Ever felt the need for a photo-editor right on your smartphone? How many times have you got the picture-perfect look, but a little tweak would not do any harm? Well than, say adios to your desktop editor and lay your hands on the Adobe Photoshop Express for Android.

The Photoshop family is nothing new to the editing scene and with its availability on Android platform, the game just gets bigger. Photoshop Express gets editing done in a jiffy and before knowing, you are ready for Social Networking upload.

Photoshop Express does not get the entire desktop functionality to the smartphone. In reality it brings you basic touch-ups and fixing tools like Crop, Flip, Rotate, Add borders and other quick fixes. So the entire concept circles around photo sharing on social networks.

Although the desktop edition of Photoshop comes with a gamut of options not available in the smartphone app, do keep in mind the huge price gap. There are quite a few editors in the game for Android, but with Adobe brand-value and a Photoshop tag, people should be more than willing to give it a try.

An interesting functionality within this app is the support for uploading and sharing of pics on Photoshop.com, Twitpic, Facebook, E-mail all with a single-tap. Users with a Photoshop account get additional access to store mobile photos on Photoshop.com. Then sync pictures taken on your mobile device with photoshop.com Library, giving you full access to all the pictures on any device.

The Adobe Photoshop Express app has many limitations to it, and the new update has gone down not-to-well with users. Some are complaining about how the original resolution of the pictures is not maintained. Few have also mentioned shortcomings such as the lack of change log, no editing on downloaded images, problems in Facebook uploading. However according to some, these might be device dependent and users with the latest Android OS update should have non of such problems. Hopefully.

Related Links:
Adobe Photoshop Express Website
Adobe Photoshop Express Appbrain
Adobe Photoshop Express on Facebook

Always envied the photo effects of the big-wig fashion magazines? Loved the way the beauty of the landscape was shown through your eyes? Well, no more do you require a photo-suit costing a bomb as Color Touch for Android works like a charm.

Created by Swiss Codemonkeys, this developer is an experienced player in the Android Market scene. Casual and fun apps might be their forte but on a serious note, they really do not disappoint with Color Touch a bit.

The whole app circles around image manipulation and users will love it for the extensive number of tools it has to offer. Basically, select any image from the phone gallery, new picture from the camera or from Facebook and you can literally do pretty much anything that your heart desires.

Though Color Touch is a free and casual app, some of the results it churns up after a smart editing session is just great. The app once fired up requires the user to select an image either from the gallery, camera or Facebook. Once the image has been selected, the real game begins. In-App there are three tabs, namely Paint (here the editing takes place), Effects (Choosing of various settings) and Caption (to edit text color, background of text, add marging, Top title and Bottom title).

Under the effects sections, users are spoiled for choice between Original, Mono, Sepia, Old Mono, Old, Infrared, Auto-Contrast, Color Balance, Contrast & Color Balance, Color Rotate, Cross Process, Boost Dark, Lomo, Negative, Solarize, Thermal, Xray, Old Magazine and Zoom. Whew. this is more than anyone can handle, nevertheless the choices are making this app a perfect tool for all.

The best part about Color Touch and the reason why I personally recommend it is that the manipulation of the image area is decided by the user and not the app itself. So, for example, if someone wants 50% area to be Lomo, 25% area Solarized and 25% area Sepia, well that is totally possible. The inclusion of a brush for adding the effects to the desired area ads to the whole Intuitiveness factor. In-app adding effects to the most minuet points is easy as 1-2-3, thanks to the zoom tool in the Paint section.

Overall, the app is one great development and definitely the finest in its genre. New users will take some time adapting to the whole process, but once learnt, there is surely no turning back. A big thumbs-up to the developer and the functionality of Color Touch. My personal rating 5 out of 5.

Related Links:
Developer Page on Android Market
Color Touch on Facebook

Always loved the professionalism associated with the premier Adobe Photoshop suite? Having a powerful iOS device within your reach, but the image manipulation suites available on the App Store just do not do justice to your creative poweress or are just downright there to make a hole-in-your-pocket? Whatever the reason might be, Photosynth by Microsoft is the answer to your prayers.

