Old Photo Effects 1.1.0.0
Mobile users have at their disposal lots of specialized applications and those who want to try and carry out this activity onto their Windows Phone handsets can enlist the help of a utility suggestively called Old Photo Effects.
Aged look for a practical app
The appearance of this tool is interesting, as it features some pretty well designed graphics and a most appropriate background that respects the theme and purpose of the application.
The commands are easy to reach from the menus hosted in the lower part of the app and the changes will be displayed without delay onto the generous workspace that occupies most of the screen.
After running Old Photo Effects a few times, a prompt to rate it will appear, but it can be dismissed and discarded for good with only two taps. More persistent are the ad banners that seem glued to the bottom of the screen and which only a purchase will remove from sight.
Quick filter and background selection
The application offers a small number of effects and once you pick a picture to work on, it will appear inside the "Filters" area as the thumbnail preview of each of the available enhancements. This way you can see at a smaller scale how the final image will actually look like.
For each photo you choose to customize, Old Photo Effects allows you to pick a background from its built-in collection. In this respect there are a lot more choices you can play with, but almost half of the patterns are locked and require a purchase to become available.
There are some extra options you can tinker with and they are related to the background blend level, brightness and saturation levels, which can all be adjusted using their dedicated sliders. Settings a new style, with a predominant color or picking a vignetting level are also possible.
Share pics and set them on the lock screen
With the help of this utility you can send over to your friends each image you personalize and store inside the app's gallery. Old Photo Effects is able to transfer the images as SMS or email messages, as well as publish them onto your social network accounts.
For those who want to keep their artwork close at hand and look at the beautiful pictures once ever so often, there is an option to have them used onto the lock screen as background images.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI9
The application has a really nice look to it and only the ads and occasional prompts take away some of the good feel of the GUI. |
Function7
There is a good deal of paper background images, but the effects are way too few, while image editing features are missing, |
Security8
For some reason, Old Photo Effects requires access to the phone identity and to the location services, even if these are not connected to its actual functions. |
Battery1
In case someone is looking for a means of discharging the phone's battery quickly, this app can do it, as the power consumption while it is running is tremendous. |
Price9
Using only the default freebies included in this app will get the job done pretty well, but to enjoy a more diversified choice of enhancements a purchase is mandatory. |
Compatibility9
The utility is tailored to be used on the more recent devices out there, namely on the handsets that are running Windows Phone 8 and above. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.1.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.1.0.0
- developer:
- borneo mobile
- category:
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- os version req.:
- 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. remove ads, add extra functions
- hits:
- 266