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Best Photo Editing App?

Anyone have a recommendation for a good photo editing app? There is an excellent one for iOS called Photogene, but the developer says he does not plan to do a version for Android.
I've been disappointed with the PhotoShop apps. I'm looking for a straight photo editing app, not something to create strangeness.
Suggestions? TIA!

I'm using Photo Editor by dev.macgyver -- it's basic, sure, but it does what I need it to do and it does not produce all kinds of ' funkygraphs'. It does a sepia, black and white, brightness correction (both linear and gamma-based), (channel-based) color corrections, resizes as well, I think, and so on. I didn't like the mobile Photoshop app either. Photo Editor is free, so give it a whirl and let us know what you think.
PS: I sound like a second-hand car salesman, hahaha. I am not affiliated in any way, shape or form with the aforementioned app or its developer.

MartyHulskemper said:
I'm using Photo Editor by dev.macgyver -- it's basic, sure, but it does what I need it to do and it does not produce all kinds of ' funkygraphs'. It does a sepia, black and white, brightness correction (both linear and gamma-based), (channel-based) color corrections, resizes as well, I think, and so on. I didn't like the mobile Photoshop app either. Photo Editor is free, so give it a whirl and let us know what you think.
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Thanks. Just installed it, and a quick look-see tells me it's just what I'm looking for. :victory:

Aviary , Looks great works great!

Superinc said:
Aviary , Looks great works great!
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Thanks for the tip, will take a look. Looks like fun on the PS, at least.

PS Touch (Photoshop Touch) is pretty easy to use and has a lot of features for editing, cropping, color and brightness levels etc......
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Haha jk. The Photoshop elements app or w/e is probably the most detailed editing app available for now, but i read there are issues with the resolution and dpi settings being capped ridiculously low. Also it isn't a free app, its $9.99 i think.
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Easy
Hands down, the "best" photo editing app is PS Touch. It even comes with GREAT tutorials (15 of them I think).
If you want something free there's a plethora of them.
Photo Editor is the one I use on my Samsung GS3, PS Touch on the Infinity.

Try Perfectly Clear, just came out for Android recently. Pretty darn good at automagically fixing up photos plus there are manual corrections you can do too. Wish it had cropping though.

nadram said:
Hands down, the "best" photo editing app is PS Touch. It even comes with GREAT tutorials (15 of them I think).
If you want something free there's a plethora of them.
Photo Editor is the one I use on my Samsung GS3, PS Touch on the Infinity.
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+ 1 I also use PS Touch for Photo editing on my Infinity.
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cwoodard73 said:
Try Perfectly Clear, just came out for Android recently. Pretty darn good at automagically fixing up photos plus there are manual corrections you can do too. Wish it had cropping though.
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I use the "fix dark" tool in Perfectly Clear regularly and it does a fine job even at full resolution. Considering how expensive the desktop plugin is the app is an amazing bargain.

5 best photo editing apps for android 2016
1. PicsArt Photo Studio - is most famous in all photo editing apps for android with oven 100 Millions installs. PicsArt is one the fastest growing photo artist app. They provides features like drawing tools, art network, photo grid, collage maker and more. PicsArt photo editor have photo manipulation, wide array effect, text tool, clip graphics, frames in the tools. It easy and simple to use if you don’t even have knowledge about editing.
2. Pixlr-o-matic - is best and simple photo editing app which helps to add stylish effects to pictures. Pixlr-o-Matic is over 200 million+ download just because its amazing features. Which includes effects to adjust the mood of photo, amplify tone, cool it down or shades. You can also use overlays which add drama, sparkle, neon, light leaks to images.
3. PhotoFunia - is popular and famous website for desktop for photo editing. Photofunia also introduce its android app for photo editing. Actually its not only which help you to edit images or giving effects, cropping etc. Photofunia concept different and same as on its website. PhotoFunia is frames based application which help to change your background, face, body with all the listed frames in their app. You can change your suit, Santa, Superman or print you image on wall and much more.
4. Photo Collage Editor - is a powerful frame photo editor for you to create amazing collages using your photos, fun stickers, backgrounds, text with layout and frames. Photo Collage Editor is the best collage maker & photo editor that helps you combine multiple photos with various frame layout and photo grids, then share them at a time!
5. Pixlr – Free Photo Editor - is useful and powerful in all photo editing apps for android. It lets you to quickly crop, rotate or fine tune any picture. Best part about pixlr is, its totally ad-free apps. Choose free effects, overlays, borders to personalize images and giving them professional touch without any editing knowledge. Its contains ‘Auto-Fix’ feature to to balance out colors or adjusting poor light condition on single click. Overall performance this app is great help to edit your images effectively.

