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Blinq Photo will save and share your images

by Mel Martin (Jul 30th, 2012)

Blinq Photo lets you access, share and edit photos on a home computer remotely. Its purpose is to provide users with a free solution for creating and sharing photos and albums. I found it to be simple and effective and requires very little fuss. Let me walk you through the process of getting ...

Color Splash Studio has been scaled down for iOS

by Mel Martin (Jun 25th, 2012)

I liked Color Splash Studio when I reviewed it last fall as a Mac app. Now Color Splash Studio is available for iOS devices, and it has retained the features that made it a winner. Basically, you import a color photo from your camera roll, or take one live. You set the image to black and white, ...

Process is a clever and able photo editing app for iOS

by Mel Martin (Apr 6th, 2012)

There's no shortage of photo editing apps for iOS, and I am constantly amazed at the quality and the creativity of the offerings. Process (US $2.99 universal app) has some unique features that can breathe some new life into your photos. The app features non-destructive editing, so you can apply ...

Snapseed photo editor for iOS free today only

by Mel Martin (Dec 31st, 2011)

Snapseed is one of my very favorite photo editors for the iPhone and iPad. It's normally US$4.99, but thanks to a New Year's Eve special it's absolutely free today. Snapseed includes the usual filters and cropping and straightening tools, but also adds frames and selective adjustments. It's ...

Daily Mac App: Photo Police

by Mel Martin (Dec 16th, 2011)

Ever seen a photo and wondered if it is real or 'photoshopped'? Been to a dating site and wonder if the photo truly represents the person shown? Photo Police, a US$1.99 Mac app can often determine if a photo is real or fake. The app works by looking at low-bit pixel data, which can reveal if an ...

Daily iPad app: Snapseed

by Mel Martin (Dec 9th, 2011)

It's an app with a funny name, but a lot of power. Snapseed, from Nik Software, is a powerful photo editor for the iPad. You can enhance color and exposure of any photo with a single click, or just tweak your photo using a variety of powerful tools that can transform a mundane photo into ...

Perfect Photo editor for iPhone is free this weekend

by Mel Martin (Nov 4th, 2011)

Perfect Photo is a photo editor for the iPhone that was easily worth the US$2 asking price, but this weekend you can grab it for free. Perfect Photo has 28 tools including red-eye removal and a capable healing brush. There are the usual cropping, saturation, sharpen and shadows tools. The ...

Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10 for Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 20th, 2011)

Today Adobe announced new versions of its consumer flagship photo and video editing applications. Photoshop Elements 10 adds new features including 100 paint and effects patterns, depth of field simulation, and the ability to find photos that contain certain objects, like your dog or a hat. ...

PhotoForge2 for iPhone has many Photoshop-like features

by Mel Martin (May 21st, 2011)

It's amazing how many useful features are making it to iPhone apps. In particular, photo apps for the iPhone get more and more remarkable as time goes on. PhotoForge2 is a US$2.99 app that allows you to load your photos at full resolution, and it includes high-end features like layering and ...

Flare from The Iconfactory: Awesome photo editing app for Mac

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2011)

One of the joys of photography with the iPhone is that there are a huge number of apps for the platform that let you work with your photos to apply cropping, add filters and effects, and then share those photos with others. Sure, we have apps like iPhoto and Photoshop Elements, but to me they're ...

World rejoices as Photoshop Express for iPad is fixed

by Mel Martin (Aug 14th, 2010)

Well, that didn't take too long. After a rather horrible debut Friday Adobe has fixed Photoshop Express so it can now open in the landscape mode. How exactly was this app tested by Adobe and Apple? You'd think since most photo editing is done in the landscape orientation it would have been ...