There's a lot of power hiding under this app's innovative GUI.
For example, it has LAYERS! Yes, you read that right: a $1.99 app that has LAYERS. Another awesome tool is the SELECTION capabilities. Very interesting, and highly useful. Between the selection capabilities and the layers, this already has the big functions of a true photo editor which, by the way, can handle up to 24MP files as long as your device can handle it.
If that hasn't gotten your attention, though, check out the RETOUCH tool. It's not 100% perfect, but it is *stunning* in what it does, and is better than 'good enough' for most uses. Plus, if you don't like the result, simply UNDO it, and then reapply the Retouch. It uses a randomized algorithm to do its work. In my Customer Images photo, you'll see the original and the result of the Retouch tool. The first time it worked, the resulting image was okay, but clearly unnatural. The second time, though, was more than acceptable.
The first thing most people are going to do is to play with the filters. To be blunt, the default filter settings are, at best, mediocre, and some are downright awful. But other than that and the Flurry Analytics, this app has a lot of use for more advanced photo editing tasks. You'll have to play with it yourself, since I'd be writing a book to cover all of them. For the price, it's a bargain!
The GUI features circular menus of varying levels, and perhaps more interesting aspect of the GUI is the extensive and intelligent use of the device's touchscreen capabilities. Instead of sliders, buttons, and so forth, it makes generous use of the screen itself. Simply touching the screen to apply, or using horizontal or vertical swipes for different purposes, and so on. The amount of granular control is very impressive and perfectly suited for touchscreens.
It features a SERIES of Video Tutorials, which is terrific! (Just ignore some of the goofy dialog; the lessons are worth it.)
SUMMARY: Mind blown. Handy Photo came close to losing a star for the bad filters and the Flurry. But once I got into it, I saw that this isn't your run-of-the-mill editor, but a beast in disguise. And the price should shock you, really. If this isn't one of the best $1.99 apps I've seen, I'll hang up my reviewer cloak.
BOTTOM LINE: Get it. Especially if you do any sort of true photo editing. It isn't Photoshop, but it's very powerful, has an amazing assortment of features, and for the price I haven't seen anything that comes close.
EDITS:
1) 16-Megapixel files, not 16-Megabyte files.
2) 24MP, not 16MP. My phone can only handle 16MP processing, which is still staggering.
Handy Photo
3.6 | 673 ratings
Price: 2.99
Last update: 01-06-2025
Latest updates
What's new in version 2.3.5- Fixes for Samsung devices on android 6.0
Product Details
Release Date: 2013
Date first listed on Amazon: June 14, 2013
Developed By: ADVA Soft
ASIN: B00DDTQE1Y
Customer reviews:
3.6 out of 5 stars674 customer ratings
3.6 out of 5 stars674 customer ratings
Developer info
- [email protected]
- http://www.adva-soft.com
- More apps by this developer
Product features
- Move Me technology for intellectual objects extraction and moving
- The best retouching technology for mobile platforms
- Impressive collection of professional photo filters
- Complete sets of high quality textures and frames
- 100% size image viewing
Product description
Welcome to creative photo editing!Handy Photo was designed for those with a strong passion for photo editing. The app is a perfect choice when it comes to correcting and enhancing photos from all possible angles.
Edit your photo with the Handy Photo's complete set of truly powerful tools and obtain the results that will definitely impress you and all those viewing your works of art.
* Uncrop your photos in a unique way *
The tool is called Magic not accidentally. It enables the users to uniquely uncrop photos. No other app could do it. The Magic Crop is unique for one more reason. It allows straightening a crooked horizon without sacrificing the photo’s original size.
* Let the objects in your photos come alive *
Is it possible to move the objects in your photos in just a few taps? The answer is yes when it comes to the Move Me tool. Carry the object to any other place or photo and be satisfied that it suits there to a tee.
* Perform photo retouching in the best possible way *
Remove all undesired objects and blemishes from your photos in a tap. Mobile retouching has never been so fast and easy.
* Color and tone balance your photos *
Thanks to a complete toolset for adjusting color and tone of photos, you can properly balance your images’ Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Warmth, Shadows, Highlights, etc. levels to make the photos look vivid and natural.
* Apply stunning photo filters *
A total of more than twenty filters, namely Black and White, Bleach Bypass, Color Standout, Cross Process, Dramatic, Duotone, Fog, Glow, Golden, HDR, Halftone, Ink, Lomo, Old Photo, Polarization, Polaroid, Sepia, Sketch, Smart Contrast, Tilt Shift, Tiny Planet, Vignette, and Vintage, are always at your disposal in case you feel like changing the atmosphere of any of your photos. All they are equally amazing, easy to adjust and apply, and flexible to work with.
