3 apps to make effects on photos with very cool results

21/07/2015
  • You can also add text to your photos, draw a mustache on a face, or correct parameters with your mobile phone

  • Instagram and Pinterest experts know it well: a picture is worth a thousand words. And not just any image: to distinguish yourself from others, you have to be able to create and share different, striking, images that go a little beyond the photo itself. 

    In this context, having on your mobile some apps to apply effects on your images is almost mandatory. If you don't know where to start, take a look at these 3 apps to make effects on photos

    You will see the difference!
  • #1 – Apps to make effects on photos: A Beautiful Mess

  • A Beautiful Mess is the fabulous blog about lifestyle, decoration and DIY of two very creative sisters who know  what they do very well . 

    One of the keys to its success is the splendid quality of its photos. And knowing the fact that nowadays is the application of surprising effects on photos is so fashionable, they have launched their app A Beautiful Mess. 

    This app is available for iOS and Android, and with it you can add text to your photos, put frames, add drawings or filters, and make photo collages

    And all this without any knowledge--but nothing at all about –neither Photoshop nor image editing programs. See how many things you can do! 
  • #2 – Apps to make effects on photos: Over

  • Over is an app for iOS to add texts and drawings in the photos.

    It is characterized by being very arty, with a super simple interface, very elegant visual effects and with a very careful design, without stridency. 

    Among its effects, you will find text with beautiful typography. But also a wide collection of quotes, thematic drawings, borders and other ornaments with much taste. 

    If A Beautiful Mess is an app to create full of life photos with casual effects, Over is ideal to create artistic photos with brief messages

    Photographers, graphic designers and professionals of of the image world 
    will especially like this easy to use app
  • More info: Made With Over.
  • #3 – Apps to make effects on photos: Image Blender

  • Image Blender is an app for iOS to make very original  effects on photos, that allows you to merge two different images on a single photo

    It is ideal for overlay visual effects made without any knowledge about photo editing. 

    The app offers you up to 18 different ways of merging two images


  • EXAMPLE:  You can get a photo with perfect light exposure merging a lightly underexposed snapshot with and another slightly overexposed on the same object. You can do double exposures, masking images or inserting individual objects of a picture into another image. 
  • With this app even you will be surprised what you can get to do. Ideal as a complement to the above applications. 
  • More info: Image Blender.
  • What about you, do you usually use any of these apps to make effects on photos? Or, maybe you use other apps we did not talk about? Share your knowledge in the comments our community will thank you!

Laia Ordoñez


Laia Ordóñez is a copywriting & eCommerce content marketing expert. She is Content & Marketing Manager at DueHome, a copywriting & content independent advisor, and Oleoshop's blog's editor-in-chief.

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