Adobe Photoshop Express iPhone App Review
Photo editing has been a very common task post the revolution of smart phones. Now that every phone should also function as a very good camera, photo editing softwares are in great demand. What more to have when the industry leader in photo editing itself offers its service for the iPhone users, that too completely free! Yes, the famous Adobe Photoshop is now available in the iPhone App store as Adobe Photoshop Express. With its slick interface and one-touch edits, the app really helps for some quick fixes for all your photos and pictures.
Features
The Adobe Photoshop Express for iPhone works both as a camera and an editing application. While the editing process by selecting the pictures from memory is free, the camera app upgrade costs about $4. Similarly some of its features also require an in-app purchase. Nonetheless, the available faultless editing tools and the slick interface more than makes up for the purpose of perfect photo editing. The application requires iOS 7.0 or later and has a size of around 34 MB.
Adobe Photoshop Express app has a more basic interface with simpler tools and controls for editing. There is an auto fix option for using the default adjustments for exposure, contrast and brightness. The crop option allows you to crop, flip, rotate and straighten to your desired dimension. Lighting and exposure can be controlled according to the brightness, contrast, tint, temperature, hue and saturation options. There are also a variety of basic filters available like the Sketch, Soft Focus, Sharpen, Reduce noise and so on. The eye-catching special effects which include Vibrant, Vignette Blur, Warm Vintage, Border, Pop, Rainbow, White Glow etc helps you in adding more colour to your photos. The choices of around 15 borders and frames provide you with additional personalization options. A wide variety of extra effects and filters can also be added through the in-app purchases of the Adobe Effects Pack, Adobe Border Pack and many more.
The adjustments for editing can be made easily with very simple gestures and movements. Just swiping through the screen left-right or up-down brings about the desired results which are displayed in real time. There is also a pop up guidance demonstration for initial use. There are options to save, undo, redo or share at any instance during the edit. The edited pictures can be shared through Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Instagram etc or can be uploaded and stored in any image sharing site including photoshop.com.
Conclusion
With the very famous Adobe Photoshop itself coming into the Apple market, there is no scope for doubts about the photo editing performance. For very quick and perfect edits, Adobe Photoshop Express app is certainly one of the best choices for an iPhone user.
Category: Free iPhone Apps
