Deceptively simple, packs a wallop

So many photo apps, another one - bleh? I thought. But then I read through the reviews on Ultralinx and on Beautiful Pixels, 2 sites that focus on good design and UI and that usually feature pretty solid apps. So I gave Landcam a shot and was very pleased.

Its very intuitive and it was easy to figure out its 3 sections: 1) filters 2) fine-tuning 3) frills (frames, fonts, special effects). You can snap a picture or add from existing album.

Love that its very responsive, very little lag in the editing process, and the editing features are very nice, kind of reminds me of the simple tools of Afterlight. Like that you can "heart" the filters you like for future use. It would be nice if you could reorder them, but at least the hearts let you easily pick out your favourite among 30 filters. Love that there is a suite of b&w filters separate from colour filters. I also love that there are fade and grain fine tune effects. The +/- orange and green tint touches are very very nice. Its obvious that there are design-minded folks behind this app. The drawing effects and fonts are also attractive, not over-the-top or campy.

The only drawback so far is that while the app allows you to take pictures at the native ratio, editing seems to render the photo 1:1 only. Yes, you can adjust the 1:1 crop, but if there is a way to make it 4:3 or other ratios, I havent figured it out yet.

I love this app and its fully-loaded feature set. Its kind of a combination of Afterlight/Beautiful Mess/Analog but in its own UI wrapper. I think it will join or replace some of my key photo apps. A totally terrific job for a newly launched app.

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