This is one of the most popular free apps on iPhone. And for very good reason. It's a very versatile, streamlined photo editing application. The premise is that you can take any photo from your phone and make it look like an old photo taken by an old camera (Many different kinds of old cameras). And as someone who is old enough to have real photos taken by some of these cameras (From my childhood), I have to say that they do a pretty good job.You can either take a photo on the spot, or use one you already have stores in your phone. You then crop it (squares only) and resize it. Once your image is selected you have the chance to run it through one of the camera filters. There is even a pull focus filter and a few other nifty tricks. Some of the camera filters include Amaro, Rise, Hudson, X-pro II, Sierra, Earlybird, Toaster, Brannen, Inkwell, Nashville, 1977 and of course "normal" for people who don't want to use any filters. Different filters can give the same photos a completely different feel. So choose wisely.
When you upload to Instagram you get your own personal gallery. People can view your gallery, add comments, favourite your photos, and follow you. In return, you can do the same to them. On a down side, you can not view your gallery on the instagram website (instagr.am) (Though if you link your Twitter with your app, you can post your images straight to your Twitter feed). Only through the app. However, some people have made special browser apps that allow you to share your gallery via the web.When you load the app up at any given time, you will be taken straight to your feed. This displays the photos of you, and people you follow. This is your "Home". Click the star at the bottom, next to home, and you'll be taken to the "popular" feed. This displays some of the currently trendy uploads on instagram at this moment. It's a great way to find new people to follow. It's also just fun to sit there refreshing and viewing all the lovely photos. Though a fair warning, a lot of the "popular" photos are just photos of 'pretty girls'. Personally, I prefer something more artistic than a girl's face. But to each their own.
The middle button is to take/add photos of your own. If you click this by mistake, there is an X at the top corner you can click to exit out of this section.
The fourth icon at the bottom that looks like a word bubble with a heart is just recent news about your friends. I never feel obligated to click this, but if you keep a lot of friends and want to know what they've been liking and following, this can be useful for you.
Lastly the profile button... You can use this to add/find friends, attach your Twitter to the app, view your profile/gallery, make profile changes, view all the photos you've liked, change your sharing options and set your privacy settings. All very useful.
If you enjoy photography, or just social blogging via photos, this app is going to be fun for you. There are even many celebrities that use it to post their personal photos. So even celebrity followers can use this (If for nothing else) to check out what these famous people do in their spare time.
Rating: 5/5
- Free
- Category: Photo & Video
- Size: 12.5 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- Seller: Burbn, inc.
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