10 Best Graphic Design Apps
Adobe Photoshop Express
What it does: Crop, rotate, and enhance images by experimenting with several one-touch effects controls, or perform manual touch-ups by utilizing your smartphone’s multi-touch functions. Play with three filters (Soft Focus, Sharpen and Sketch), undo/redo changes, and take photos directly from the app without switching to the phone’s camera mode. Upload and store up to 2GB of photos and videos on Photoshop.com, or share everything among your social networks. The premier graphic design program is now yours in mobile form for free.
Download It Now at iTunes, Free
Download It Now at the Android Market, Free
Thinking Space Pro
What it does: Construct mind maps for upcoming projects and insert tags, folders, and hyperlinks (PDF and audio) to assist with file management. There’s also an option sync, upload, and access files through Google App Engine, along with the option to share and download apps to your phone via Thinking Space Web Portal. Every great architect builds from a solid blueprint. Now you can, too.
Download It Now at the Android Market, $3.20
cliqcliq Colors
What it does: Extracts colors and color palettes from pictures stored in your iPhone, photo library, or Flickr account. Convert between different color scales (RGB, HSB, and CMYK) and e-mail palettes in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or MS Office formats to yourself or others. Media-centric web developers have another reason to stay glued to their iPhone 4.
Download It Now at iTunes, $2.99
PRO Zoom Camera 5X
What it does: Draw, paint, resize, or crop pics with the high-res image editor, which features a 5X ZOOM function, eight filters, 23 “hipstamatic” effects, geotagging, and brightness and contrast control. Edit old and recently shot photos from your Android smartphone, or add some flavor to your photo library by inserting text and clip art. And you can preview and send pics thanks to Gmail integration.
Download it Now at the Android Market, $2.99
Layers
What it does: Gives users full control of layer transparency with the ability to insert up to five paintable layers, remove panels with the full-featured eraser tool, and implement abstract-like designs with the smudge tool. It also features an intuitive user interface, 10 onscreen brushes, adjustable brush sizes up to 64px, pinch-to-zoom functionality, and export capability. There you go—a design app that scratches beneath the surface.
Download It Now At iTunes, $4.99
Color Stream
What it does: Lets users create color palettes from scratch or tweak existing styles with the palette editor. Use the app’s built-in color schemes to automatically produce and store color patterns from your iPhone camera or photo library. Put youe art peers onto some dope color designs by e-mailing (with included hexcodes) your work.
Color Splash
What it does: Converts images to black and white (in portrait or landscape mode) and lets you add effects by choosing from four different brush options. Save your work at anytime, or backtrack and modify previous edits. It also offers video tutorials and photo sharing options for Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. Any novice designer looking to refine their skills via portable device should add this to their most wanted apps list.
Download It Now at iTunes, $0.99
Magic Color Picker
What it does: Lets users browse and select colors from an assortment of color models. Choose from seven modes and use either a palette or sliders to polish your work. It also supports RGB, HSV, HSL YUV, and HEX formats. Include a user-friendly interface and you have a basic color-selection tool that’s suitable for any graphic designer.
Color Expert
What it does: Helps designers identify, capture, and combine color patterns with the color wheel and image picker. Take pictures using the application’s “snap & tap” technology and select any color featured in the image, or choose from several shade schemes available. There’s also a database that lets you browse through Web-safe, HTML, and multiple Pantone colors, as well as an option to email palettes.
Download It Now at the iTunes Store, $9.99
Source via: Complex
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