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MacGeek – Spotlight: Photogene App

Like a mini Photoshop right on your iPhone. Pictures after the break.

One of the great things about having an iPhone is taking pictures… Okay, so the camera is lacking, but with Photogene editing is a breeze.
When you open the app, you are give 4 options: take photo, edit new photo, continue last session, and information. The ability to take a photo directly from inside the app is nice, and the information button gives pretty detailed instructions on each feature.

Once a photo is selected, the main options are: Crop, Rotate, Filter, Color, Symbols, Frames, Undo/Redo and Save.
There is a LOT here, so you might want to have a look around.
Crop is nice and easy. Once selected, a rectangle with gridlines and dots at the four corners appears. The user can drag and re-size the crop box. The gridlines are a nice to use as a guideline. the user can also use predefined ratios to constrain the crop. Current ratios available are: 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, and 3:2.

Rotate not only lets you rotate the photo 360*, but also flip horizontally & vertically, and straighten.

Filter does more than filter; it sharpens too. It also has an effects page. Available effects are sepia, night vision, and heatmap. Another filter is the pencil filter.