These days, app stores are flooded with photo editing apps that give people a range of filters and smart editing options to do a lot more with their mobile phone photography. Sudhir Chowdhary takes a look at some of the free Android photo-editing apps, which are easy to use and apt for on-the-go photo editing:
Adobe Photoshop Express
Snap, edit, share and smile—on-the-go photo editing was never so fun, fast, and cool. With Adobe Photoshop Express, you can literally touch your way to better-looking pictures with automatic fixes and filters. The app is brought to you by Adobe, proud makers of the Photoshop family of products. Photos on your mobile phone are easily modified with just a few swipes on a simple interface. Basics like rotation, cropping, red-eye removal and flipping are kid’s play on this app. Its blemish-removal rids your photos of pesky spots of dirt or dust. You can also control the colour and overall appearance of your photos with options, such as adjusting highlights, shading, shadows, contrast. A great app for quick,
on-the-go photo editing.
Cupslice
One of the most trending photography app on social media, Cupslice is an easy-to-use photo editor that relies heavily on things like filters to deliver a good experience. Its filters can be customised to give the look you want. There are also some basic photo editing tools such as crop, frames, hue and saturation adjustment, black and white, collages, and brightness and contrast settings. The app features thousands of high quality stickers covering any latest trending topic on the internet, including funny, cute, vintage, quote, music, birthday and much more. The best things is, it’s incredibly easy and simple to use.
Snapseed
Perfect your photos in a snap with the new Snapseed 2.0. This app brings the power and control of professional photo-editing software previously only available on the desktop to your mobile device. Now, with the tap of a finger, you can retouch, adjust perspective, re-edit and more. You can also tune the image using a variety of sliders and one-touch enhance tools. This unique photo editor was scooped up by Google a few years ago and has since turned into
one of the premiere photo editing apps for Android. It is also available on iOS platform.
VSCO Cam
One of the most-downloaded photo apps on Android, VSCO is a great way to shoot, edit, and share your photographs. Its tools allow for fine-tuning, with the goal to complement, not define, your photographs. It combines a dedicated camera app, solid editing features and its own Instagram-like user-uploads page. The app provides an easy one-click fix for photos in the form of basic filters, while offering further options deeper in the app for professionals. Of course, it’s free to download.
Cymera
With 200 million users worldwide, Cymera is an all-in-one selfie & photo editor which provides real-time filter camera, strong editing tools, and a global photo trend tracker. Although you can technically use this app from SK Communications for any type of photo, it really excels at portraits. It offers seven different lenses and four different recording modes to instantly improve photos. More than 20 filters, decorations, portrait features, and realistic make-up effects are available, and images can be shared among Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter directly from the app. You can also send photos to friends on WhatsApp, Line, Snapchat and other instant messengers.
Photo Editor Pro
Photo Editor Pro by Dreams Room is a powerful editor that has many amazing effects and filters. It has a simple operation and anyone can use it. The app contains all of the most commonly used image processing functions. You’ll find features like portrait processing to eliminate acne and make your face flawless. It also removes blemishes and has teeth whitening and skin whitening, plus red-eye reduction options. You’ll also find stickers, frames, filters, and you can even add text to images to create your own memes.
AirBrush
If you have a penchant for taking a lot of selfies, then AirBrush by MagicV is the right tool for you. It is easy to use and gives users a good selfie photo editing experience with user friendly, Photoshop quality retouch tools. With its blemish remover, you can eliminate pimples and unwanted spots with the tap of a finger. Love your smile? The teeth whitening function will make you look like you came straight from the dentist. You can use ‘Smooth’ to achieve a perfect, glowing complexion with a couple of swipes. No need to look for that perfect lighting or to even wear beauty products. And, with ‘Brighten,’ AirBrush enhances your eyes to instantly light up your best selfie photo.
