4.
GifBoom
If you are the kinds who love watching GIF
animations online, then this is the app for you. Not only do you get to create
GIF animations, but you can also add some filters to the final GIF. The best
part about the app is its simplicity.
GifBoom
There are five main menus: Home feed,
categories, camera, favorites and profile page. You login with your Twitter or
Facebook credentials and click on the camera icon. Here you can either shoot in
the burst mode where you will see a counter telling you how many images are
being captured or you can select the single-shot mode to click images according
to your pace. You proceed to select which images you want to include in the
GIF, then you can increase or decrease the speed and add various filters to
your GIF. Finally you can share its link on Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr.
Platform: Android, iOS
5.
Camera Awesome
Camera
Awesome
Only available on the iOS platform this
camera app has some neat features up its sleeves. We really like the
composition tool which overlays your screen with horizontal axis, rule of
thirds grid and/or golden ratio graph. This ensures that you have your
compositions right. You also have some preset effects which applies a
particular effect to the scene you are shooting. It has separate focus sing and
metering points while taking a photograph. After having shot the image, you can
pass it through filters and make tweaks according to your liking. The Awesomize
feature enhances the image and you get a slider to see the effect. You can
further tweak the sharpness, color temperature and so on. You can then add
presets, filters, textures and finally frames. You can share your images on
Face Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket or use email to send it to
your friends.
Platform: iOS
6.
Lomogram
Lomogram
One of the more famous photography apps on
the Windows Phone OS ecosystem. It is very straight-forward. You take a
picture, and then pass it through any one of the 43 filters on offer. Each
filter has a unique name, which frankly does not tell you much of what it does.
Only the accompanying image gives you an idea what the filter will do. Most of
the filters cater to the lo-fi aesthetic and each one comes with some amount of
vignette. After adding the appropriate filter, you can overlay it with some
elements such as light leaks, textures and so on. Finally, you have an option
to frame your lomograph. You can then share the picture on your Facebook,
Twitter, Flickr and/or Tumblr accounts.
Platform: Windows Phone OS
7.
Retro Camera
It has a collection of retro cameras, each
of which comes with its own effect. You can select the camera that you want and
the interface is such that it feels as if you are looking through a camera
while making your photograph. Each camera has an info card which tells you exactly
what type of photograph that camera will take. The actual scene you are
shooting will be visible only in a small square with the rest of the screen
real estate being used by the app UI is a bit sad. It’s just another simple
camera app with filters and some unique user interface. It makes an annoyingly
loud shutter sound whenever it takes images with cameras. Some cameras have
exposure times of 5s and more.
Platform: Android, iOS
8.
FhotoRoom
FhotoRoom
This is a paid app on the Windows Store
which is a little advanced as compared to Lomogram. It passes the photograph
through three functions namely edit fx, style fx and frames. The edit fx allows
you to adjust brightness, contrast, crop image, adjust white balance and so on.
Style fx comprises various filters with a slider to increase or decrease the
applied effect. There isn’t much tweaking you can do here. You can try out the
features for free using the Fhotoroom Core app which does not allow you to
change your effects. The app costs $0.95 to buy.
Platform: Windows Phone OS
