Jul 21, 2010
I have been putting off this app review for a while but it’s time to share my thoughts on this beautiful app.
Taptaptap has brought out a killer app that is Camera+.
There are plenty of camera apps we have reviewed in the Photography apps section. But, with all the apps that come out sometimes one app makes you stop and play with it a little longer.
Camera+ did that for me. (I am reviewing this app on iPhone 4 so it might slightly be different for 3GS/3G)
As soon as you launch the app, you will be greeted by a camera view that mimics looking through a DSLR. the LCD viewfinder has two options – Take Photo & Lightbox. And you have a Menu button in the bottom just like a camera button. The UI right at this point is gorgeous and it only gets better.
Menu
Let’s wrap up the Menu section first. Here you can turn on off Sound, Grid, configure sharing in facebook, twitter, or flickr. Sharing it on Flickr right from the camera app, a huge plus for me!
You can also choose to adjust the quality of images saved. Depending on what you plan to use your images for, you can save a ton of iPhone space by using the Optimized option.
Take Photo
Lets take a look at the most important feature of a camera app – taking photos. If you have a iPhone 4, you will see the usual flash option and front facing camera switch as-is.
The camera itself is a no-frills app except it adds an image stabilizer that turns green when you get a steady shot and is red when it’s shaky. Also, it does have the tap to focus and the 5x digital zoom you find the native Camera app.
You can continuously take photos and you will see a small image thumbnail on the left with a number badge showing your current count.
Now, go ahead and tap that thumbnail after you have taken your pictures. You have to hit ‘Save all’ at the top left to save all the photos you have taken so far to the camera roll.
You can also choose to tap on individual photos and hit save. I like this option as I can save only the photos I like instead of flooding my camera roll.
Lightbox
In the last screenshot you would have seen the menu when you tap on a photo. One of the options there is the ‘Edit’ option. This is where the app shines the most.
Lightbox feature lets you edit your picture in different ways.
- Scenes lets you give it different looks like Flash, Sunset, Night, Backlit, Portrait, Beach, Scenery, Concert, Food, Text. All these presets apply a different look to your photograph instantly.
- Crops lets you crop your picture in different ways. You can do a freeform crop by dragging the ends or do a golden or square crop.
- Effects gives you more control with options like Colors, Retro and Special effects.
- Borders lets you add different kinds of borders like a white border to vignette, etc.
Now, that you have taken a classic shot and applied some cool looks and borders, use the Share option to share it with the world through Facebook, Twitter or Flickr!
The app has high resolution graphics for the iPhone 4 retina display and looks gorgeous. It also has support for multitasking in iOS 4.
Sometimes the app seemed to take a bit of time for processing but it is on par with other effects-processing camera apps.
Even though you can get a lot of these effects and crop features in the free Photoshop iPhone app, Camera+ offers it in one neat package and in an elegant interface at an incredible price of $1.99. I highly recommend it for those who use their iPhone cameras a lot and have fun with it.
Rating: 4.5 out 5 stars
Availability: App Store
Price: $1.99 (was $2.99)
Reviewed at version: 1.1
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