Cool App Alert

Do you like to edit your photos? Do you use your phone to take pictures? If so, I stumbled across a photo editing app called Prisma that you might be interested in. Not sure if it's new. I'm not a big "techie" person by any stretch!

There's a ton of photo editing apps out there. I've tried a handful of them, and for the most part, they are fun for a day or two and then I quickly lose interest. Prisma is a little different in that it's held my interest for a couple weeks now, and I'm finding I'm actually creating some cool, usable photos. 

Prisma is free. I have an iPhone (6), but it is also available for use on android phones. There are about 40 filters to choose from when editing, including "Dreams", "Roy", "Red Head", "The Scream", etc. The process is hit or miss... you choose a photo from your phone to edit and start picking filters. Sometimes the end result looks very cool, other times it looks like junk.

The good:
- Lot's of filters to choose from (~40), and some are quite impressive.
- After the filter is applied, you can tap on the screen and slide the percentage you want applied (0-100%), which gives you some creative input into the process.
- It's free!

The bad:
- The biggest issue I have is the app crashes frequently. I read that the app has become so popular, the servers can't handle user demand.
- Like other photo apps, the file size of the completed image is small (usually around 400KB, although it varies from image to image). This limits what you can do with the image (medium to large prints will look crummy, etc).
- It's designed to be used only on a phone. It would be fun to have this software on my laptop so I could edit my DSLR photos.

Without further ado, here's a sample of some of my favorite photo edits using Prisma. These are totally random shots. Your results may vary!

For baseline purposes (since everyone is familiar with the iPhone screen), I took a screenshot and then edited within the Prisma app. Looks like I used the "Femme" filter on this.

My brother-in-law standing atop the Crown Prince Lookout, Joshua Tree National Park (I'll be posting on this hiking adventure soon).

Raven over Queen Valley Road, JTNP.

 My granddaughter Lilly enjoying a swim!

Lilly was getting tired after scurrying around the rocks at the Jumbo Rocks campground, JTNP. I used one of those little clip-on fisheye lenses for this shot, and then edited in Prisma.

 Lilly and I posing in front of an out-of-service cable car in San Francisco.

My wife checking out a desert homestead cabin in the middle of nowhere.

Some of the filters get too abstract (but don't forget, you can adjust the effect to any amount desired). This is a ocotillo plant in front of Hwy. 62, with blue sky and clouds overhead.

 Another totally random shot!

B&W version of Joshua Tree Laundry.

"The Arrow" (aka, Beatnik Lounge), a local landmark in Joshua Tree village.

 Lilly enjoying a rare S CA rain over the weekend. I think I used a filter called "Dancers in Pink" for this one.

Same photo, different filter. The app has 3 or 4 line drawing filters. The detail they provide is impressive.

So, bottom line, I would rate this app about 4 stars (on a 1 - 5 scale, with 5 being best). It does some very cool things, the filters are a lot of fun, and it's free! I just wish it wouldn't crash so often. Click here to read a review of Prisma by someone who actually knows what they are talking about!

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