Pic Stitch For iPhone

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Despite owning a digital SLR, my iPhone is always one of my favorite photography tools. Many believe that the best camera to use is always the one with you. While this is certainly true and makes an easy case for iPhone photography, the phone itself is actually a good camera. Simply taking photos is usually not enough for me, I love to edit and change them using applications on my phone. It really is pretty amazing that I can take some photos, edit them and share them from virtually anywhere without a computer. Pic Stitch allows users to combine multiple photos to create stunning poster style works of art. Show before and after photos, series of shots or simply collection of favorite images using a ton of layout possibilities. Let’s take a look.

 Features ?
32 different layouts
9 different photo aspect ratios (1×1, 4×6, 3×4, 5×7, 9×16, etc)
Export to Instagram, Dropbox, Evernote or any other installed application that will accept JPEG images.
Customize photo borders (Borders Add-On Pack only)
Easy to use UI
Pan, rotate, flip, mirror and zoom
Color, Sepia, and Black and White
Share onto Facebook
Save to photo album
Share via email
High resolution export
iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

What’s new

* Stickers are back and better than ever
* New Edit button allows you to re-edit photos already in the collage

Creating photos with Pic Stitch is super simple. The first step is to choose one of the 32 different layouts.
Double tap a pane to add a photo. Photos can be added from the camera roll as well as taken with in app camera. Once the photo is added, pinch to zoom and slide the photo to the desired position and repeat for the other windows.
Once a photo is chosen, there is a ton of editing options. Make lighting enhancements, crop, rotate or even add effects and stickers to the photo. The effects are basically filters and one set comes standard with the free application with two other collections available for $.99 in-app purchases. Swiping the enhancement menu at the bottom of the photo toggles through all of the options. While I usually do this type of editing on other apps, the tools provided are actually quite useful.
Basically, that is it. Rinse and repeat for each window, edit until you are happy and you will have a wonderful photo keepsake in the end. If at anytime you want to go back to a photo and edit, just tap on that photo and go to town. Double tap to replace a photo and follow the same steps as if the window was empty. There truly is no end to the customizations that can be made to any series of photos. When everything is all finished, save the photo to your photo camera roll or share directly from the app.
Since I started using this application I actually have planned out photos during events to be included in layouts. There are many uses for the app, but I prefer to include pics from hunting season or baseball season or a special trip. I have thought about trying to catch some action shots at one of the boys’ baseball games and doing a series of swinging the bat. Now if only my iPhone would take multiple shots at once! The bottom line is that Pic Stitch is a lot of fun and includes plenty of options to make a quick and easy photo collage. For photos that need some editing and effects, the onboard features will be plenty to make each photo unique and attractive. To get started, go download Pic Stitch for FREE here in the app store.
What I like: Lots of layouts and many photo editing options.
What could be improved: I would like to see an option to slide photos from one window to another without going back through the upload steps.

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Current App Bargains
VFX Studio:
On sale from $3.99 to free.
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Well-rounded & multi-faceted Task Selection & Creation editor.
Ability to color code tasks by category.
Color coded diagram view option to view breakdown of how a user’s time is spent.
Pre-set Task categories by focus; Work, Meals, Health, etc.
Arrange options for lists
Swipe to switch between days
Alerts and notifications
Copy and Paste feature
Repeat feature
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On sale from $4.99 to $.99.
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About the Author

Travis Ehrlich
Travis is a high school teacher and coach in a small South Texas town. His love for gadgets began at a very early age, and he has been a cross between a jock and a geek for most of his life. He has two boys and a wonderful wife who lets him be a gadget freak. He is a Mac convert and has drank the whole pitcher of Kool-Aid! He is also an avid guitar player and loves the outdoors, especially hunting with both a bow and rifle.