Previously, editing photos and videos on a phone or tablet was considered folly as it was like painting watercolors on a piece of sponge. But in the last couple of years, everything has been changed as screens got sharper and touch control more precise.
Now, we all use smartphones as our main camera, so there is no shortage of raw material on them, which could advantage from a bit of careful before you post to Facebook or Instagram. Currently, there are hundreds of photo and video editing applications on the app store, but how will you find the best apps for your smartphone.
With so many options, it is quite difficult to know which photo and video editor application you should choose for your editing task. To make it easy for you, I have listed 2017’s top 10 photo and video editing applications that you can install in your device and start editing your pictures.
Checkout the Best Photo Video Editing Apps of 2017
Photo Video Editor
Photo Video Editor is the most advanced photo video editor app that allows users to create, edit and share amazing music videos, slideshows and stories with your photos, videos and free licensed music.
Comes with enormous features, this photo video editor is a lot easier to use than any other photo editor applications. With just a few steps like selecting photos or videos, adding filtering, cropping, text & music and done with the editing.
Top Features of the App:
- It allows to style with 15+ stunning filters.
- Delivers multiple popular sound track options or import your own.
- Free 30 second music clips.
- Share videos to your apps like Facebook, Instagram or with anyone.
- Clear interface and easy gestures.
- App store link Android
Snapseed
Snapseed is another most popular photo editing application for the iPhone and Android users. It is known for its incredibly easy to use features, but at the same time, it gives a powerful collection of tools.
This application excels in all the basic photo processing techniques like sharpening, exposure, color, straightening, cropping and more. Moreover, this app delivers advanced editing features like selective adjustments and a healing tool for removing unwanted objects.
Exclusive Features of Snapseed:
- Selective Filter Brush
- Opens JPG and DNG files
- 29+ tools and filters like healing, brush, HDR, Structure, and Perspective.
- All styles can be tweaked with fine and accurate control.
- App store link Android | iOS
POLARR
POLARR is the top photo editing app that sits anywhere between Snapseed and Adobe’s offerings. This tool also includes tools for making rapid adjustments as it proves feature-rich when you delve deeper.
The interface of the application is well designed in terms of adjustments section, simply tap a tool and numerous configuration button slide out for tweaking different kinds of settings. However, there is always a lot to do, but the app remains usable.
Top Features of POLARR App:
- A complete set of color masking and brushing tools
- Customizable toolbars and workspace
- Create, customize and share your own filters
- Multiple local and brush adjustments
- App store link Android | iOS
Filterstorm Neue
Filterstorm Neue is also feature-rich photo editor application that delivers you with all the required photo editing tools that you need. You will get everything from powerful masking tools to easy-to-use pre-made filters. The application has been entirely rewritten to be faster, easier to use and take complete benefit of your device’s hardware.
Photojournalists can enjoy a lot of features such as FTP, IPTC metadata with code replacements, purists can use curves and masking to dodge and burn. Obtainable for iOS users only, the application will allow all iPhone photo capturers to try set of photo effects that included in it.
A range of features of Filterstorm Neue App:
- Users can get enormous editing options like levels, sharpen, saturation, blur, channel mixer, etc.
- Offers more than 7 effects to give to your photos.
- 10-step undo history
- Code Replacements
- Export via standard system controls
- App store link iOS
Adobe Premiere Clip
Adobe is extremely big in the industry that has huge reputation and reliability in the market. The most powerful Adobe Premiere Clip is the best video editor app that is capable of auto-generating the videos using your phone gallery.
With a range of features like effects, music and photo motions, you can manually edit your videos. It will help you to get and work on editing projects by synchronizing the data over Adobe server.
You can manually edit your videos with different features, music, effects and photo motions. In case, if you are using Adobe Premiere Clip on your Mac, it gives you to get and work on your editing projects by synchronizing the data over Adobe server.
Android | iOS
Quik – Free Video Editor
Quik is another simplest video editor application that enables you to draw your creativity. This application makes your output with a handful of taps. You can upload your favorite photos and video clips and the app does the rest.
