The best camera is the one you have with you, and for most of us that means our go-to gadget for taking pictures is our smartphone.

Choosing a phone with a great camera is only part of the equation, though. The apps you use with it — and after the fact, by enhancing your photos — are equally important.
Here, as part of our series on Android photography, we present some of our top picks for taking great photos on your Android phone, making them even better, and sharing them with the world.
1. Google Camera

Photo Sphere, Panorama and Lens Blur: Three big reasons to try Google Camera.Photo Sphere lets you create 360-degree images that you can explore, just like Street View in Google Maps, and you can view these through the Google Photos app, Google+ or share them with the world through Google Maps on the web.
Google's nifty Panorama shooting mode uses similar technology to stitch together a continuous stream of images into one extra-wide panoramic shot. And it actually does a better job at this than some manufacturers' built-in camera offerings.
Finally there's Lens Blur mode, which lets you artistically defocus the background when taking shots of close-up objects, giving a DSLR-like effect to your shots — not perfect for every image, but striking in the right situation.
Download: Google Camera
2. Google Photos

One of Google Photos' best features is Auto Awesome, which you might have also seen in Google+ on the web. Take a bunch of photos and it'll periodically "gift" you enhanced versions of them to sit alongside the originals in your collections — think animated GIFs if you've taken a burst shot, Instagram-style filters and contrast-boosted versions of washed-out shots. Take a series of images from different perspectives and you might even end up with an auto-generated Panorama based on these pics.
The 'Photos' app bundled with Google+ has more features than you might think...The Auto Awesome feature also lets you create HTC Zoe-style video highlights reels based on a series of images and videos. And if you're going on vacation, Photos can sort your images and videos into a chronological story book of your trip, ideal for sharing on Google+.
Photos even includes some of Snapseed's photo editing and filtering capabilities through its "edit" button, which is useful if you just want to tweak your shots or add filters without downloading a separate app.
Download: Google Photos (bundled with Google+)
3. Instagram

Instagram is pretty much synonymous with mobile photography.New filters are being added all the time, and for the most part they do a good job of giving photos character without stomping all over them. In addition to controlling lux and the level of filtering, you can tweak photos' color temperatures, adjust highlight and shadow brightness, add a vignette, sharpen and even introduce tilt-shift effects.
And from there, share to your timeline, or directly to specific people. Naturally, there's integration with Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, Flickr and Foursquare, too. And with the Photo Map feature, you can keep track of your top photo spots.
Download: Instagram
4. VSCO Cam

Like the rest of VSCO, the built-in camera app is relatively simple, offering basic controls including grid lines and flash toggles. When it comes time to enhance your photo, the app brings an assortment of filters to the table, along with the option to buy even more through in-app purchases. That's on top of the usual combination of dials to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and other properties.
A recent update to the app also adds copy/paste batch photo editing.
With a strong focus on design, VSCO's minimalist UI is a joy to use, fitting somewhere between Instagram and standalone image enhancement apps. The curated Grid feature also means you'll never have to go far to find pretty pictures to look at.
Download: VSCO Cam
5. Camera 2

At the same time, you can tweak brightness, contrast and saturation levels and see these reflected in the live preview too. And if you've already taken photos using a different app, you can also load these into the app and play around with its various filters and settings.
Download: Camera 2
6. Camera Zoom FX

The app also offers a bunch of overlays to help you take stable, well-composed shots, including a horizon indicator, which uses your phone's built-in sensors. That's in addition to resolution and aspect ratio settings, an assortment of focus modes, white balance options and a dedicated white balance mode.
If the camera app that came with your phone is a little light on features, Camera Zoom FX should be able to deliver the additional control you crave, helping you take great photos in the process. There's a limited free version available in addition to the $2.99 "premium" version of the app.
Download: Camera Zoom FX Free
Download: Camera Zoom Premium
7. Snapseed

The range of features is pretty diverse: everything from basic automatic color and contrast enhancement to cropping and sharpening, to selectively adjusting color properties within a particular radius. And of course it wouldn't be a photo editing app without the obligatory filters and frames, which are controlled by swiping, just like Snapseed's image tuning features.
If you're after a photo editing app that's powerful yet simple to learn, Snapseed strikes a great balance between the two.
Download: Snapseed
8. Pixlr

Like Snapseed and other apps, you can use Pixlr to make a good shot even better. But it's also possible to get really creative if you explore some of the more advanced capabilities.
Download: Autodesk Pixlr
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Tulis komentarVSCO (Android & iOS)
ReplyA hugely popular photo editing app amongst Instagram users, VSCO is more than just photo editing, it
offers a community for photographers to connect and create. Simply searching the Hashtag #VSCO on
Instagram will reveal the huge community of photographers and casual users that use VSCO every day, a
testament to the app’s popularity.
VSCO houses all the tools you’d expect from a favourable photo editing app; saturation, highlights,
temperature and vignette can all be adjusted alongside many other settings. VSCO also offers a built in
camera with advanced controls, allowing you to capture the perfect shot, edit and save, all without
leaving the app, an A for convenience. Filters are also a huge feature for VSCO, with the option to buy
filter packs each with their own distinctive styles and tones, very popular amongst users of the app.