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Thanks for this tip! Like others, I’d noticed this but never really knew how to work with it.

Improve camera quality with mod

Had no idea the actual image quality could be tweaked. Was browsing the LG Optimus G forums and saw this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073013
Wow the improvement is noticeable. And with the camera being slightly disappointing on the Razr HD, any chance it could be similarly modded??

One thing that I noticed that helps is the default is 6MP 'widescreen'. Putting it on 8MP 'regualar' is still widescreen enough and seems to be less grainy.
Still trying to figure out what 'HDR' mode is.

HDR is high dynamic range. It gives the objects in the picture a glow or 'halo' effect, but works best in a well lit environment. Let me check how the XML is setup in the RAZR.

Okay I pulled the XML and the settings can definitely be improved, although whether or not it actually helps with the quality yet remains to be seen. Picture below is taken with the factory XML at 8 megapixels. I am modifying it right now and will push it to the phone, and hopefully if it doesn't result in a boot loop, take new picture with the modified XML.
http://tinypic.com/r/k3x0js/6

Okay my phone is still alive after replacing the XML file. Took picture with the same camera settings, see below. Initial findings show it doesn't seem to make a difference, so we're likely limited to the camera sensor itself. I'll leave the modified XML on my phone since it's not doing any harm. Note that the file size of the pictures are larger than the original set, which suggests that there less image compression being done and the photos are retaining as much details and definition as software allows.
http://tinypic.com/r/zu1t0g/6

Thanks for the effort, and I have the stock 4.2 camera, so does the mod stay the same?

BinarySauce said:
Thanks for the effort, and I have the stock 4.2 camera, so does the mod stay the same?
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Yes, pull your media_profiles.xml from /etc/, modify it and push it back. I do not advise simply copying and pasting the XML from the Optimus G thread as an improper configuration file can cause your phone to boot loop.

*sigh* I had high hopes for this thread as I have my eyes on the RAZR HD as a possible new phone, but the sub par camera is holding me back.
also make sure when modifying the XML file u use a program that won't change the character encoding (ie word or notepad). Use apps like notepad+ or notepad2

TRF-Inferno said:
Yes, pull your media_profiles.xml from /etc/, modify it and push it back. I do not advise simply copying and pasting the XML from the Optimus G thread as an improper configuration file can cause your phone to boot loop.
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Did you use the same values from the Optimus G thread? And I think you're too close, back up to the point where some text looks blurry on the original camera and try again

BinarySauce said:
Did you use the same values from the Optimus G thread? And I think you're too close, back up to the point where some text looks blurry on the original camera and try again
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Yes, used the same value. 100 is the maximum allowed value for encoding, and it's pointless to allocate past 40 MB for image processing as a 8 megapixel RAW file doesn't even get that big.
I have taken other pictures as well (Outdoors, scenery, etc.), and I really can't see a noticeable difference besides the image file being larger (~2.1 MB opposed to 1.5 MB). The camera sensor is the limitation here.

An image editing program for my needs...

There are several image editing programs - and some free good ones - but need an app that can do some specific tasks on the Asus Transformer TF
Besides basic tweaks (crop, sharpening, brightness), need the ability to add arrows and arrowheads (in different colors) pointing to specific areas, and adding text to the corresponding colors.
Being able to organize several photos in frames (such as the program PicFrame) would be a bonus.
Know any paid programs that can do this? Help greatly appreciated!

Skitch from Evernote will do it - free and basic. I use snapseed for editing and skitch for placing annotations like arrows/markers

Before I got photoshop touch (which is excellent, btw), I used Picsart. I recommend checking it out, it's free.