Apart from the basic functionalities of any video editing tools, it recognizes the wonderful moments in the footage than synchronizes the video with the relevant music background. It gives the HD 1080p or 720p clip and provides you around 80 free tracks to choose from.
Some exclusive features of Quick App:
- You can add up to 75+ photos and video clips from your gallery, albums, Dropbox, etc.
- Instant analyzes to your video clips and makes smart cuts. You can add highlights to choose your own moments.
- Instant detects faces and colors to frame photo perfectly and you can crop pictures manually.
- Easily reorder photos, video clips, and titles.
- App store link iOS | Android
Mextures
Featured on Men’s Journal, CNET, Uncrate, Cult of Mac, Mextures are the top iOS application for applying film grain, textures, light leaks and beautiful gradients to your images in just seconds. There is no application faster than this and with non-destructive workflow, you are allowed to make some changes to your photo at any time during your editing process.
Not this application is offering a lot of textures, grains, and light leaks, but each of them is completely adjustable and you can combine as different as you want through an easy-to-use layering.
Top Features of Mextures App:
- The app offers 150+ Original Textures
- You can save your edit to use it over again with formulas.
- It offers infinite layers, so you can change the texture, blend mode or rotation of a layer even.
- Get inspiration right in the app with a curated feed of some of the best photographers
- App store link iOS
Cymera
Cymera is not just a selfie application, but it has a range of options like spot metering and a stable shooting mode that makes it easily possible to get the best results. Using this application, you can get all the filters and retouching tools that you want and its ads don’t get in the way.
Currently, Cymera is the best photo app that offers instant and perfect selfies with 130+ different filters. So, you can make your own collection of favorite filters as well. It also allows to giving special effects to make your pictures pop.
Some top features of Cymera App:
- It gives different types of the grid to combine pictures into one.
- Blurred background with just simple touch.
- You can share your favorite looks for Snapchat, Facebook and your special social networks.
- App store link Android
Superimpose
If you wanted to compose multiple images into a single photo and make more creative, Superimpose is the best photo editing app that doesn’t require any type of experimentation to learn, but it really is not that hard and can be mastered in just less than 30 minutes.
With this application, you are only limited by your imagination, so start using this app and create double-exposure images. With this, you can replace parts of an image with a different photo.
Exclusive Features of Superimpose App:
- Mask out unwanted portions of a photo
- Blend textures onto an image.
- Make double-exposure images.
- Add new backgrounds to your photos in just seconds.
- App store link Android | iOS
VSCO
VSCO is the considered as a more advanced version of Instagram with a range of community features, enabling you to follow other VSCO photographers. This photo application is unique from other apps as it lets you search for contacts and Facebook friends, but since it is a relative niche app, you can know many other users as well.
Moreover, this application offers enormous tools that you expect from a high-quality android photo editing app like contrast, temperature correction, exposure and more. It also offers very useful alignment tool for straightening horizons. Moreover, there are numerous fade settings and tools for skewing your picture and adjusting tints.
Exclusive Features of VSCO:
- The app allows to shoot and edit your images with its superior mobile presets and advanced camera controls.
- You can discover content from the people you are following, curated work from the community.
- Join a creative community with no public followers, likes and comments.
- App store link Android | iOS
What’s More Possible in the Photo & Video Editing App?
These are the top 10 photo editing and video applications of 2017 that let you edit your pictures and videos anytime and share them on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and more. Photograph lovers can try these editing tools and take their imagination to a new level.
However, there is still a huge room in the industry that can be filled with such powerful and advanced applications. You should not settle for identikit filters and any clumsy controls. If you are a professional photographer, improving digital photos and videos is all that matter for you.
You can make your own photo and video editing application with your own unique idea. If you already have any new idea and a list of features that you want to see in the application, you can make your own application.
You just need to discuss your idea with any trusted app development company that has experience in developing such photo and video editing applications. You can discuss your requirements with them, but make sure that you check their portfolio before that.
Jyoti Bharwani is a Content Manager at Space-O Technologies. She has a keen interest in writing about the mobile app and mobile app marketing. In free time, she loves to read non-fictional books and gymming.
