In addition to games, is a different genre of the application which on the current wave of smartphones suited seems excellent photo manipulation. Because the built-in cameras are getting more sophisticated, are more and more of us with our cell phones to snap pictures. In fact, many of our Facebook pages of more full photos as a Gran’s sideboard are drawer.
So it’s good to find the occasional photo editing app that offers something different to the others. And today’s app of the day certainly falls into that category…
Touch Retouch
One of the major new features of Photoshop CS5 that has had everybody a-buzzing is “Content-aware Fill”, a one-click solution to removing unwanted objects (lens-flare, shadows, etc) in photographs without having to do the hard work yourself.
Well, that’s exactly what Touch Retouch does too. For 59p.
And it is not only cheap, it’s also extremely easy to use. Simply load an image into the software to remove color to the desired section, click “Go” and it will magically disappear before your eyes. You can the size of the brush, so that you can take a look at the range, paint and if you make a mistake, repeat or use refine the Eraser tool in the field you selected.
There’s also a lasso tool to mark around a zone, so you don’t have to scribble all over it, and you can pinch and zoom a picture as you see fit, allowing for the most intricate of editing.
Can images from the device library grabbed (or the camera, if there is one) and there are a few built-in training videos that play when you can start the application. They are handy, although the use of a computer text to speech voice is a little nerve wracking. It is as if Stephen Hawking’s leads through the process. Who knows, maybe he is!
The other constraint of the software longer owe the original expectations than anything else. Touch retouch works best if the background is pretty straightforward. The more chaos and colorful scene, the more likely is that there are some bizarre results. However, the same with Photoshop could be said equivalent and that is one hundred pounds.
As a cheap and simple photo manipulation tool, Touch Retouch presses all the right buttons, and is essential for any amateur photographer who doesn’t have the time or inclination to spend hours on editing.
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