Photogene for iPhone
The more I’m using the iPhone‘s built-in camera, the more I find myself wanting to perform basic image manipulations. The iTunes App Store contains many image manipulation applications, but my favourite one so far is Photogene.
Photogene is very easy to use. The starting point is either a new photo that can be taken with the built-in camera or an existing photo found in the camera roll.
There are many tools to manipulate and enhance the photograph, including cropping and rotating functions. The entry point to each category of image manipulation tool is found by icon in the left-hand margin. The icons are not necessarily a clear description of what function they lead to, so it takes a bit of getting used to and playing around to get to the feature one is looking for.
Photogene also excels at providing filters and colour correction, as well as colour level and exposure corrections. In all cases, the required setting is made by dragging a slider an appropriate distance and previewing the results.
Multiple levels of undo are provided and it is rather easy to revert the image to a previous setting. Slightly whimsical, but still useful is the provision of a number of border and background styles that may be applied to the photograph.
Once manipulated and changed, the image may be saved to the camera roll as a new image.
Photogene is highly useful and entertaining. Being able to crop and rotate images on the iPhone was the primary reason I hunted it out, but I find myself using many of the other features it provides. For USD 2.99, this is an excellent choice in the category of image manipulation on the iPhone.
