Android App of the Day: Color Splash FX
Have you ever seen those haunting pictures on Instagram or Facebook where everything in the image is in black and white except for one red bird. Or maybe it’s been the black and white photo of a girl, except her eyes are shining bright turquoise. I always thought that you had to have expensive photo editing software or a high-priced camera to take shots like that. Little did I know that all you needed was the Color Splash FX app to capture and create dramatic photos straight from your Android device. Not only is Color Splash FX free, but it can instantly transform your boring smartphone pictures into creative artwork just by changing or removing colors from a picture.
Pros:
- Paint in color or gray
- Smooth interface for easy edits
- Re-color any part of your photo with a completely new color
- Zoom in and out or scroll with two-finger pinching gestures
- Pixel perfect brush adjustment: size, edge, opacity
- Brush size adjusts to size of your finger
- Unlimited undo for accidental touch
- Save sessions and continue where you left off
- Import photos from your photo album or camera
- Works in portrait / landscape modes
- Share your masterpieces to Facebook, Twitter & Flickr
- Support for all phones and tablets
- Set as wallpaper / contact
- Full help and instructions
Cons:
- Most of the advanced features require an upgrade to the pro version
How it works:
- Download the app
- Take a photo directly from the app or choose from device’s album
- Slide your finger over the photo to add color
- To zoom in or out of photo tap on the zoom icon on the bottom left-hand side of the app
- To add color back to the image tap on the color wheel
- To remove color and turn the image back to black and white tap on the black and white color wheel
- To add a custom color to the image tap on the blue color wheel
- To add photo effects to your image tap on the “fx” icon and scroll through the photo effect previews
- To work on multiple photos at once tap on the tile icon on the top left-hand side of the app
- To take a tutorial or learn more tips about the app, tap on the “i” icon
Conclusion:
While Color Splash FX isn’t an advanced photo editing software suite, this app can help you create equally stunning results in just a few moments for free. This app is perfect for novice photography enthusiasts or anyone who enjoys capturing life’s moments from directly from their smartphone. Overall, the app has a simple and easy to use interface, which highlights its fundamental features: the ability to add or remove colors from an image.
I love that the app is tightly integrated with other photo editing apps like Instagram or Picasa making it easy to take the editing process even further with some of your other favorite apps. Try out the free version of Color Splash FX, as most of their core features are included. You’re bound to create some unique photo art that may even surprise yourself.
Color Splash FX is available for free in the Google Play Store. Requires Android 2.1 and higher. Play Link
This is part of our Android App of the Day series. We take our favorite app for Android for each day and post it here for you to check out. Feel free to check out all of our App of the Day posts here.
