LD - Photo & Video Finishing

This is my go-to app as a last step before publishing a photo anywhere. It might be known for it’s amazing lighting effects, but it also has fantastic color layers that just add that chef’s kiss to your image. The addition of text, iconography, and support for video makes this the best last stop on your way to sharing incredible work. I highly recommend this app to any creative working in photography or videography on their mobile devices! If I could ask for anything of the developers, it would be for support for HDR images and an iPad version of this app (and a vignette tool). Outside of that, I love this app for what it does!

I am a professional photographer with advanced degrees in photography from the best private schools in multiple countries I say this because I want everyone to know my credentials and experience as a photographer, so when I say “get this app now” hopefully you’ll pay closer attention. GET THIS APP NOW !! The ability to color correct an image with ease is unmatched by any other app. The new anamorphic update is awesome and has saved me a lot of money already ! I haven’t come across an app that can match the smoke overlay feature. It’s my go to app for adding smoke/steam in still pictures. The principal lighting fx is by far the best. …BY FAR The app can work with video but is limited. Only color and text overlay are available. There used to be bugs when exporting video but seems to have been resolved now. Note: learn from my freak out. When exporting a pic or vid it appears as if it’s reverting to an earlier edit or removing the edits all together. (After hours of work it appeared as if all was lost…. Hence the freak out haha). Have no fear. Ignore the ‘this is the final image’ that you see. All your edits will save just fine. Keep up the good work guys. I believe strongly in your product!!

This app has a single major flaw that makes it essentially unusable. You can't zoom the base, background image to assist with placing the overlay effect. You're stuck with your image crammed full scale onto the screen of your iPhone. Also, the app only works in portrait mode on the phone. So, you can't rotate the phone to work in landscape orientation, even if you're working on an image that was taken in landscape orientation. As a result, the finished product is, well, amateurish at best. Now, of course we're talking about using an app to overlay false effects onto an image. But if you want your results to look even remotely realistic, precise placement of the effect matters. And If you're lucky enough to be able to place your effect in the right spot, you can almost guarantee that, 9 times out of 10 when you lift your finger from the screen, the effect will move, if only just a little bit. That's not something one would expect from a subscription-based app that costs $12 per year to use. I recommend looking elsewhere.