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better images with your phone’s camera
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from the following photo apps and editors to help you enhance the quality
of your pictures.
Mobile
phones have evolved from the simple calling and texting devices of a decade
ago into multi-functional gadgets with endless features. Take the cameras
installed in these phones. With many sub- 10,000 phones sporting 8-megapixel
(MP) cameras, more people are using this pocketable device to click photos
on the move. However, you may not get very good results from all of these.
Here’s where a plethora of photo apps and editors come handy. Though some
of these are free, you will have to buy others, but they can all help you
enhance the images. Best camera apps 1 iPhone
Camera+
($0.99 or 55)
Justifying its name, this app offers advanced features to iPhone users.
You can control exposure, adjust focus using touch, or choose from 16 scene
modes to get the best picture. It also has a built-in image editor to add
various effects to your photographs.
Camera Awesome (Free)
If you need help with composition, Camera Awesome can show you grids to
get the best subject placement. It also provides a timer, image stabiliser,
burst shooting mode and has an integrated image effects editor. 2
Android
Camera Zoom FX
($2.99 or 165)
This app offers advanced controls for ISO, focus, metering, exposure
and white balance. Other features include a burst mode of 10 shots per
second, customisation of hardware buttons to click or zoom and live preview
of special effects.
Pudding Camera (Free)
Also available for the iPhone, Pudding Camera offers unique effects (50
mm, fisheye, triplex, etc) for your photographs. There is also a quick
access dial for exposure control on the interface. The only issue is that
it shoots at a maximum size of 1,280 x 1,280 pixels. 3 Windows Phone
Camera Effects
($1.49 or 82)
With this app, you can preview the various effects and frames available in
the app before taking a photo. The app provides easy access controls for
flash, burst mode as well as effects and frames in a single window.
Fhotoroom (Free)
Fhotoroom offers a built-in image stabiliser in its camera interface.
It also has a self-timer, exposure adjustment, built-in image level to
frame the shot better, various preset shooting modes and over 90
post-processing effects to enhance the image. 4 Symbian
CameraPro 15
For a puny amount, this app offers a multitude of advanced features. It
allows you to adjust white balance, exposure and ISO settings, as well as
shoot high dynamic range (HDR) pictures. There is an onscreen compass and a
virtual horizon to help with composition.
SCam (Free)
This app offers advanced features, such as a real-time histogram and a
horizon line to help with composition. It offers time lapse, HDR, exposure
bracketing modes and a continuous autofocus mode, over and above the basic
settings available on your smartphone. 5 BlackBerry
Pencil camera
($2.99 or 165)
In a simple two-step process, you just shoot an image with the app and
it gets displayed instantly as pencil art. Pencil Camera gives you the
option to choose the image size as well as to directly store the images in
the internal memory or the memory card.
Camera Timer (Free)
As the name suggests, the app lets you set a timer for the camera. You
can choose between 0-20 seconds for taking pictures and even set time
intervals between photos. You can shoot up to 10 images within the interval
time. Free photo editors
1 iPhone: Aviary
Also available for Android, Aviary allows you to adjust the brightness,
contrast, saturation and sharpness of images. You can add free effects like
sepia, soft focus and aqua, or purchase additional ones. You can also
change the colour tone or add fun stickers to photographs before sharing
them with friends.
2 Android: PicsArt
With this free app, you can add frames, borders, stickers, Clipart
graphics and text effects. There are also lots of artistic photo effects,
in addition to the standard crop, rotate and colour adjustment options. You
can also draw on the image with various artistic brushes, as well as make a
collage with pictures.
3 Windows Phone: InstaCam
The highlight of this photo editor is that it lets you combine multiple
filters and effects to create your own filters. It has 26 photo effects, 12
frames and 9 predesign filters to enhance your photos and share them on
various social networks. Instacam also calls itself the ‘unofficial
Instagram client’ for Windows Phone OS. The limitation is that it only lets
you browse through Instagram photos and does not let you upload your own.
4 Symbian: Molome
This free app is the Symbian alternative to Instagram. It works in the
same fashion—click a photo or select an existing one from your phone and
then apply any of the effects available. The app keeps getting updated with
new effects on a regular basis. You can share the image on various social
networks, including Molome’s own network, where you can earn badges on
completing certain milestones to improve your social reputation.
5 BlackBerry: Photo Editor Ultimate
Offering various colour filters and effects, Photo Editor Ultimate lets
you combine or overlay one photo over the other to create beautiful
collages. Apart from options to adjust brightness, hue, saturation and
colour, it also comes with tools to set the image quality as well as crop,
rotate or resize an image. You can e-mail the photo or share it on various
social networks, besides doing so with your BBM contacts from within the
app.
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