Instagram for mobile photography
Instagram is a popular free and socially sharable photo application that is embraced by over 430,000 users of Android alone in the recent times. This application allows the users to add one or many of the 18 filters and borders to the photographs that are taken from the Smartphone cameras.
The Instagram as we know it is the ‘App of the year 2011’ as titled by the Apple. The photo sharing apps are not something new, but the Instagram has in its own way proved it is a ubiquitous app for the Smartphone users who are bent on capturing the life moments as when they occur. The Smartphone photographers are more likely to have images that could be awfully silly but the Instagram filters turn these pictures to professional frames that the user can be proud of!
Instagram’s social component is the driving force for the success and the fan following density it is seeing as a photo sharing app. About a year back iPhone had this Instagram on the istores for editing the pictures according to the creative traits of the photographers. The normal looking and the dry photos taken on a mobile camera could evolve into a perfect picture with the Instagram development program installed on the mobile. These pictures would be converted to an old Polaroid and a vintage frame to boot-up.
On the more colorful front, the photographs taken from the Smartphones with the aid from the Instagram app the user will be able to add borders that would define the photographs with a commendable treat to the eyes. The traditional digital photographs that otherwise look pale and daunted that would not get a more modernized look even with the years to come. Instagram could change this for a surprise.
Adding the filters and the borders alone is just not the only application of the Instagram, the Lo-Fi filter that is the major feature of this photo sharing app is capable of increasing the contrast and enhances the color saturation of the photograph. This is an excellent solution for those photos that have a heavy bright background that has made the focused image to appear as a shadow. Such pictures will be given the whole new display with an unimaginable improvement in the quality of the image. One has to try this Lo-Fi filter to know the wonders of the Instagram application. The Android version of the Instagram has its difference with the iOS competitor by lacking the tilt shift feature. Other than this, the app works elegantly with the existing versions of the Smartphones.
The popularity is such a storm in the mobile industry as the photo editions with Instagram is simple and easy to deploy. The users need not have heavy Photoshop skills to moderate or optimize their image data with the installation of the Instagram photo sharing application on their handhelds. The photo effects are commendable and this is the major reason for the Instagram as a small time company is taken over by the social media giant for a whooping One Billion USD.
However, with the announcement in the Android version of the Instagram is in the air the malware enthusiasts have released the ‘Fake Instagram’ malicious code that aims at harming the Android devices. With verified facts, the users are required to download this application for the photo amending activities. Other than this, the Instagram app will cheer the old memories with colorful add-ons.
Endeavour Software Technologies, Bangalore
Since 2002, Endeavour – The Mobility Company, has remained focused on strategic mobile consulting & mobile application development. Endeavour’s strategic consulting practice especially on iphone development brings best mobility practices and has helped large organizations and fortune 500 companies with articulating their enterprise mobility strategies and implementation roadmaps. Endeavour’s expertise spans across all mobile operating platforms including the big 4 – Android application development, iPhone Application development, BlackBerry application development, and Windows Phone development.