I use pixlr express. Super easy to use and highly affective. Plus you can save as any file size.

Jbb3393 said:
I use pixlr express. Super easy to use and highly affective. Plus you can save as any file size.
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In pixlr express when I import an image its resolution get decreased and image quality gets bad... Any idea why it's happening
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godofgeeks said:
In pixlr express when I import an image its resolution get decreased and image quality gets bad... Any idea why it's happening
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Are you editing high resolution photos from a camera like a dslr? I tested it on a shot from the tablet camera and the actual size of the photo (in Mb) was actually almost doubled. And I didn't notice any decrease in quality. It does ask you what size to save it as, right?

Jbb3393 said:
Are you editing high resolution photos from a camera like a dslr? I tested it on a shot from the tablet camera and the actual size of the photo (in Mb) was actually almost doubled. And I didn't notice any decrease in quality. It does ask you what size to save it as, right?
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Nope I am talking about 8mp images from my camera or any other normal wallpaper image.... As soon as i import it..... Resolution of that image gets low... Pixels gets distort.
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godofgeeks said:
Nope I am talking about 8mp images from my camera or any other normal wallpaper image.... As soon as i import it..... Resolution of that image gets low... Pixels gets distort.
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If we are talking about this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixlr.express
Then I'm not sure really... Let me know if us find anything better

MTK6589 can take .RAW pics in EM - how can I open? 15MB per pic!

Hi all,
Finely I see ANDROID can save .RAW pics from camera- but which software to use to open it?
every camera has it's RAW utility- but I don't know if MEDIATEK has one.
using Engeneer Menu->Camera-> selecting PURE RAW and test- its saves .RAW + JPEG pics (15MB .RAW-2MB JPEG)
Photoshop opens them as BW side by side mirror, PAINT.NET with RGB565.DLL opens it as but all the pic in blue color(like BW filter- but blue)
who can help?
+ in this menu we can MANUALLY control the focus - so there is a way to control the focus- so why no manual focus camera app out there?

come on! first time .Raw on android and nothing to say?

What's the point? Yeah you get all the information the sensor captured, but when the sensor is fed by a crappy little phone lens you still have a low quality picture. I'd leave RAW to the real cameras.

Xperia-Ray said:
come on! first time .Raw on android and nothing to say?
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It is as the filename suggests.
a 2572 by 1932 10 bit per pixel not normalized vertically flipped bayer pattern that starts with BG pixels image
irfanview can open it with these settings.
Only thing that needs to be done is tweak the colors
And yes there is a very good reson to do it. even though the optical hardware is not perfect, the software makes garbage from that half decent picture that is captured with the optical hardware.

Mafkete said:
It is as the filename suggests.
a 2572 by 1932 10 bit per pixel not normalized vertically flipped bayer pattern that starts with BG pixels image
irfanview can open it with these settings.
Only thing that needs to be done is tweak the colors
And yes there is a very good reson to do it. even though the optical hardware is not perfect, the software makes garbage from that half decent picture that is captured with the optical hardware.
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yeeey, you rock buddy

How tweak colors, to have natural look?
Thanks.
vinibali said:
yeeey, you rock buddy
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danistuta said:
How tweak colors, to have natural look?
Thanks.
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you can try many programs. adobe lightroom, rawtherapee, digikam etc.
the only thing: you have to resave the raw files! nothing cam handle that 10bit format, except irfanview...

I open raw with infraview. In this software have you got a preset or way to correct colors? What option do you use?
vinibali said:
you can try many programs. adobe lightroom, rawtherapee, digikam etc.
the only thing: you have to resave the raw files! nothing cam handle that 10bit format, except irfanview...
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danistuta said:
I open raw with infraview. In this software have you got a preset or way to correct colors? What option do you use?
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ifranview is not able to correcting the colors, you should do this with digkam, lighroom, etc.
or make photos with processed raw option, these could be edited with irfanview too!

vinibali said:
ifranview is not able to correcting the colors, you should do this with digkam, lighroom, etc.
or make photos with processed raw option, these could be edited with irfanview too!
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I shooted in "pure raw" and then I opened with infraview using setting of this thread (look the image attached please)
However colors are not good. Is it possible correcting directly colors in raw file format? Which software can I use?
I tried also to shoot in "processed raw" but I can't open the file with same infraview settings. Could you tell me right workflow?
Thanks a lot.

