Android App of the Day: PicsArt Photo Studio
These days your smartphone is more than just a talking device, it’s a true multimedia hub. For many people even the process of capturing photos with your smartphone has evolved with the help of photo editor applications. If you are searching for a new app that allows you to create, discover, and share photos with friends, then the PicsArt Photo Studio app truly stands out from the other photo apps on the Play Store. PicsArt has what seems to be an endless array of photo editing options, which supplies the user with all of the right tools to express their artistic license.
Pros:
- Picture editor – Tons of photo manipulations, Masks, Collage, Frames, Borders, Stickers, Text effects, Clipart graphics, Callouts, Crop, Rotate, color adjust
- Photo effects such as Stenciler, Cartoonizer, Sketcher, Orton, Lomo, Vintage, Cross Process, HDR, Fattal, Pencil, Holgaart, Watercolor, Sketcher, Contours, Comic, Neon, Gouache, Old Paper, Pastel, Red Eye Remover, Holgaart, Popart 2, Smart Blur, Face Fix, Color Splash, Paper
- Drawing effects- draw sticker mode, callouts, Artistic brushes and text styles
- Sharing – quickly share with family and friends in PicsArt social network or by adding photos to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Dropbox, FourSquare, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress and DeviantArt or send photos by SMS and email
- Camera – enables you to take a picture and apply various effects by enhancing the standard camera
- Live wallpaper options
- Supported Languages – English, Japanese, German, Chinese, Polish, Korean, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian
Cons:
- Lag time when applying certain effects
How it works:
- Download the app
- Dashboard displays the following options: photo, camera, effects, collage, draw, more, me, and gallery
- Tap on the photo icon to choose a picture from your gallery or capture an image directly from the device
- You can also upload photos from Facebook, Flickr, Google, Picasa, and Dropbox
- Tap the camera icon to capture an image directly from the app
- To add effects, select a photo and tap on the effects icon
- Choose from Artistic, Pop Art, Paper, Color Adjust, Distort, Color Splash, Corrections
- Effect previews can be seen below, scroll to preview
- Save options include SD card, or export to wallpaper, PicsArt, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, Dropbox, FourSquare, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, DeviantArt
- Enjoy adding different effects to your photos and sharing with your friends through different social outlets
Conclusion:
PicsArt is such a robust photo editing app you might feel a bit overwhelmed when you first open up the app. Thankfully, the UI is well designed and easy to use, which helps the user acclimate to the endless amounts of photo enhancement possibilities. I love that I can change the photo’s hue, make it appear to look like a pencil sketch, add clip art to the image, and even add a customized text message. One of the best aspects of PicsArt is that you can join a community of photo enthusiasts by creating a PicsArt account on their website. Part of the fun with this app is that you can discover other user’s photos and find inspiration in the most unlikely of places. The app has tight sharing integration with a multitude of other platforms, making it extremely easy to share your masterpieces with the world.
PicsArt is available for free in the Google Play Store. Requires Android 1.6 and higher. Play Link
What is the eye icon when you post a picture to picsart?