Photo & Video Apps

 
Snapbucket now available in the app store.
 
With more than 100 million users, the photo sharing behemoth Snapbucket, its newest venture that is much more than just a photo filter app.
Snapbucket, in my opinion, is the next-generation of photo sharing apps.

Tagged: photo editing, photo effects

fotobookr is a photo lover's best friend. As a professional photographer, I’m drawn to photo-inspired apps. In the case of fotobookr, even if I didn’t have a bag full of lenses, I would still want this app for its simple and intuitive interface.

RoomRuler! is an app with a nifty concept that could come in handy when decorating a room. Basically, the app is designed to let users take photos and then it applies a built-in algorithm to calculate the approximate dimensions of a room.

Tagged: currency converter, home improvement

It’s always great to see developers who are interested in improving their product and prove it by listening to users and cranking out upgrades that actually work.

Tagged: photo editing

If you travel frequently or are an avid iPhone photographer, Simply Postcards is an app worth checking out.

Tagged: photo services

For the uninitiated, HDR photography is all the rage, supplanting tilt-shift photography as the trendiest way to manipulate your photos and earn your Flickr feed a little extra attention.

Tagged: Flickr app, misc photography

It's hard to categorize CosmicPainter, unless you're familiar with the world of VJing. That's a special place where it's deemed important to be able to create patterned artwork in motion, because sometimes you just need peoples' eyeballs glued to a screen displaying no representative visual content.

Tagged: art app

Just for fun, put a little fur (or fin) in your photos with Picture Perfect Animals, a photo app that lets you frame your subject alongside a variety of selected animals.

Tagged: misc photography, monkeys

Budding photographers who are looking for some readily accessible tips would do well to download Photo Caddy HD for iPad. It functions like a social strategy guide, with a collection of advice and strategies for improving photography in multiple locations.

JumiCam is an application that allows you to view webcam footage streaming from your home PC to your iPhone. It works with the Jumi Controller, which you have to install on your PC (not available for Mac yet).

Tagged: remote camera, web cam app

Fotomecha — Photography apps for iPhone are abundant and range from kid-friendly to technologically endowed. Though the iPhone gets its share of rebuke for poor camera quality (at least pre-4G), I've seen quite a bit of high-quality creativity come out of some users.

Tagged: Flickr app, kid-friendly

Most iPad owners own iPhones. So, it stands to reason that they also have photos that need work—and 10.7 inches of screen on which to do it. But why get elbows deep in photo editing to develop a cool effect? Here are 7 iPhone and iPad apps that can quickly add cool effects to your photos.

Tagged: art app, photo editing, photo effects

Photo Editing Apps range from fully featured to simplistic, from innovative to prosaic. Fortunately, so do the needs of their users. If you crave every feature imaginable? Check. Want a fun new intuitive touchy-feely experience? That’s available too.

Tagged: Flickr app, image editing, photo editing, photo filters

"Digital never looked so analog," says Hipstamatic's App Store description, and that's the key to this funky photo app's appeal. Hipstamatic gives you a choice of three lenses, three films, and two types of "flash.

Tagged: photo effects

Colorize is an iPhone app that lets you create and recreate colorful pictures with the stroke of a brush – or really your finger.

Tagged: photo editing, photo effects