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I'll be the first to admit we owe Android a little love here on Giveaway Tuesdays. We've had a couple challenges that were iOS-specific, but this week's challenge is open to everybody. Whether you're new to taking photos on your Android device, or you're tired of seeing predominantly iOS photography app guides out there, here are 10 Android-specific photography apps for you to peruse and choose from.
Once you've chosen, get shooting, and don't forget to submit to this week's challenge for a chance to get your photo framed in a Hatchcraft Boo Box. Details here.
(P.S. If you're an iPhone user, check out the app-guide flip side.)
1. FxCamera
FxCamera is a basic, free app with the following available filters: ToyCam, Polandroid, Fisheye, SymmetriCam, Warhol and Normal. Check out the flickr group here.
Cost: Free
2. Vignette
A favorite among Android users, Vignette currently offers 84 effects and 59 frames. Play with artistic aging, light flares, Polaroid/instant camera styles, cross-process, tilt-shift, photobooth, double exposure and more. Highly recommended. Check out the flickr group here.
3. AndroPan
AndroPan allows Android users to take and view panoramic pictures. The app takes a series of photos and stitches them into one large panoramic scene. See sample composites in the app's Facebook album; YouTube screencast here (in French).
Cost: (Appears to be) free
4. Retro Camera
Don't let those Instagrammers tell you you can't do what they do—Meet Retro Camera, the Hipstamatic/Instagram copycat. Take old-school pics utilizing the following features: 5 cameras, 5 sets of vintage vignetting, film scratch, black and white & cross processing effects.
5. Adobe Photoshop Express
Adobe Photoshop Express is a must-have classic—edit and share photos on-the-go by simply accessing your Photoshop.com account. Crop, rotate, adjust color, and add artistic effects.
Cost: Free
6. Photo Tools
Photo Tools is geared toward "professionals and ambitious amateurs". The features are indeed complex, offering tools such as the field of view calculator, minimal shutter-speed calculator, exposure reciprocation calculator, light meter and many more.
Cost: Free
7. PHOforPHO
PHOforPHO is geared toward serious photographers as well. Also free, the tool set is comparable to the features offered by Photo Tools.
Cost: Free
8. PicSay
Like Adobe Photoshop Express, PicSay offers easy photo editing features on-the-go. Color correct, add word balloons, titles, graphics, effects and more.
Cost: Free
9. Camera360
Camera360 is a robust app that offers a variety of both standard and whimsical features. Composite yourself into a movie poster, an art painting, or an advertisement—or take advantage of LOMO and HRDR settings, tilt-shift and more.
10.Camera Zoom FX
Camera ZOOM FX is highly reviewed, and claims to be the most powerful of the Android photography apps. It offers over 90 effects, 6x digital zoom, flash, voice activation, a variety of shooting modes, and more. Check out their flickr group here.
Cost: $4.88
What did we leave out? Comment below.
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8 Comments
My sister uses picsay a lot. She texts me all these stupid pictures with it. It must be fast and easy to use because she can barely use a computer or tech gadgets.
PicSay Pro is cool! But it is for editing pictures after they've been taken. Most of the others apply effects real time via the camera. The author seems to have missed out "LittlePhoto" which is better than some of the apps mentioned with plenty of effects (more than 100 I guess).
I use Picsay Pro a lot, but also Picsin and Snaptastic.
Photaf is great for 360 degree panorama, it store your compass data in your panorama photo.
Cam3D to shot picture (twice) to create stereoscopic 3d picture.
With Photo2Phone you can make cartoon picture from your photo.
Mytubo is almost like Instagram, square form factor - photo sharing app.
Paper camera and Camera Illusion are great too for realtime photo effect.
My daughter uses Photo2Photo a lot, she has a lot of fun with it. Personally I prefer Picisin. Easy to use and perfect for my needs.
There are a few apps on the list that are new to me, so I have some more testing to do.
I actually haven't downloaded many photography apps for my phone, but this looks like a great place to start. I'm definitely going to have to get Adobe Photoshop Express, FXCamera, and Camera360. What can I say, I like free apps.
Nice list! I wrote another Photography App - it's called FourShot. It hasn't the quality of the here mentioned Apps yet, but I'm working on it. It simulates a Photo Booth, shoots 4 pictures in a row and merges them on a photo strip. Maybe you want to check it out.
On Android have a look at "Photoxor Calculations & GPS". It is a tool for exposure calculations, depth of field calculations, circle of confusion calculations, and also provides GPS tracking and sun and moon ephemeris calculations.
I first developed this tool set for myself, but it is now available for free on Google Play
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photoxor.fotoapp
Blog: http://photoxor.blogspot.com.au/
Sun Strategy is an amazingly powerful Sun / Moon ephemeris, surveyor, planning and weather tool for photographers. Get the direction the Sun and Moon will be for any given date, any given time, at any location on an easy to use map.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pa.sunstrategy
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