New iPhone Photo App: PhotoWizard

Description from the AppStore: Unique photo editor with full control with you! Selectively apply effects, filters to your photos. Select a portion of the image either by connected segments, color, shape or just by touching. Apply any filter to the selected portion from a wider range of filter/effect choices. Apply multiple filters to achieve custom effects.

• 30 effects/filters.
• Adjust filter parameters according to your need.
• Select portion of the image and apply effects only there.
• Accumulate multiple filters to achieve unique effect.
• Crop, Straighten, Rotate, Flip with touch.
• Auto-save session.
• Resume last session in a fraction of a second.
• Save, E-Mail, share in Facebook, Twitter.
• Intuitive UI design.

AppStore Link: PhotoWizard - Price £1.19/$1.99

Editors comments: When you first begin to use this app, you think wow, this is a really good app with lots of functionality, like exposure control, various special effects, crop and even histogram control, but then you save your masterpiece only to discover there is no wizardry here.  Like so many apps, PhotoWizard saves at a pathetic 360 x 480 pixels, putting all the hard work that has gone in to this app, a complete waste of time!!

Sadly, despite all the functionality, at any price, this app with its low-res output is another one of those apps to stay clear off.

Comments

[Pankaj]

Thanks for reviewing my app. I understand your concern with the low resolution export. The next version of PhotoWizard which is waiting in the queue for review by apple team has higher resolution exports - 640, 800 and 1024. I am not including full resolution yet, as it takes longer to save the image on iPhone 3G.

The new version will support unlimited undo/redo and more effects besides other improvements on the existing stuff.

Hopefully it should be out there in app store sometime next week.

[Gordon Fraser]

I will not buy any app unless it outputs at full res...and when I say full res I mean what goes in is what comes out....I want to process stitched images so low res is a complete waste of space for me....

[SCW]

@ Pankaj
I bought it the day it was released & the moment I discovered low LOW res I Deleted it.
You comment above is good BUT still you're making the decisions for those who want Full Res. See WE know that full res processing takes longer & by chosing so that's our choice to wait longer. But for you to not include such an option shows me you like many others just don't get it!

[Pankaj]

@SCW,

Sorry to hear about your disappointment and the wastage of money on my app.

When I started developing it, in my mind I was thinking more of doing some eye catching edits and sharing it on facebook, twitter etc. So, I was not taking the high-resolution thing as priority. The upcoming free update sent for review to apple still has 1024 as max resolution and not full.

But now I think I will work on providing a full resolution option.

Thank you guys for providing feedback and helping me know what actually is needed, I really appreciate it.

[Mario]

I think this article needs a little update. Meanwhile there is a possibility to save at full resolution. Pictures made with the iPhone are no problem. I like the app a lot especially since you can see the result imediadly. I just wonder if there is any chance to get a picture from my computer in to this app without loosing res.