If you ever find yourself growing bored of scrolling through a plethora of photos of fluffy puppies and bright roses shaded by sepia-colored filters on Instagram, we have a solution for you. MOVE has discovered a few of the best photo-editing apps out there to keep your eyes and phone cameras occupied throughout the semester:
**Camera+:** An app that promises to take cleaner, crisper pictures than the iPhone’s standard camera, Camera+ allows you to control exposure, focus and zoom while you set up the shot. After taking the perfect photo, you can get creative with a variety of filters. One filter titled “Magic Hour” gives a dusk-like appearance, so you can easily fake sunset picnics by the lake with this magical app! _$1.99_
**VSCO Cam:** This popular app sets the bar high with a large variety of filter options. Better yet, the filters can be adjusted so that you can determine the precise shade you need for a photo of your fancy candlelit steak dinner. This app has “the goal to complement, not define” any photos you take. With VSCO Cam, your photos may be displayed in a VSCO Weekly Selects album if you choose to include #vscocam in your posts. Who knew an app could turn you into a famous photographer? _Free_
**Photo Editor** by Aviary: Enhance your photos by adding stickers, frames and, of course, filters. The coolest part of this app has to be the stickers. Admit it, you’ve always wanted to take a photo of your cat and strategically place Saturn in the background on a starry evening. To keep the image natural, the option of “illuminate” exists to brighten up the scene without adding a true filter. _Free_
**Split Lens 2 Pro:** This app brings a formerly Photoshop-only technique to the convenient screen of your phone: cloning. After taking several images of the object and one of the background, the app meshes it all into one photo, allowing you to personalize and perfect it. Split Lens 2 Pro makes it simple to create an image of your best friend standing on all six of the Columns at one time! Worth the download, indeed. _Free_
**Rhonna Designs:** Adding personality and emotion to your photos is easy with this app. After taking a picture, insert quotes, jokes or short phrases to your photos. The customizable font and opacity control of the words allow even more freedom. Although preset filters are not featured in the app, color can be adjusted. Classy and unique frames put the finishing touch on your photo, which is now primped for the social media world to feast its eyes on. _$1.99_
Now you’re fully prepared to step out of the Instagram comfort zone and experiment with these fabulous apps. Ready, set, shoot… and edit!