Sunday, October 7, 2012

The 25 best photo and video apps

Instragram pictures
Instagram is a great photo sharing app for iOS and Android. 

Photoshop Express
Free; iPad, iPhone and Android

Photoshop on the mobile and tablet just keeps getting better. Now with in app purchases and even more effects and tweaks, this is a very formidable photo editing app for your iPhone or iPad. The base application is also free and comes with more than enough to play with for any budding photographer.

iPhoto
£2.99; iPad and iPhone

Apple unsurprisingly does know how to do it best when it comes to its own products. Launched alongside the new iPad, iPhoto for iOS is the best way to manage snaps on your iPhone or iPad. With a clean and easy to understand user interface, plenty of photo editing options and a great album management system, no Apple device is complete without it. The app also has some great sharing capabilities and iCloud support.

Snapseed
£2.99; iPad and iPhone

If you like taking your photography further then snapseed is for you. Right now it is one of the most fully featured camera and photography apps in the app store. Included is a powerful auto correct function as well as plenty of fun filters and effects.

8mm Vintage Camera
£1.49; iPad and iPhone

The improved cameras in the iPhone 4S and new iPad have helped bring about some really great video apps. 8mm camera is one of them. Think of it like the Instagram of video, it applies retro filters and style to your video. Great value too.

Viddy
Free; iPhone

One of the most up and coming apps out there right now, Viddy is a great way to quickly edit and share videos with friends. The app integrates with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, easily uploading video snippets, effects and all. The inclusion of free new effects packs is also a great touch.

Photo 365
£0.69; iPhone and iPad

This app is all about daily uploads. Posting one pic for each day of the year and then viewing events around the world via the app’s calendar. You can quickly share images to things like Twitter and Facebook straight within the app, as well as view friend’s efforts.

Vyclone
Free; iPhone

Vyclone is as unusual as it is inventive, letting you combine your own video with friends to create complex collaborative projects. Get everyone to shoot one single event, send them all to Vyclone and the app will edit everything together to create one single multi-angled cut. Very clever.

PocketBooth
£0.69; iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia

PocketBooth takes snapping photos with friends one step further. Think of it like a portable passport photo booth on your phone which can then print and ship snaps to your home. You can even share photos to Facebook and Twitter.

Touchnote Postcards
Free (in app purchases); iPad, iPhone and Android

Touchnote is a way to share any photo you have taken with your iPhone or iPad with family or friends. The difference is that Touchnote turns your snap into a postcard and sends it to them.

Diptic
£0.69; iPad and iPhone

Despite being fairly self explanatory, Diptic is actually very useful. Putting together photos on the iPad and iPhone isn’t actually that easy, Diptic fixes this by doing it for you.

Popset
Free; iPhone

Popset boast the fastest multi-shot camera on the app store, letting you rapidly create series of images. These pics can then be shared instantly with friends via Facebook or Twitter and have filters and edits applied in app.

Instagram
Free; iPhone and Android

Still one of the best applications on the app store. Instagram has a vast number of users, one of the easiest to use user interfaces and a great set of photo editing effects. Share Polaroid style photos between friends and followers.

Camera+
£0.69; iPhone and iPad

Camera+ is a bit of an iPhone classic. Acting like a one stop shop for photo sharing and editing, you can send pics to everything from Facebook to Flickr.

Facebook Camera
Free; iPhone and Android

This has been a long time coming from Facebook. Clearly Instagram influenced, this is a simple way to upload and view photos on Facebook.

Cinemagram
Free; iPhone

Take Instagram and add video. This app lets you select motion from small bits of video while keeping the rest still.

YouTube
Free; iPhone, iPad and Android

The YouTube app for iPhone just got a major update. Now its easier than ever to browse the world’s biggest video sharing site.

Photosynth
Free; iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone

Photosynth is easily the best panorama creation app out there. It also lets you upload and share images straight to Facebook and Twitter.

Vizualizr
Free; iPhone, iPad and Android

Vizualizr is a location based photo sharing app which aggregates images taken by everyone who uses it. Perfect way of getting a diverse snapshot of an event.

Vapp
Free; iPhone

This clever application lets you take photos using your iPhone without touching it. Controlled by voice, you can snap family and friends without camera shake.

PhotoToaster
£1.49; iPhone and iPad

PhotoToaster is an incredibly full featured photo editing app with over 60 effects and 80 different one click settings.

Everyday
£1.49; iPhone

Everyday reminds you once per day to snap photo of yourself, then stitches together a long string of images and creates a video.

I can animate
£1.99; iPhone and iPad

One for stop motion movie fans, I can animate lets you create your own using just your iPhone camera. The app is also very fully featured and surprisingly powerful

Fotofitti
£0.69; iPhone

Create Banksy style artwork from your photos using this app. Simple and easy to use, this is a fun way to do something different with your photos.

Pixable
Free; iPhone and Android

Pixable connects with your social networks like Facebook and Twitter to bring you a custom inbox of the most shared images between friends.

Clinch
Free; iPhone

Clinch creates a movie about the area around you from Instagram, Google, Tweets and more. Everything based on your location and sent instantly.

Melanie Griffith Arline Hunter

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