For the past nine months I have been reviewing iPhone apps for Current Photographer. While I am excited to see what is new each week, there are times when I begin to feel like I have seen them all. So when Trevor Current asked me to give FX Photostudio a try, I had to wonder what the big deal was. So let’s take a walk through it and find out.
Let’s start with the home screen. On the bottom you see options to “Take Photo” using the built-in Photostudio Camera, select from the “Camera Roll”, or “Import Photo”. The built-in camera is pretty cool and reminds me a lot of the Camera+ application. There is an “Autofocus” icon and, when you touch at another place, an automatic aperture (exposure) control. In other words, you can move the focus point to one place and the exposure control to another. Light most cameras you have the option for a flash, front or back facing cameras, and a 5x digital zoom.
You can also import your photo from Facebook or your computer via the iTunes file sharing application. Complete instructions are included, so I won’t go into them here. You can also use photos from your camera roll.
Across the top, you see a heart, a gift, Options, and Back. The heart icon allows you to “Like” Photostudio on Facebook, Tweet it, Review it in the App Store, or recommend via email. The gift icon introduces you to Perfect Photo 2.0 and allows you to view a video and purchase the app in the App Store.
The options menu allows you to change the maximum resolution from 320 to 2592, and many points in between. You can select the preview quality and see which effects are hidden. You can turn on or off “Amazing Facts”, “Shake to Random”, and “Image Autorotation”. You can select whether the flower cam shows the front camera or rear. Read More→
A college administrator by profession, Mike Kennamer enjoys the opportunity to take photos and improve his skills by shooting events at work, church, and for friends. He enjoys landscape photography, portraiture and is starting to dabble in HDR. His current photography project involves learning to control flash manually. “My goal”, according to Kennamer, “is to be the best photographer I can be.”
Kennamer is also the President of Kennamer Media Group, Inc., a provider of traditional and online media, specializing in the healthcare industry. On CurrentPhotographer.com he writes about iPhone and iPad applications for photographers.