Photo
editing on Android is still in the stages where you can do only the
most basic edits. However, apps are coming out all the time that add
more and more functionality and mobile photographers have more options
than ever before when it comes to editing photos on your Android device.
In this list we’ll explore the best photo editor apps for Android.
Adobe recently released their iconic Lightroom application to Android.
It allows for editing of RAW image format and the ability to enhance
photos with a range of presets and tools. The app is a 30-day trial but
those who have a Creative Cloud subscription can keep using it after the
trial. You can also sync with desktop versions of Lightroom. We wish
it’d been available for non-Creative Cloud users but if you happen to be
one, this is a must have application.
Autodesk Pixlr is a highly rated and popular photo editor app and one
that was highly recommended by our readers. There are a host of editing
options including red-eye removal, a whiten teeth option, a one-click
enhance tool, borders, filters, and you can even preview effects using
the Pixlr Live feature. Of course, there is also the range of basic
tools like crop and rotate. It’s a solid editor with a lot of options
and it’s from Autodesk, a big name in graphic design.
First on our list is a fun little photo editor called BeFunky. In this
simple editor, you have access to dozens of effects and editing tools,
including filters, sharpen, and exposure, among others. Where this app
really shines is how much you can edit. With this you can literally add
unlimited affects to your photos so you can make them look however you
want. It’s widely popular and highly rated. There is also a free version
you can check out to see if it’s for you before picking up the paid
version. The version we have linked is the tablet version, there is also
a version for just phones.
Related: Best photo editing apps for Android tablets.
Cupslice is a photo editor with a little more tact and polish, even if
the features aren’t as heavy as some of these others. It comes with over
50 effects to start along with your basic editing tools. It also
includes a number of stickers you can add to photos and that number gets
updated every week. It’s a nice, simple app that should suit the needs
of most people.
Fotor Photo Editor a deceptively in-depth photo editor with quite a few
features. Included is a one-tap enhance, scenes to adjust your photo
based on the conditions where you took it, filters and effects which can
be stacked on one another, and a host of other basic and
pseudo-advanced editing tools to enhance the photo yourself. There are
even text, stickers, and frames for people who like those sorts of
things. It’s all wrapped up in a colorful and simple interface that
helps make things a bit easier.
Pho.to Lab is our first really
heavily-featured app on the list. It comes with over 500 frames for your
photos if you enjoy frames. It also comes with a myriad of backgrounds,
photo filters, collage features, and even the popular human-to-animal
montage that turns your face into an animal’s face. The free version has
watermarks and advertisements whereas the paid version does not, so you
can at least give it a shot and see if you like it before you buy it.
It has a metric ton of things you can add to photos, even if the actual
editing features are pretty basic.
Photo Editor by Aviary stands out on our list because it has a slightly
more composed set of actual editing features. There are still things
like stickers, filters, and the like, but the app has extra tools for
editing including things like fixing red-eye, whitening teeth, etc. It’s
a fairly solid app overall although it won’t have that appeal for fans
of Instagram-style filters as it will for people who want just a good
looking photo.
Photo Editor Pro is a solid photo editor app even if there’s nothing
over-the-top about it. It features a one-touch enhance feature, filters,
frames, and the basic photo improvement tools like color balance, crop,
and rotate. It’s great for people who want to keep it simple and don’t
need many advanced editing tools such as those who plan on posting
images to social media like Instagram. Again, there’s nothing overly
special about it but it is still very solid for the features that it
offers.
Photo Effects Pro has a few more fun features than many of these other
ones. For instance, you can insert meme pictures to make funny pictures,
finger paint on the photo like you can with S-Pen on the Galaxy Note 3,
and of course the standard tools, filters, and frames features. It’s
another very solid (and totally free) offering that should fill the
needs of most people. It also boasts that it only uses the internet to
share photos.
Photo Mate R2 was a recommendation for our readers and it turns out that
it’s great for those who work with RAW images. It’s compatible with
most camera variants including Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, Sony ARW, Pentax
PEF, and others. It gives the user most control and you can use various
tools, layers, and editing to lightly edit and enhance your RAW photos.
It’s fairly expensive at $9.49 but most who have bought it have found
that it’s worth it. Especially for those who work exclusively in RAW.
With a name like Photoshop, you expect greatness right? Well, before you
get your hopes up too high, you should know that this isn’t nearly as
powerful as the desktop application. You can do some of the basic
Photoshop things like working with layers. However, It’s mixed in with
more conventional mobile photo editing features like filters and mild
adjustments like color correction. There are some cool features like
camera fill and compatibility with desktop Photoshop using the Adobe
Creative Cloud. So if you’re a big fan of Adobe products, this app
should be useful.
