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With photo-editing apps among the most popular categories in the App Store, it's no surprise to see Apple stake its claim with an iOS version of iPhoto. Available both for iPhones and iPad 2 upwards, iPhoto is competitively priced - but how does it compare to rival apps?
iPhoto brings a few clever innovations to tablet-based editing. You can, for example, tilt the tablet to straighten a photo, and simply brush over areas with your finger to apply effects such as desaturation, darkening or sharpening -offering finer control than Snapseed's selective adjustments.
Sliders to control saturation, sky tone and greens to the photo as a whole are neatly implemented. Unusually, Apple has felt the need to include help tooltips to explain features and icons - anathema to its normal "it just works" attitude.
iPhoto brings a few clever innovations to tablet-based editing. You can, for example, tilt the tablet to straighten a photo, and simply brush over areas with your finger to apply effects such as desaturation, darkening or sharpening -offering finer control than Snapseed's selective adjustments.
Sliders to control saturation, sky tone and greens to the photo as a whole are neatly implemented. Unusually, Apple has felt the need to include help tooltips to explain features and icons - anathema to its normal "it just works" attitude.
This first version of iPhoto is far from flawless, however. Performance - especially when using high-resolution JPEGs or the repair brush - is surprisingly sluggish, even with the new iPad's quad-core GPU. Edits can be lost without warning if you don't follow Apple's prescribed workflow. And the selection of artistic filters is not a patch on the creative filters within Snapseed, which can odd real impact to photos snapped on listless smartphone and tablet cameras.
Comparisons with Photoshop Touch are a little unfair: iPhoto is primarily a tool for touching up photos, while Photoshop adds enthusiast-grade features such os adjustment layers, marquee/lasso selections and curve controls. Yet, rarely does Adobe's more sophisticated palette of tools stutter in the same way as iPhoto's, suggesting Apple's developers have more work to do on multicore.
In short, for performing basic photo edits and creative effects we still prefer Snapseed, while iPhoto doesn't come close to the sophistication of Photoshop Touch for those who prefer fine control over their edits.
This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad $4.99
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