Taking Things to the Next Level with App Recipes

Sometimes one app just isn’t enough when editing images on the iPhone. Just as you’re able to stack filters, one after another, with an app like Photo fx, you’re also able to use multiple apps when editing a single image. To do this, you edit the photo in one app, save it to your Camera Roll, and then switch to another app to edit the saved version. You can run your image through as many apps as you would like, with a couple of caveats:

  • The resolution of your image may decrease if you use apps that reduce its image size.

  • Overall image quality may deteriorate as a result of too many effects and filters being applied.

In general, ask yourself what you’re really after—playing with apps (which is, of course, ...

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