When it comes to photo editing features that focus around things like
collages, there are few apps that are better than PicsArt. It does focus
primarily on collages and, thus, has a bunch of features for that.
However, there are still the basic photo editing things like filters,
controls, and adjustments along with some unusual features like
finger-painting and stickers. It’s a solid free app and a must-have for
collage fans. However, if you’re looking for something a little more in
depth, you may want to try something else.
With well over ten million downloads, it’s pretty clear that PicSay is
among the most popular on our list. It offers the basic features that
you’ve seen us talk about a multitude of times already and that’s what
you get with the free version. In the paid version, you get additional
content like more filters and more actual features like
pressure-sensitive drawing, removing red-eye, and others. It’s a solid
and vastly popular option that’s worth checking out.
We all know why this is here. Rage Comics and memes are hilarious. This
is essentially just a photo editor with sticker and text features. It
includes over 300 meme faces. It doesn’t have any of the other features
these other apps have, but it is definitely the funniest one on the
list. If you’re looking for something more serious, you should pick of
these other apps but if you’re down for a laugh, this can help do that.
Shift is a newer photo editor that had a rough start but is improving
immensely. Most of the issues with the app revolved around its egregious
advertising but developers have added a way to get rid of them via in
app purchases. Shift is an interesting photo editor because instead of
adding pre-made filters, this app lets you make your own filters using a
variety of effects and tools that you can then save for later. It’s not
nearly as advanced as most of these other editors so don’t go into it
expecting too much. For filter fans, it’s a must-try app that can be a
lot of fun.
If you’re a fan of Google and want to use only Google apps, we recommend
using Snapseed as your photo editor. While the photos app on Google+
has its own small editor, Snapseed is owned by Google and it is, without
question, a whole lot better than the Google+ photos app. With this app
you can auto-tune and auto-correct images quickly if need be. There are
also the standard filters, adjustment features, and frames. It’s a fun
and solid app that’s perfect for Google fans.
If there are any great photo editor apps for Android that we happened to miss, leave a comment and let us know!
source : www.androidauthority.com
Adobe Lightroom mobile
[Price: Free app but requires Creative Cloud subscription]Adobe recently released their iconic Lightroom application to Android.
It allows for editing of RAW image format and the ability to enhance
photos with a range of presets and tools. The app is a 30-day trial but
those who have a Creative Cloud subscription can keep using it after the
trial. You can also sync with desktop versions of Lightroom. We wish
it’d been available for non-Creative Cloud users but if you happen to be
one, this is a must have application.Autodesk Pixlr
[Price: Free] Autodesk Pixlr is a highly rated and popular photo editor app and one
that was highly recommended by our readers. There are a host of editing
options including red-eye removal, a whiten teeth option, a one-click
enhance tool, borders, filters, and you can even preview effects using
the Pixlr Live feature. Of course, there is also the range of basic
tools like crop and rotate. It’s a solid editor with a lot of options
and it’s from Autodesk, a big name in graphic design.BeFunky Photo Editor – Tablets
[Price: Free / $2.99]First on our list is a fun little photo editor called BeFunky. In this
simple editor, you have access to dozens of effects and editing tools,
including filters, sharpen, and exposure, among others. Where this app
really shines is how much you can edit. With this you can literally add
unlimited affects to your photos so you can make them look however you
want. It’s widely popular and highly rated. There is also a free version
you can check out to see if it’s for you before picking up the paid
version. The version we have linked is the tablet version, there is also
a version for just phones.Related: Best photo editing apps for Android tablets.
Cupslice Photo Editor
[Price: Free]Cupslice is a photo editor with a little more tact and polish, even if
the features aren’t as heavy as some of these others. It comes with over
50 effects to start along with your basic editing tools. It also
includes a number of stickers you can add to photos and that number gets
updated every week. It’s a nice, simple app that should suit the needs
of most people.Fotor Photo Editor
[Price: Free / $3.99]Fotor Photo Editor a deceptively in-depth photo editor with quite a few
features. Included is a one-tap enhance, scenes to adjust your photo
based on the conditions where you took it, filters and effects which can
be stacked on one another, and a host of other basic and
pseudo-advanced editing tools to enhance the photo yourself. There are
even text, stickers, and frames for people who like those sorts of
things. It’s all wrapped up in a colorful and simple interface that
helps make things a bit easier.Pho.to Lab
[Price: Free / $3.99]Pho.to Lab is our first really
heavily-featured app on the list. It comes with over 500 frames for your
photos if you enjoy frames. It also comes with a myriad of backgrounds,
photo filters, collage features, and even the popular human-to-animal
montage that turns your face into an animal’s face. The free version has
watermarks and advertisements whereas the paid version does not, so you
can at least give it a shot and see if you like it before you buy it.
