Snapseed
Developed by Google, Snapseed is a complete professional photo editor out there for android for free. With a complete user friendly interface, the app comes with 29 tool presets and filters to work with. One of the prime feature of the app is the ability to open raw DNG files and save them into JPG image files. Initially created for iPad by a company named NIK software, Google bought the company in 2012. Since then it was released for the android platform and has been rising to the top in app ratings.
What makes Snapseed stand out is the availability of so much editing options coming with an ad-free experience, which is a huge ask today. It’s not just a filter app to pop, blur or sharpen the photos but to get into the detailed editing with selective part editing as well.
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PicsArt
An all-in-one photo and video editor, PicsArt is contained with a lot of interesting and soothing photo effects. For someone who doesn’t want too much of a hassle when it comes to basic filtering and editing, PicsArt serves well. Aesthetic stickers, vintage filters, image pop up enhancements, glitch effects are all embodied into the app pretty well. Having a lot of pictures to fit into one frame, PicsArt allows you to make collage with over 100+ free to use templates to help you out with image placements. The app is not limited to photos only. You can edit your videos as well. Apply several mood filters on videos such as Glitch, Burn,Vintage etc. Crop your videos to make short Instagram and Facebook stories containing fun filters and stickers.
Overall all it’s a great app for those who don’t want to get into detailed editing but still have some good effect with the presets. Be it photos or videos, this app comes to be very handy.
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PIXLR
It’s the go-to app for the most easy to use photo editing experience. With most of the useful features that an average user uses, PIXLR is an optimum sized photo app that doesn’t require you to make an account. It provides a simplistic interface for users to interact easily. With more than 2 million combinations of free effects, stickers, frames, overlays etc makes it enough for any average user to get find of. You can even make your photos into doodles or sketches. These effects stand out and are of great precision.
PIXLR gives you a great app experience. One can be done in a small amount of time with lots of filtering and editing. The most outstanding feature is the auto color balance that works best.
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Glitch Lab
Developed by ILIXA, Glitch Lab has to be an app that must be discussed. Although there are apps that provide the most demanded filter / effect out there i.e. glitch. Glitch lab stands out as an individual app for all the digital art lovers out there. With over 100 effects covering Color, Streaking, Breaking, Repeating, Pixel sorting etc., the app becomes the prime location for satisfying the digi-edit feel photos. Need videos to have the same feel? Don’t worry, Glitch Lab has you covered with its powerful animation module.
In all a great app experience even at non paid version. A must try app for those looking for the “digital feel into images”.
Adobe Lightroom
With the trend of mobile photography on its rise, Adobe has the perfect app for all the photographers out there. Lightroom is a powerful camera and photo editing app that help you enhance your captures with amazing precision. Its features help your phone’s camera to capture images with unique capture controls. It turns your phone camera into a professional one even if you have little knowledge about what ISO, exposure, white balance, shutter speed etc. to keep. It has a cloud based workflow meaning all the photos edited on Lightroom can be accessed from anywhere on any device.
It stands out on syncing capabilities, being able to share to so many places at a time is an important need for the photographers out there. Although you cannot edit raw DNS pics, it still gives ample fine editing features for you to use.