies and other portraits look much prettier. FaceTune has many such tools through which you can do kind of makeup on your selfie. For instance, you can clear off the blemishes, correct red eye, whiten the teeth, colorize grey hair, and remove pimples, etc. In addition to these, other basic photo editing features like cropping, filters, rotating, flipping, lighting, etc. are also available in the app. It costs $2.99 at Apple App store.
Afterlight
Afterlight is another light photo editing software through
which mobile photographers can have access to a wealth of snapshot polishing
tools. The app includes a myriad of tools that support basic editing to sober
editing. Saturation, contrast, shadow, highlight, and various such features are
available with the app. In addition to that, it also lets users try out various
other editing experiments such as applying textures, slider-adjustable filters,
light leaks, transform, crop and a variety of frames. The app costs $0.99 at Apple
App store and Google Play store.
Instagram
If you are looking for an online image editor, then Instagram is the most popular one. It lets you edit the pictures and share them instantly through Instagram or other social networks. It has a robust set of editing tools like filters, croppers, fancy borders, different special effects like grainer, old-time-y look, etc. It is one of the awesome apps to jazz up your mobile snaps.
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