Developed by Microsoft Corp, there is not much needed to say or tell. Microsoft in itself is a huge name and quality is assured as well as guaranteed. This is one app that every image manipulator on iOS should own.

Photosynth has gone through many changes and the latest version 1.1 brings in the lengthy change-log. So now you have a more streamlined sharing option, with direct email sharing also being a part of the package. Also a big boon for users would be the option of having cropped images of panorama saved directly to the camera roll. A great feature indeed.

Photosynth is actually a panorama creation app that makes it seamlessly easy and fun to use. The app packs in some very intuitive feature, making it a pleasure to use for all users. The app uses the latest in computer vision technology and allows users not only to make a panorama from left to right, but also up and down, enabling the capturing of a full “sphere”. Wow, this earns the app true brownie points for sure.

Overall the app is great with almost no bugs. The quality is great, seamlessly integrated; social-networks addicts have a reason to rejoice and Panorama pictures never looked so good. This is one app where words might not do justice, but trying it will. The tools available make this one of the most intuitive editors out there in the App Store.

Related Links:
Official Website
Photosynth on Twitter
Photosynth on Facebook

Developed by Autodesk Inc. this is one app whose quality and tool integration cannot be questioned. AutoCAD WS really brings power of accessibility into the hands of the users.

With AutoCAD WS users can annotate and go through their drawings anytime and anywhere; with DWG and DXF files received by emails being easily opened within the app. The application allows for all the aspects of the DWG file to be scrutinized, including external references, layers and image underlays. It also takes full-advantage of the multi-touch ability of the iOS devices with support for pinch-to-zoom and pan features.

Editing on the app is as easy as 1-2-3 with objects being selected with just a tap, being further moved, rotated and scaled. A very useful feature, which I found under the editing mode, is the ability to select between Snap or Ortho mode, depending on the type of editing required at the moment. Paper mark-ups are a thing of the past as users can directly add text and annotations to the file in the device itself.

AutoCAD WS also allows users to directly share their files with others via email and work with other people simultaneously on the same DWG file. Edits to drawings can be viewed in real time as AutoCAD WS immediately captures changes made by the users and others within the online workspace.

The current updated version 1.3 of AutoCAD WS also brings in options like 'layer management', 'area management', file management', and 'unit typing'.

This app is really a great product with all the high-end tools of AutoCAD desktop integrated within it. Further, I would highly suggest for users to have an AutoCAD WS account for seamless sharing of files between multiple users.

Users can also take a look at Free CAD tool software.

Related Links:
Developer Website
AutoCAD WS on MAC App Store
AutoCAD WS on Android Market
AutoCAD on Facebook
AutoCAD on Wikipedia

How many times have you thought of developing an app, and seeing it in full glory on a particular device or platform? Well, if you have given it a thought, Adobe Flex is the tool for you.

This particular software eases the process of developing apps that run seamlessly on the iOS, Android, and Blackberry Tablet OS platforms. The buck does not stop here, with Adobe Flex, developing applications for traditional browsers and desktops is also possible using the exactly the same programming model as for mobile ones.

The Flex update version 4.5 is the latest, and brings in support for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry Tablet OS and is built on the Adobe Flash architecture. Yes, even though Apple does not allow the use of in-browser Flash, these apps can be developed as stand alone ipa (iPhone Applications), the biggest move made for iOS developers till date. Developers trying to give this SDK (Software Development Kit) a try, would need sufficient knowledge of Drupal, Flex Builder, MXML, PHP and MySQL.

What really sets Adobe Flex apart is the use of ActionScrpit 3.0. Developers were already creating ActionScript 3.0 applications in Adobe Flex, much before ActionScript 3.0 was offered to Flash Developers. Also, a major development working in Adobe Flex's favor is the software environment needs no timeline, but at the same time its use is not limited and neither is the functionality cut.