* Add marvelous textures *
Create the atmosphere of your photo stories yourself with the Handy Photo’s pack of terrific textures (more than 90). Apply them to enhance your photos and make them truly pop. You can select from the following groups of textures: Cloth, Clouds, Frost and Ice, Grunge, Paper, Water, Wood.
The textures are adjustable, so make some settings to the texture you have selected, apply it, and you will become even more fascinated with your photo.
* Add attention-grabbing frames *
Before showing your photo to the whole world, it’s quite important to appropriately frame it. The Handy Photo’s excellent collection of frames serves just that purpose. Put the final touches on your photos by adding the following frames to them: Carton, Film, Grunge, Photo Album, Polaroid, and Retro Photo.
* THE APP FEATURES *
- Move Me technology for intellectual objects extraction and moving
- Magic Crop tool with unique photo “un-cropping” function
- The best retouching technology for mobile platforms
- Impressive collection of professional photo filters
- Complete sets of high quality textures and frames
- 100% size image viewing
- Up to 36 MP support
- Optimized for multi-core and GPU processors
- Stylish and intuitive UI
Brought to you by the developers of TouchRetouch! :)
* DEVICES SUPPORT *
All devices running Android 2.3 or newer and supporting ARMv7.
Depending on the amount of total RAM available, the following resolution images processing is allowed:
2 GB of RAM - 24 MP
1 GB of RAM - 16 MP
786 Mb of RAM - 12 MP
512 Mb of RAM - 8 MP
less than 512 MP of RAM – 5 MP
* WEBSITE *
http://adva-soft.com/products/handy-photo/
Download Handy Photo right now and enjoy unlimited photo editing freedom!
User Data Privacy
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Technical details
Size: 49.2MB
Version: 2.3.5
Developed By: ADVA Soft
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- Access information about networks
- Access information about Wi-Fi networks
- Required to be able to access the camera device
- Open network sockets
- Read from external storage
- PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
- Write to external storage
Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes
Top reviews from the United States
R2Lots of Horsepower Underneath Attractive, Innovative GUI - [Problems with 4.4 "KitKat" and/or Tegra2 systems?]
R2
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
For example, it has LAYERS! Yes, you read that right: a $1.99 app that has LAYERS. Another awesome tool is the SELECTION capabilities. Very interesting, and highly useful. Between the selection capabilities and the layers, this already has the big functions of a true photo editor which, by the way, can handle up to 24MP files as long as your device can handle it.
If that hasn't gotten your attention, though, check out the RETOUCH tool. It's not 100% perfect, but it is *stunning* in what it does, and is better than 'good enough' for most uses. Plus, if you don't like the result, simply UNDO it, and then reapply the Retouch. It uses a randomized algorithm to do its work. In my Customer Images photo, you'll see the original and the result of the Retouch tool. The first time it worked, the resulting image was okay, but clearly unnatural. The second time, though, was more than acceptable.
The first thing most people are going to do is to play with the filters. To be blunt, the default filter settings are, at best, mediocre, and some are downright awful. But other than that and the Flurry Analytics, this app has a lot of use for more advanced photo editing tasks. You'll have to play with it yourself, since I'd be writing a book to cover all of them. For the price, it's a bargain!
The GUI features circular menus of varying levels, and perhaps more interesting aspect of the GUI is the extensive and intelligent use of the device's touchscreen capabilities. Instead of sliders, buttons, and so forth, it makes generous use of the screen itself. Simply touching the screen to apply, or using horizontal or vertical swipes for different purposes, and so on. The amount of granular control is very impressive and perfectly suited for touchscreens.
It features a SERIES of Video Tutorials, which is terrific! (Just ignore some of the goofy dialog; the lessons are worth it.)
SUMMARY: Mind blown. Handy Photo came close to losing a star for the bad filters and the Flurry. But once I got into it, I saw that this isn't your run-of-the-mill editor, but a beast in disguise. And the price should shock you, really. If this isn't one of the best $1.99 apps I've seen, I'll hang up my reviewer cloak.
BOTTOM LINE: Get it. Especially if you do any sort of true photo editing. It isn't Photoshop, but it's very powerful, has an amazing assortment of features, and for the price I haven't seen anything that comes close.
EDITS:
1) 16-Megapixel files, not 16-Megabyte files.
2) 24MP, not 16MP. My phone can only handle 16MP processing, which is still staggering.
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