Photo Effects by LoonaPix app for placing pictures within cool frames
by Paul Wilks
Sep 27, 2012 2:09 PM –
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Picture Effects by LoonaPix is a cool photo framing app, not dissimilar to Photomica which we also reviewed recently. However, with a huge range of frames and effects to choose from and a very user-friendly interface, Picture Effects by LoonaPix is arguably a better option.
Price: Free
Tested on: HTC One X
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Few hundred different effects to choose from!
- Really simple to use!
- ‘Saves’ used picture for use in other effects!
Cons
- It’s not an editor as the blurb might suggest. Rather it’s just a series of elaborate, but very cool, frames.
Features:
Photo Effects by LoonaPix is a very nifty little application for placing pictures within impressively effected frames. It’s beautifully simple to use too. Just select a frame, find a picture from your own gallery and the app implements it into the frame. I use the word frame quite loosely as your pic is essentially ‘framed’ so it looks like you’re on a poster, or a billboard, a newspaper, on a t-shirt and so on. The app features a whopping 218 different effects and I was quite impressed by the variety. I did think some of those available in Photomica tended to be a bit generic and slightly stale, but some of the choices are great.
I identified quite a few that I really liked, and you can add them to your favourites if you want which makes them far easier to access. My favourite element of the app, however, is the way it saves your original photo into a kind of tray which lets you choose it in the future. It just makes the user-experience far more intuitive and immediate. This ultimately saves you flicking through your gallery each time to find the same pic.
The functionality of the app is a bit limited, there’s not much ‘editing’ to do compared with more fully featured tools such as something like Pix: Pixel Maker. However, it’s a fun app which gives you a wealth of options that bring your pictures to life. I especially like the app’s Google Play Store tag line which out-rightly refuses to get ahead of itself; “LoonaPix Effects is a free photo editor that is worth a try“.
I completely agree. It’s not an app that will change the way you use your phone, nor will it blow your mind with its editing capabilities- if they are even to be called that… but it’s definitely worth a try. Photo Effects by LoonaPix is fun, free and brilliantly simple to use.
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Lots and lots of effects to try out (1)
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Lots and lots of effects to try out (2)
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Select photo from gallery or camera
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – A little cropping to fit the space
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – … and I’m on a wanted poster again
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Be art!
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – On money
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Hanging around…
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Look, I’m on TV!
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – I favourited this one!
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Previously used images are saved for future use, kind of like a shortcut
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Appear on the screen of a 2002 tablet!
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Photo Effects by LoonaPix – Share wherever you like
Usefulness:
For adding a bit of a different dimension to your pics, some novelty, some just original and pretty cool, Photo Effects by LoonaPix is a neat little app to download and try out.
Ease of Use:
It really couldn’t be simpler people! Choose an effect. Choose a picture from your gallery. Crop. The app does the rest!
Frequently Used:
I’m not sure it will ever become the go-to solution for most day-to-day picture editing requirements as it’s just not that kind of application. However, for the occasional pic to impress friends or to share via social networking, it’s a fun app to have on your device.
Interface:
The interface is simple but well designed and responsive. There’s not much ‘to’ the app, aside from the individual elements which present the different effects and a screen where used images are stored, but it is tidy, fast and works very well.
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