The Drama tool added just that to a bleak looking landscape I tried it on, while Vintage offers nine old-photo looks and several texture options. I was also impressed that many of the adjustments and effects can be applied to specific areas of the image using control points. These go far beyond what you get in Instagram and Hipstamatic. Special effects include Drama, Grunge, vintage, center focus, frames, and "tilt shift"-a popular technique that gives photos a miniaturized look.
And its sharpening capability, accessible from the Details option, Nik borrows from its pro-level Photoshop plugin, Sharpener Pro, even letting you adjust with sliders for strength and "structure." This give you a powerful way to bring out hidden textures. Snapseed's "Automatic" fix is pretty limited (to contrast and color correction), but the app adroitly handles photo-fixing basics such as brightness, contrast, cropping and straightening. Back and forward arrows at the bottom corners take you through a workflow process from editing to sharing. Simple swiping gestures let you adjust contrast, brightness, and color, or you can have the program choose those automatically or choose control points in the image. After you open or shoot a photo, you'll see rectangles along the bottom of the screen (or along the side if you're in landscape orientation), which you can swipe through to choose edits, adjustments, and effects. Interface Snapseed's interface is simple and clear, yet punches a lot of powerful and detailed capabilities. Thanks to Nik being sold to Google last fall, the app is now free. Nik's years of image-editing prowess shine in Snapseed and the app's interface takes good advantage of the iPhone's touch screen. The company's Snapseed can not only add zest or interest to images shot with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch camera, but also share it on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter.
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Nik Software is a more venerable maker of photo enhancement software, having developed pro-level effects for Photoshop for years. Instagram is far from the only app in the iOS photo-fun game.