Photo editing apps

[cocky jeremy]

I'm looking for an app to edit exposure, brightness, hue, etc. I've seen a ton of them, free and paid. Just curious as to everyones opinions on them. So if you don't mind, name some of your favorites. Thanks in advance. :apple:

[Chumbake]

I recommend looking into Photogene. It's amazing. Do a search on YouTube and you'll find a couple reviews. I've been using it for a mo th or so now and it's great! It's better than anything else that I've seen.

[Gokunama]

Definitely Photogene. CameraKit isn't bad to have either.

[jonessodarally]

I also suggest Photogene. I've had it for quite a while now, and I've been very impressed.

[braddick]

I also suggest Photogene. I've had it for quite a while now, and I've been very impressed.

Ironically, "Impress" is also a wonderful app and fun to use.

Also, don't disregard iFlashReady. It's a new app and works well being easy to navigate.

[awad]

photoforge blows away all the others. trust me.

[braddick]

photoforge blows away all the others. trust me.

I notice there is a paid and lite version. Which do you have and what sets this app apart from the others?

[awad]

I notice there is a paid and lite version. Which do you have and what sets this app apart from the others?

i have the paid. and the curves and the shadow highlight tool do it for me. i used to have a separate app for a good shadow highlight tool or an HDR app, then save it and open it up in a different app that would let me crop or sharpen. i can do that all in photoforge.

[rburly]

I notice there is a paid and lite version. Which do you have and what sets this app apart from the others?

I use Photogene as the others above do and it's the best app I've found. So, I'd like to see an answer to this as well.

[awad]

(then look up.)

[braddick]

awad, thanks for the follow-up.
Are you noticing a real difference between the quality of photos using your app from the 3G and the 3GS?

[rburly]

(then look up.)

Naw, happy with Photogene. :D

[awad]

awad, thanks for the follow-up.
Are you noticing a real difference between the quality of photos using your app from the 3G and the 3GS?

well i came from a 2G to the 3GS. since i'm a photographer, i had purchased every photo editing program in the app store to try and make up for the awful 2G camera. But as far as the program goes, it's unbelievably faster on the 3GS, but that's to be expected. Like I said, one of my main uses for this program was to pull detail out of the shadows of an image. here's an example i just processed.

http://www.johnawad.net/photoforge1.png
http://www.johnawad.net/photoforge2.png

its extremely useful for me now as the camera in the 3GS allows me to have so much more detail in the shadows, so i'm able to actually get something useful out of it.

[awad]

Naw, happy with Photogene. :D

yeah, if you don't use the two features i mentioned, then photogene is where it's at. i still have it installed on my phone for some reason.

[braddick]

Wow! Very nice. It's amazing that app can pull that kind of detail out of the darkened photo.

I'm going to download photoforge now...

I'd think those who have awarded that app with a single star rating simply didn't know how to use it (or are from competing apps).

(Although I have downloaded iFlashready and they claim to do the same thing, we'll see if that is accurate.)

[awad]

another great part about photoforge is the fact that it has a clone stamp tool as well as an erase tool. so you're able to do selective editing on a part of an image.

if only it had layers...

[Gokunama]

Thanks awad. I've tried perhaps 15, and ended up deleting most of them, but Photoforge would be a handy photo app to have. I'll download that now.

[Macjames]

I too was looking at these kinds of apps and just picked up PhotoForge after seeing the difference above, cheers people :)

[cocky jeremy]

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I'm going to check out all listed. :D