9 useful applications for amateurs

1. Lightbox Photos

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This is the answer to Instagram for the iPhone. When you first install the application, you will be asked to create an account, after which you can begin to shoot. When using the application, each photo you take will be automatically uploaded to your Lightbox account.

Filters : you can use filters Retro, Magic Hour, Sepia, FishEye, Cyano, RedScale, Lomo, Portia, Cross Process.

Social networks : you can share photos on Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter and Tumblr.

The application does not require constant connection to the Network - you can continue to use it without the Internet, just the next time you connect to the Network, all photos will be synchronized.

Price : free.

Application page on the Android Market.

2. Magic Hour

In essence, an application is a collection of 40 filters. You can make your list of favorite filters and use only them.

What the application can not:

- increase the photo;
- rotate the photo;
- prescribe location.

Social networks : facebook, twitter, flickr, tumblr, WhatsApp, KakaoTalk!

Price: $ 2

Application page on the Android Market.

3. PicSay Pro

It is considered one of the best applications for working with photos.

Functions :

- red-eye removal;
- pruning:
- color correction;
- color setting;
- insert pictures in the photo;
- insert replicas ("word balloons" in the comics);
- add text;
- adding a built-in clipart to a photo (hats, mustache, glasses, etc.);
- much more.

Price : $ 4

Application page on the Android Market.

4. Pocketbooth

The application uses the front camera of the phone. Makes 4 consecutive pictures in retro-style (as in street photo machines).

Filters : retro (customizable).

Social networks : Facebook, Twitter (+ the ability to send photos by email or as MMS).

Price: $ 2

Application page on Amazon App Store

5. Action Snap

Well suited for shooting something fast running, flying, falling, etc.
Several consecutive shots are taken (4 or 9 can be selected), after which they are combined into a single composition. You can adjust the time interval between shots (from 0.1 to 5 seconds).

Filters : Lomo, Sepia.

Price: free.

Application page on the Android Market.

6. HDR Camera

It's simple - it makes HDR photos and, judging by the reviews, it does them well.

Price : free ( PRO- version costs 56 rubles, allows you to adjust the contrast, exposure, etc.).

Application page on the Android Market.

7. Camera360

Filters : LOMO, Retro Effect, Dreamlike Effect, Art of Black and White, Back to 1839 and Night Enhancement, more.

Social networks :, Facebook, Twitter, Sina Microblog.

The application does not save the photos on the machine - if you took a photo, applied the effect and liked everything, then click on “Save” (or “Share”).

Camera360 is very actively eating the battery, so make sure that after working with it you have completed the process and it did not remain hanging in the background.

Price : free.

Application page on the Android Market.

8. SocialCamera

It gives an opportunity to immediately mark a person on a photo and send him this photo on Facebook, Flickr, by e-mail or as MMS.

Functions : face recognition - mark a friend in the photo once, and the next time the application recognizes it and marks it.

Price : free.

Application page on the Android Market.

9. Postagram

Most likely, it is useful only to residents of the United States, but the service is positioned as "anywhere in the world".

It gives you the opportunity to send any photo from your phone (as well as from your photo collection or Facebook account) to your relatives or friends in the form of a postcard. This postal paper postcard.

Service features :

- printing your photos on high-quality glossy paper (300 dpi);
- Delivery of this photo to any city in the world (for 99 cents);
- delivery in the States - from two to five working days. According to the world, respectively, a little longer;
- in the “From” field you can insert a photo from your profile and add a message (up to 140 characters);
- The photo itself can be removed from the postcard (7.6 * 7.6 cm).

Here's what the result will look like:



Price : free of charge (pay only the postcards themselves, 99 cents for each).

Application page on the Android Market.