![]() ![]() ![]() After selecting an image from your computer (or taking one from your camera) then the main interface changes and a preview of the selected image is shown with a list of effects and some options displayed below it. ![]() At the bottom left corner there are a few thumbnails of photos that are included in the package and can be used as samples to play with. The interface of the desktop app is the same as the online version of the program it has a retro theme with a black-wooden background image, an old camera and the logo of the software at the top and two buttons in the middle of the screen, Camera and Computer. Moreover, there is a Chrome web app and a Facebook app for it, or you can just use it online from its website. The program is available to Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android users. The setup package is 100% clean from all types of malware (viruses, Trojans, spyware, etc.), and doesn't install any other additional 3 rd-party software. If you visit its website then you’ll be prompted to install Adobe AIR if you don’t have it already and the installation will be performed automatically afterwards (you’ll only have to make the basic configurations like shortcuts and pick installation directory). You can either download the setup package from here at Download3K, or you could head to the product’s website and grab it from there. Pixlr-o-matic on the other hand, is free and can create vintage looking photos in a just a few steps without much hassle. ![]() A red-ribbon links you to Pixlr's site in the browser, which would include more editing capabilities if the iPad's browser had Adobe Flash capability.If you would like to create retro snaps of your photos, then although with Photoshop you have more options, it’s quite expensive and suitable for more advanced uses. Same goes for the sharing menu, but there it's less important, and both of these size issues aren't as bad as using the always small Instagram on an iPad. And when I went to take a picture in Pixlr-o-matic with the iPad, the photo view was iPhone-size-kind of a waste of my big high-def new iPad screen. Double-tapping on the preview image full-screens itĪ couple of beefs about the interface: I could only view the site in portrait mode, rendering the app unusable with my iPad stand. A real undo button would be nice here, since, if you get a combo you like and then tap shuffle again, you've lost the previous combo forever. The final two buttons I'll talk about, at top-right, let you get load more effects of each kind, and a shuffle button that applies a random combination of film, lighting, and border effects there are over 5 million possible combinations, so you could spend all day tapping this button to find just the right look. The last actually full-screens your photo and shows the sharing button. Along the bottom you'll see five buttons, Undo (which actually just takes you back to the home screen), a film canister (mood and vintage effects), a light bulb (lighting overlays), a picture frame (border effects), and a floppy disk. Tapping it again takes you back to the photo's original aspect ratio. View all Photos in GalleryAfter you've snapped or selected your photo from storage, you'll see the picture framed on the wood-panel background, with just a few buttons: at top-left, the Crop button has but one option-square. The "upload" is a misnomer here and a remnant from the Web version: You're really just loading a photo from your Camera Roll here. I'd prefer the ability to see more than one recent image. You start out on its wood-panel home screen, from which you can snap a photo for use in the editor/enhancer, "upload" one from the device, use a sample image, or open the last one you worked on. Interface The Pixlr-o-matic interface is dead simple and pleasing to the eye. Pixlr-o-matic has another big advantage over Instagram: It's available for far more platforms-there's a Web app, Windows and Mac desktop apps, a Facebook app, as well as iOS and Android apps. You can start with the free version, which is itself pretty capable, or upgrade to the 99 cent version, an investment that pays off richly in added effects. And though Pixlr-o-matic lacks the rich social networking of Instagram (Free, 3 stars), it goes much further when it comes to pimping up your images with loads of effects. Pixlr-o-matic may not have gotten a billion dollars from Facebook, but well before Instagram's big payday, it was acquired by a pretty big name in design software-Autodesk.
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