The smartphone industry has been booming in recent years, with new phones being released almost every month. These days, you can snap the perfect selfie using your smartphone and have it edited to perfection in no time and send it off to your friends and family. Here are some of the best photo editing apps for smartphones that will help you achieve that flawless-looking selfie, or help you edit your vacation photos before sharing them on social media.
Prisma
If you’re only going to download one editing app, make it Prisma. The free, iOS-only app uses artificial intelligence to apply filters to your photos. Though it’s an artificially intelligent filter, Prisma does a great job of selecting appropriate filters based on what’s in your photo, the app will even let you adjust which genres you prefer before applying a filter. The resulting images look incredibly similar to their non-AI counterparts and have a vibrancy that goes beyond what photo apps are typically capable of. There are more expensive and powerful editing apps out there but none do as good of a job at making images look natural while still adding an artistic flair.
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Live Collage
There are plenty of photo-editing apps available, but if you’re just looking to add some quick effects and filters to your photos, Live Collage is a great option. Its interface is pretty intuitive; you can either open up images from your camera roll or snap pictures directly from within Live Collage. With Instagram still not available on Windows Phone, there’s definitely room in the market for other photo-sharing/editing apps, and it’s clear that Microsoft sees that. You can also share your finished collages straight to Facebook or Twitter. (Available on Android & iOS)
Snapseed
This app is free to download and boasts a ton of photo-editing tools including cropping, straightening, brightening, adjusting contrast, and more. It also has a built-in camera feature that uses facial recognition technology to detect faces. The best part: once you open an image you can select how far into it you’d like to zoom. While it’s definitely not as powerful as Photoshop, or other professional editing software out there on the market, Snapseed is ideal for quick photo fixes when you don’t have access to your laptop or desktop. Available on Android and iOS.
VSCO
This is designed to be your one-stop shop for photo editing. It allows you to do everything from quick photo edits to more advanced projects, like applying filters and sharing photos online. For both novice and seasoned users, VSCO is a must-have resource.
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Lightroom
When it comes to mobile photography apps, nothing can beat Lightroom. With the app, you’ll have access to all of your photos on your smartphone as well as easy editing tools to make your snapshots look their best. Once you install Lightroom’s app on your phone, you’ll be able to sync photos across all of your devices. If you want an easy way to edit and enhance photos in a snap, Lightroom is hard to beat. The app does let you access and share photos from other services like Google Photos and Dropbox.
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Conclusion
With so many different photo editing apps to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which is right for you. Do you go with a sophisticated desktop app or choose a mobile app that’s designed to make simple edits quickly? Meanwhile, there’s even an app that uses AI to suggest edits and helps find photos you might like. Whichever option you choose, remember that quality over quantity matters when it comes to using these tools. Overusing them on your phone may give users unrealistic expectations about what editing can do, leading them astray from being able to tell what’s real and what isn’t. Give yourself time with each photo and let your creativity shine through!