FX Photo Studio HD Review

If you are looking for a complex yet user-friendly photo editor for your Apple iPad then the “FX Photo Studio HD” app maybe the perfect solution for you.

This new photo editing application includes various older vintage filters and unique visual effects that will definitely make even the most boring of photos shine.

The FX Photo Studio HD app gives you a professional type photo editor without having to deal with a complex gui that is hard to navigate through. The app features a wide selection of options that will help you add cool effects that will definitely improve your photo editing abilities. You can turn your prized pictures into a retro type photograph or even a picture drawn by a pencil with the simple push of a button. You can also change the background by adding a beautiful frame of flowers or butterflies, or whatever else you can think of, your choices are pretty much unlimited with this.

There are a lot of different photo editing apps for the iPad, but FX Photo Studio HD definitely stands out above the crowd. There are a lot of advanced features available in the plug-ins section, but if even that isn’t enough, and then the free application will give you in-app purchase options to add other filters or effects.

Intelligent Life: iPad app review - Econsultancy (blog)

It is good to be able to click and listen to the music referred to, though the app could go further by linking to iTunes or somewhere else where users can actually purchase it. The same principle also applies to any other products featured in the magazine, something which could prove to be a useful revenue stream. 

Conclusion

Rather than simply repurposing the content for the iPad, the developers of this app have at least focused on the platform and adjusted the content to it, and considered how people will use the app. 

Other publishers, such as The Independent with its 'i' app, have simply rushed out apps without enough thought for the iPad user experience, and with little or no interactivity. This is not the way to do it. 

Publishers developing iPsd apps need to look at the iPad's capabilities, what users expect, and how they can use their content to take advantage of this to provide a compelling experience. 

Intelligent Life is one of the better iPad magazine apps I have seen, and it has created an app which is easy to navigate, though it could provide more interactive content, and perhaps make more of it. 

Graham Charlton is UK Editor at Econsultancy. Follow him on Twitter or connect via Linkedin. 

Posted 11 January 2011 10:20am by Graham Charlton with 1 comment

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