The integration options with Adobe Flex also make this development program a developers best-friend, with back-ends including Java, Spring, Hibernate, PHP, Ruby to name a few. It's also brings flexibility to developers allowing them to build flash based apps for the iOS.

The entire data available on Adobe Flex is very vast, and a newbie with basic knowledge of programming, and development language can just breeze through the entire app developmental procedure, sometimes taking just 2 hours to develop a full-fledged application. Adobe Flex runs on, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista (32-bit), and XP Professional with SP 2 or 3, Only Intel-processor based Mac OS X (v10.5.6), Ubuntu 9.10, and Fedora Core 12.

Flex is a free Open-source software, and it is a must try for all newbie developers out there. A big advantage to developers choosing Adobe Flex is also the extensive number of tutorials available on sites such as Youtube and a plethora of help site available for in-depth app creation procedure.

Related Links:
Adobe Flex Website
Adobe Flash Platform
Adobe Flex on Facebook
iOS Dev Center
Android Developers

If you're looking for a nice software that will help you record videos on your computer, VideoMyPC is a great one to check out. The program lets you record a portion or all of your computer screen and turn it into a movie at a simple click of a button. This nifty little tool is perfect for Youtubers or anybody who likes to record walkthroughs/tutorials and share them online.

Developed by LEDSET Software, this barely there program is approximately 2MB in size but it does wonders. It's has a very straightforward interface and doesn't require a great learning curve in order to master. 

Using the program is as simple as ever. All you have to do is click and drag the transparent window in the area you want to capture. Once in place, you can start and press record. You have the option to choose which video resolution you want to record in. Take note though that the program functions by recording the video only, but it does work with your existing audio recorders to complete your mini movie.

The program actually offers up a really good quality video in the end. In fact, it also comes Youtube ready. This eliminates the time in looking for a suitable video encoder for your work. Another good point for the software is that it's  stable and takes very little space in your computer. Try it out for yourself.

Related Links:
VideoMyPC Official Website
VideoMyPC on Windows 7 Download
VideoMyPC on Download Route

With the help of the Image Composite Editor, you can now create simple panoramic images even without using a wide lens camera. It's the perfect program for seamlessly weaving together different photos and creating a gorgeous panoramic picture of choice. Whether you use 4 photographs or 200, it can get the job done without much fuss.

With a simple interface and tons of reliable features incorporated, this neat little program will serve its function well. The program is primarily geared towards the Windows system and works great on a Vista, XP and even Windows 7.

The Image Composite Editor is so good at what it does that you won't even need to pull out Photoshop for this project any longer. It can take several images with different vantage points and piece them together as if it was one big photo taken at one time. The nice thing is that it offers the image in high resolution. Providing you with a beautiful shot that's definitely worth raving about.

With a simple-to-navigate interface, the program is easy to use even for beginners or those who aren't technically proficient. When preparing to create a composite, you can easily drag and drop the individual pictures. There are several options for the style or angle of the camera you want the final image to have as well.

Apart from using pictures you take, it can also create a composite from film stills or frames. For the resulting composite image, the editor can automatically crop it or users can do it manually. You can then save the final image into different formats including JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF and even Photoshop.

Unlike other programs that are more complicated to use, the Image Composite Editor works like magic. It creates panoramic images with hardly any trace of the seams. Moreover, thanks to the high resolution, the final image is a beauty to behold. This is certainly a must-try program for photographers all over.

Related Links:
Image Composite Editor Official Website
Image Composite Editor on CNET
Image Composite Editor on CinemaSquid
Image Composite Editor on CorrosPhoto Blog
Image Composite Editor on Illustration Info

Synfig Studio might not be the simplest software to master but once you get it up and running, you'll have a 2D animation software that rivals most of its contemporaries. The best part of all is that it's absolutely free.

The program was created to serve as an alternative animation tool and features plenty of features essential to a 2D artists arsenal. Development of the program was spearheaded by Robert Quattlebaum, lead software engineer and founder of the now defunct, Voria Studios.

Professionals and non-professional animators will benefit from having this program. It's a software that's packed with features to make work easier and more polished.

