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Simple and easy way to adapt your favorite photos to create a whole new effect

Simple and easy way to adapt your favorite photos to create a whole new effect

Vote: (5 votes)

Program license: Paid

Developer: Shinycore

Version: 1.8.0.5

Works under: Android

Vote:

Program license

(5 votes)

Paid

Developer

Version

Shinycore

1.8.0.5

Works under:

Android

Pros

  • Creates user-defined speech bubbles
  • Also includes a number of funny graphical elements
  • Features a levels adjustment panel

Cons

  • Heavy-handed image editing tools

PicSay Pro attaches funny speech balloons to boring photographs. Installed on Android devices, the text bubbles enliven snapshots of friends and family. Why, even a photograph of a family pet can suddenly provoke a grin, especially when it's put through the PicSay treatment. That's the power, the artsy genius, that awaits a fun-seeking smartphone user if they decide to install PicSay Pro.

Is the App kind of silly? Sure, but in a good way. Instead of saving a dreary picture of a work colleague or friend, an inner joker comes out to play. A few pokes and prods at the on-screen sliders later, then that staid image is enhanced. And by "enhanced," that doesn't mean the photograph just goes through a few image brightening or sharpening filters. Although those options are included, the intent behind the PicSay App's rather elementary interface is a little more entertainment-oriented. For starters, the image enhancement features are there to boost the results, not as an end in themselves. To get started, the smartphone owner pulls a photograph. The image gets drawn from an Android Phone user's photo library. Alternatively, just by taking a snapshot there and then on a smartphone camera, the scene is set.

And what a scene it is, with the stored or captured image now loaded on the basic user interface. From here, only the imagination limits the results. Use the face of a person or animal as a living template. Add silly captions and speech balloons to the lips of an unsuspecting enemy. Next, pull in a cartoon-like prop. A dippy hat or a crazy pair of sunglasses will finish off an already ludicrous creation. Nutty icons, zany effects, and belly-laugh inducing text bubbles, all of those filters and more are at the fingertips of a PicSay Pro owner after they've played around with the touch controls for a few minutes. For once, it's all about the fun. And, provided the installation handset has a good camera and display screen, there's no reason these crazy elements shouldn't turn a prim and proper face into a laugh-a-minute creation.

Designed for Android devices, the novelty App installs rapidly. On tapping its icon, a simple but fully-functional user interface pops open. It's a responsive and lag-free experience, which guides a prospective jokester forward. From here, the goofy effects and cartoonish elements are inserted. When done, go that extra mile by calling up the effects panel. It's in here that color saturation levels, image brightness and contrast, plus other image-enhancing controls are slider-adjusted. Finally, having made a person or animal talk crazy and look funny, the time comes to either save or email the goofy results.

Pros

  • Creates user-defined speech bubbles
  • Also includes a number of funny graphical elements
  • Features a levels adjustment panel

Cons

  • Heavy-handed image editing tools