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Camera App Shoot Out: Which Is Right For You?
July 20, 2010 | by noxdineen
Android Apps, Multimedia, Reviews
As smartphones continue to evolve and improve into superphones they offer excellent replacements not only for digital cameras but also for basic photo editing software. Although iPhones had an enviable selection of photo apps the gap has closed, the Android Market offers a great selection of fun and powerful apps for photography. But which is ideal for you?
Digital Darkroom Addict
When there’s a new version of Photoshop available you’re among the first to install it. You enjoy the post-processing almost as much as you love taking the photos themselves and you think of your computer as a digital darkroom.
Your ideal app is Vignette, a camera app so feature-packed that it’s guaranteed to make you forget about Photoshop (if only for a moment). Vignette comes with 62 different effects, 56 frames and allows you to further tweak options such as contrast, saturation and even color shift for many of the effects. Any customization you make can be saved as a favorite effect for later use.
The best part is that you can either take a photo with a pre-selected effect, or simply take a normal photo and try out different settings after the fact. You can save multiple versions of a photograph, each with different editing.
Not convinced? Try the free version before investing in the £2.99 full version. The only limitation on the free version is you cannot use the full resolution of your phone’s camera.
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Digital Lomographer
The best part about light, powerful digital cameras is that they’ve eliminated the need to spend money on film while still letting you shoot visually distinct images that look like they were taken on toy film cameras like the popular Lomo.
Hands down the best faux Lomo images are produced by Camera 360 Pro, which offers not one but three different Lomo options each of which produces contrasty, vignetted images with gorgeous tonal nuances. It also supports HDR, axis shift, and more. You can test drive the free version, Camera 360, but will be limited to your phone’s screen resolution as maximum image size (and subject to intrusive nag screens). The full version costs $3.99.
The one drawback with this app is that even using a task killer to manually shut it down after use I found it caused incredible battery drain. If your Android is more camera than phone to you, though, it’s worth the inconvenience.
Budget Photographer
You’ve spent enough on an awesome phone, why should you have to spend more on an app to get incredible photos with it? Lucky for you FxCamera, without a doubt the best free camera app available on the Android Market, offers great options with minimal compromise.
The Toy Camera effect has 9 different choices, many of which produce photos that are second only to Camera 360 Pro for that popular vintage look. You can also add Polaroid-style frames, or simulate circular or full-frame fisheye lenses.
The downside to FxCamera is that maximum resolution is currently a mere 960 x 640 pixels. That’s good enough for any web use, but there’s no chance of getting a decent print made.
I love the Vignette app!
The market is getting so hard to find anything because there are apps with the same names as others. Please in bar codes or links to the apps at appbrain.com.
This post would be 100% more useful with some sample images from each app, and for some of the effects you are describing. You know what they say, a picture is worth 1000 words…
I use all of these, and RetroCamera (which is also pretty cool), along with the Photoshop for Adobe to tweak.
Personally, I can live without all of the different effects. All I want is a camera app that allows for quick and simple toggling of flash modes and Macro on/off. The layout of most camera apps on the Moto Droid is horrible… it is difficult to hold the phone/camera in landscape mode without touching one of the 4 Android buttons. I cannot tell you how many times strangers have offered to take a picture for me only to have them accidentally touch a button and either exit the camera app completely or inadvertently launch a menu or search.
I love Vignette (full version), FXCamera for Andy Warhol effect, and RetroCamera apps. It's so much fun sharing pictures with friends and family.
What's needed is an image stabilization app!
Imo the best camera for Android is Camera ZOOM FX – all feature above + stable image + customize all hardware options + buddies + loads more. Highly recommended.
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