8 iPhone Apps To Make Your Holiday Memories Shine
InformationWeek picks eight different iPhone apps to help you take pictures and create stellar holiday memories. The best part is that most are free.
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For most of us, the holidays equal memories. With every last relative carting around a plus-sized smartphone, it's important that your visual season's greetings are up to snuff.
More than 80% of consumers expressed frustration with smartphones at the holiday dinner table, but 31% of consumers say it's acceptable to take and share photos only, according to a recent survey by Sequence. What this seems to mean is that as long as you're not eating, snapping shots wherever you happen to be during the holiday is going to be ok with friends and relatives.
With such high-tech capabilities placed in our gloved hands, however, it can be a little overwhelming to see the number of applications dedicated to sprucing up and sending your photos -- not to mention that you may be dealing with older generations who aren't (gasp!) on Instagram or other popular social media platforms.
In addition, Google Photos recently rolled out a feature called shared albums -- originally announced back at Google's event in September -- which lets you share photos in an album with anyone you want.
[InformationWeek lists the best mobile tech of 2015.]
With the holiday rush entering its final, madcap phase, it's easy to overlook some of the things, like great photo editing and sharing apps, that can help make this season's memories even more special. We've put together a list of great applications that will help you do just that.
From social media sites, to photo editing suites, and ways to send your photos around the world for very affordable rates, we've collected some of the best apps the Apple Store has to offer.
(All images courtesy of the Apple App Store)
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It may be slightly pricier than your average app, but it offers all of the features of the native camera app plus a range of additional tools that offer users more control. Such features include fully manual exposure control, an innovative HDR mode, and image stabilization. You can also import images from your camera roll to edit in ProCamera 8.
Price: $4.99
Nobody sends postcards anymore, of course. Imagine stunned friends and family members finding one in the mailbox, with your photo and flipside message. That's what this app provides, on high-quality paper. The cards are supposed to get there faster traditional ones.
Price: Free
The perennial favorite is a solid, go-to choice for spilling the details on your holiday haul, and still the one your friends are most likely to see. With the latest update you can choose from square or rectangular photos, and adjust the photo settings to better accentuate the glow on your face as your unwrap the ultimate gift.
Price: Free
Give your digital photos an analog twist with classic mode. Shooting in classic provides beautifully rendered skeuomorphic cameras that transform your experience as you swipe through lenses, flashes, and films. You can also use multiple exposures to shoot many images in one shot and get crazy artistic results. A darkroom suite and manual control options are also in the package.
Price: $2.99
This app lets you take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to a controlled list of recipients. Users set a time limit for recipients to view your Snaps (from one to ten seconds), after which Snapchat claims they are deleted from the company's servers.
Price: Free
Home for all your photos and videos, Google Photos automatically makes your shots organized and searchable, and brings them to life. Your photos are now searchable by the people, places, and things that appear in them. With Shared Albums, you can get everyone's photos in one place, no matter what device they're on.
Price: Free
Retouching photographs has never been so quick and convenient. This easy-to-use application lets you remove unwanted content or objects from your photos using just your finger and an iPhone or iPod Touch. Mark the items you want taken out of the snapshot and hit Go. That's all there is to it. So long, cousin Gertrude.
Price: $1.99
Retouching photographs has never been so quick and convenient. This easy-to-use application lets you remove unwanted content or objects from your photos using just your finger and an iPhone or iPod Touch. Mark the items you want taken out of the snapshot and hit Go. That's all there is to it. So long, cousin Gertrude.
Price: $1.99
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