Best photo editing app for the iPhone?

Best photo editing app for the iPhone?

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Mobsta

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5,614 posts

255 months

Monday 18th May 2015
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What app are most people using here for editing photos on the iPhone these days?

I'm sure I downloaded photoshop years ago and don't remember seeing any of the basic features, like image resize by height/width, reducing the colour palette to a specified number of colours, being able to create GIF images from saved images, etc.

What is most popular at the moment? I don't seem to remember seeing much of anything other than sepia, vivid, etc type filters which are pretty useless.

HewManHeMan

2,348 posts

122 months

Monday 18th May 2015
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Filterstorm is a great mobile photoshop.


Mobsta

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255 months

Monday 18th May 2015
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HewManHeMan said:
Filterstorm is a great mobile photoshop.
Looks a little PSish, but hasn't been updated in 18 months and is rated 2/10.

There must be a must have app with a name that is more or less the buzzword in the iphoneography circles.

HewManHeMan

2,348 posts

122 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Yeah I was on the hunt for similar, FS was the closest I could find.

I think people are used to having a multitude of apps to do lots of different things so there's not one 'major' app that does the lot (except for FS). Also, the standard picture roll / editor can do some basic editing now, which probably keeps most happy.

If you find anything, let us know!!!

ecsrobin

17,101 posts

165 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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I use snapseed which is now free as Google purchased it however I do find it can make images grainy.

I also use PS touch which is the more advanced version of Photoshop and have no issues in image quality although the app is around £5

Mobsta

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5,614 posts

255 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Snapseed looks great, thanks for that!

ecsrobin

17,101 posts

165 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Mobsta said:
Snapseed looks great, thanks for that!
Not a problem the new UI takes a bit of getting used to but I am a fan of the drama setting. Once you realise what it can do you'll get very good results.

R1-Jay

450 posts

183 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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use snapseed a lot, good for dramatic skies and can work well if you tone it down aswell





ecsrobin

17,101 posts

165 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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It's just a shame Google haven't solved the graining issue.

bory

5 posts

107 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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use Snapseed on my iphone, works well

AndWhyNot

2,358 posts

199 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Another vote for Snapseed. Largely it's for image editing and enhancement but there are a few filters to apply if that's your preference. Interface is comprehensive rather than complicated- often there's options not only to adjust a setting but to change the settings that you want to adjust in the first place. Swiping up and down cycles through the available settings whilst swiping left or right makes the adjustments.

Used it for 4 years, it's recently had its first major overhaul in that time but update only available on iOS8.

It can introduce grain into some images but that's usually a sign that you're asking too much from the original image. For a little more latitude when processing I use the "PureShot" camera replacement app from Jaggr. It's the closest to a full manual camera that I've found on any platform- iOS, Android or Windows. The reason it offers smoother edits is because you have the option of saving images in .TIF format at point of capture, so loads of uncompressed data to push around. Beware, though, files are huge (18mb or so each!)

I've also used the Faded image editing app. Much more about filters but does have some basic adjustments. Additionally offers layering which can be a very useful feature, if you can work out how to use it. No less powerful than Snapseed, somewhat harder to understand and use in my experience.

Mobsta

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5,614 posts

255 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Thanks for the replies guys smile

HewManHeMan

2,348 posts

122 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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PureShot is a great camera app. And shoot RAW!!!!