Picfx ($1.99) lets you play around with 47 different effects and 13 different styles to tweak your images and adds some extras not found in other apps of this type. Like most image manipulation apps, you can snap a fresh photo with your iPhone camera or import a picture from your photo library. Across the bottom of the screen are icons of leather-bound books, each of which has a bunch of effects. The categories are broken up into Grunge, Classics, Textures, Light, Space, and Frames. Once you've selected or taken a photo, the interface layout makes it easy to pick an effect from each category.
To add more options to the mix, you can also add a style at any time in the process. To add a pre-made style, touch the Stylize button to bring up a dial that lets you choose options like Black & White, Sepia, or Warm styles. Stacking both effects and styles gives you virtually unlimited combinations to experiment with.
What sets Picfx apart from the other apps in this collection are the ultra realistic textures you can apply to your photos. One called peeled paint looks very realistic, or in the Space category, there are interesting effects like Nebula that add a ghostly space scene. Though they may sound kind of superficial, when I started combining them with other effects, Picfx produced great results.
Overall, Picfx is a great app for adding effects to your images that you can share on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr or through e-mail. Though you don't have precise controls to adjust the amount of each effect, the ability to stack effects and styles gives you a large number of possibilities.
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