danistuta said:
I shooted in "pure raw" and then I opened with infraview using setting of this thread (look the image attached please)
However colors are not good. Is it possible correcting directly colors in raw file format? Which software can I use?
I tried also to shoot in "processed raw" but I can't open the file with same infraview settings. Could you tell me right workflow?
Thanks a lot.
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pure raw is not processed with any color, brightness, etc algorythms, its come as is from the sensor. the same settings should be also good for pure and processed raw, if both is "capture size".
you can just open/edit/save these raw files with irfanview. after you opened it should resave as tiff/bmp/jpeg2000/jpeg(100% quality) and that resaved file could be editable with other softwares.

I opened it with infraview, and converted in jpeg or other formats, but colors are different from reality (green, or pink). I shared a photo .jpg in my last post converted from a .raw file. Did you see?
How do your tweak colors?
Thanks.
vinibali said:
pure raw is not processed with any color, brightness, etc algorythms, its come as is from the sensor. the same settings should be also good for pure and processed raw, if both is "capture size".
you can just open/edit/save these raw files with irfanview. after you opened it should resave as tiff/bmp/jpeg2000/jpeg(100% quality) and that resaved file could be editable with other softwares.
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danistuta said:
I opened it with infraview, and converted in jpeg or other formats, but colors are different from reality (green, or pink). I shared a photo .jpg in my last post converted from a .raw file. Did you see?
How do your tweak colors?
Thanks.
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as i said several times before: u must use lightroom, digikam and other kind of tools for editing your photo geometry, color, brightness etc!

you could try dcraw from this thread forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2753946&page=30 submit a sample shot sensor name device name found in build.prop

[Q] Nexus 5 Image size

Hi there, I have been using Nexus 5 for the last couple of months, and even though I select 8mp on the camara setting, all pictures are taken at different size. Sometimes they are 2.1mb, sometimes 3, 4 or even 5 mb. And for the front facing camera they are normally 300kb to 450 kb.
I just want to understand why the difference in each picture, if it is a setting I can adjust, an issue or what is happening... I would like to take all pictures at best quality.
Thanks!

The reason is compression.
The best quality would be in raw format but each photo would be hundreds of MBs.
To combat this photos are compressed.
The reason your photos are different sizes is purely related to how well the image you have taken can compress.
Say for instance you took a picture of a solid red square. This would compress very well because there is relatively little info needed to recreate it.
Color=red in pixels 1,1 to 8096,8096 (I know this is impossible to have a perfect picture that only picks up the single colour but it's just an example)
Compare this say with a picture of multicolored sand that has many shades.
This would not compress as well because there is a lot of data that is needed to create the image.
Color=redshade1 in pixels 1,1 677,465 7357,3633 etc...
Color=blueshade1 in pixels 1,2 3757,995 357,3376 etc...
Etc...
Now I know this isn't exactly how photo compression works but it's just trying to show how even though you are capturing the image at the same resolution, the resulting file size can vary drastically.
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Yep. Even without compression, all RAW images are not the same size. The more complex the image, the bigger it will be
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Thanks for the Info! everyday you learn something new at this site...
Alex240188 said:
The reason is compression.
The best quality would be in raw format but each photo would be hundreds of MBs.
To combat this photos are compressed.
The reason your photos are different sizes is purely related to how well the image you have taken can compress.
Say for instance you took a picture of a solid red square. This would compress very well because there is relatively little info needed to recreate it.
Color=red in pixels 1,1 to 8096,8096 (I know this is impossible to have a perfect picture that only picks up the single colour but it's just an example)
Compare this say with a picture of multicolored sand that has many shades.
This would not compress as well because there is a lot of data that is needed to create the image.
Color=redshade1 in pixels 1,1 677,465 7357,3633 etc...
Color=blueshade1 in pixels 1,2 3757,995 357,3376 etc...
Etc...
Now I know this isn't exactly how photo compression works but it's just trying to show how even though you are capturing the image at the same resolution, the resulting file size can vary drastically.
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