It has a metric ton of things you can add to photos, even if the actual
editing features are pretty basic.Photo Editor by Aviary
[Price: Free]Photo Editor by Aviary stands out on our list because it has a slightly
more composed set of actual editing features. There are still things
like stickers, filters, and the like, but the app has extra tools for
editing including things like fixing red-eye, whitening teeth, etc. It’s
a fairly solid app overall although it won’t have that appeal for fans
of Instagram-style filters as it will for people who want just a good
looking photo.Photo Editor Pro
[Price: Free]Photo Editor Pro is a solid photo editor app even if there’s nothing
over-the-top about it. It features a one-touch enhance feature, filters,
frames, and the basic photo improvement tools like color balance, crop,
and rotate. It’s great for people who want to keep it simple and don’t
need many advanced editing tools such as those who plan on posting
images to social media like Instagram. Again, there’s nothing overly
special about it but it is still very solid for the features that it
offers.Photo Effects Pro
[Price: Free]Photo Effects Pro has a few more fun features than many of these other
ones. For instance, you can insert meme pictures to make funny pictures,
finger paint on the photo like you can with S-Pen on the Galaxy Note 3,
and of course the standard tools, filters, and frames features. It’s
another very solid (and totally free) offering that should fill the
needs of most people. It also boasts that it only uses the internet to
share photos.Photo Mate R2
[Price: $9.49]Photo Mate R2 was a recommendation for our readers and it turns out that
it’s great for those who work with RAW images. It’s compatible with
most camera variants including Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, Sony ARW, Pentax
PEF, and others. It gives the user most control and you can use various
tools, layers, and editing to lightly edit and enhance your RAW photos.
It’s fairly expensive at $9.49 but most who have bought it have found
that it’s worth it. Especially for those who work exclusively in RAW.Photoshop Touch for phone
[Price: $4.99]With a name like Photoshop, you expect greatness right? Well, before you
get your hopes up too high, you should know that this isn’t nearly as
powerful as the desktop application. You can do some of the basic
Photoshop things like working with layers. However, It’s mixed in with
more conventional mobile photo editing features like filters and mild
adjustments like color correction. There are some cool features like
camera fill and compatibility with desktop Photoshop using the Adobe
Creative Cloud. So if you’re a big fan of Adobe products, this app
should be useful.PicsArt Photo Studio
[Price: Free]When it comes to photo editing features that focus around things like
collages, there are few apps that are better than PicsArt. It does focus
primarily on collages and, thus, has a bunch of features for that.
However, there are still the basic photo editing things like filters,
controls, and adjustments along with some unusual features like
finger-painting and stickers. It’s a solid free app and a must-have for
collage fans. However, if you’re looking for something a little more in
depth, you may want to try something else.PicSay – Photo Editor
[Price: Free / $3.99]Rage Comics Photo Editor
[Price: Free]We all know why this is here. Rage Comics and memes are hilarious. This
is essentially just a photo editor with sticker and text features. It
includes over 300 meme faces. It doesn’t have any of the other features
these other apps have, but it is definitely the funniest one on the
list. If you’re looking for something more serious, you should pick of
these other apps but if you’re down for a laugh, this can help do that.Shift
[Price: Free / $0.99]Shift is a newer photo editor that had a rough start but is improving
immensely. Most of the issues with the app revolved around its egregious
advertising but developers have added a way to get rid of them via in
app purchases. Shift is an interesting photo editor because instead of
adding pre-made filters, this app lets you make your own filters using a
variety of effects and tools that you can then save for later. It’s not
nearly as advanced as most of these other editors so don’t go into it
expecting too much. For filter fans, it’s a must-try app that can be a
lot of fun.SnapSeed
[Price: Free]If you’re a fan of Google and want to use only Google apps, we recommend
using Snapseed as your photo editor. While the photos app on Google+
has its own small editor, Snapseed is owned by Google and it is, without
question, a whole lot better than the Google+ photos app. With this app
you can auto-tune and auto-correct images quickly if need be. There are
also the standard filters, adjustment features, and frames. It’s a fun
and solid app that’s perfect for Google fans.If there are any great photo editor apps for Android that we happened to miss, leave a comment and let us know!
source : www.androidauthority.com
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