Touted as an "industrial strength 2D vector-based software package," the program provides an impressive list of features animators can take advantage of. Some of these special qualities include:

• Support for a good amount of layers
• Designed with an animator's perspective in mind
• Works great with pen tablets
• Provides HDRI (High Dynamic-Range Imaging)
• Full support for gradient paths and so much more!

When you first open up Synfig, you're greeted by multiple windows typical of most graphic programs. There's the resident editing window accompanied by a dock for navigation, a time track as well as a tool palette. Although navigating through the interface and finding the right buttons to use requires a bit of a learning curve, the general layout of the interface is quite effective. Once users have moved past the "little quirks" of the interface, it becomes easy to use.

Even though lacking in certain other features like the capacity to import 3D shapes or maybe the usage of bones for animation which would have helped the program attract more users; Synfig is still a pretty solid program. Both passionate beginners and professionals will not have much trouble falling in love with this software.

Related Links:
Synfig Official Website
Synfig on CNET
Synfig on Free Software Magazine

There are already countless image editing software available for free download online, but like many things there's always room for one more. Image Tricks is one of the new kids on the block, and like the new kid it comes filled with tons of bling eager to be shown around.

The program was created by Belight Software, which also offers plenty of other cool, free software that users can download. It uses the Mac OSX Core Image as well as the Quartz Composition for editing.

This nifty program is packed with cool features that most image editors and beginners will find useful.

With Image Tricks Lite you can easily edit your photos and fashion them according to your liking. Some of the features of the program include: 77 core image effects and filters; 35 quartz composition; 13 image generators and 100 unique masks. The software is also capable of accommodating over 20 image formats. It's also possible to export and save files in these same formats.

Some of the specific features include:

• Adjust colors (Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Sepia, etc.)
• Blur images (Motion Blur, Sharpen Luminance, Unsharp Mask, etc.)
• Distort faces and more (Bump, Pinch, Twirl, etc.)
• Turn a photo into art (Mosaic, Color Pencil, Halftone, etc.)
• Blend two pictures together (Page Curl, Checkerboard, etc.)
• Tile an image, create a kaleidoscope out of it, crop it, and much more!

(Source: iTunes App Store)

Of course, there's a pro version available for the program. It provides more features that come with a one time price of $9.99. Nevertheless, if you just need a program to work on your everyday image editing, you'll have everything you need in this free version.

Related Links:
Image Tricks Official Website
Image Tricks on CNET
Image Tricks on iTunes App Store

Whether you're a professional photographer or not, most of us need a reliable photo editor that can do all of the work we need without subjecting us through various complicated procedures.

PhotoScape is one of the many (many!) image editing software available for you to use. The good thing is that it's incredibly easy to master. Plus, it provides a barrage of features and is absolutely free!

Created by MOOII Tech, Korea, the program aims to become and one-stop-shop for all of your picture editing needs. It can easily crop, resize, enhance, print and even create GIF animation without much fuss. As of the moment, the program only works with Windows along with a default language of English and Korean. Luckily, this doesn't rob it from its beauty.

PhotoScape is one of those programs that you need to try out in order to appreciate. Unlike most image editing software, the program prides itself for having tons of useful features as well as a user-friendly interface. Beginners and advanced users will find it a nifty software to have at their disposal.

From adjusting color curves, inputting presets or performing single-click auto adjustments, the program makes it easy for you to work. It provides various tools so you can easily manipulate or add effects to your photos. There are also tons of filters to make your pictures more interesting.  In addition to that, it's also possible to add shapes, text or even speech balloons to your photos if you're looking for a whimsical touch.

Batch processing within the program is also available so you can easily work with a bulk of pictures at one time; saving time and effort. Other neat features include a file renamer, screen capture, RAW converter and even a color picker! It definitely has everything you need. In fact, it's even dubbed as one of the best free alternatives to Photoshop. Give it a try.

Related Links:
PhotoScape Official Website
PhotoScape on CNET
PhotoScape on Wikipedia
PhotoScape on GraphicSoft
PhotoScape on Software-Today