We have talked many times about video and photo editors that we could consider as “serious”, since they always seek to perfect the photos and give them a more professional finish. But did you know that Apple has a funny photo editor?
Dear readers, today at SoydeMac we will talk about Photo Booth, Apple’s editor to do nonsense.
What is Photo Booth?
photobooth It is an application developed by Apple to allow you to capture photos and be able to edit them in a fast and fun way, which is not integrated into the phones so we will have to download it separately.
Basically, it is a basic photo editor, with simple effects that does not look for a great professional result like others that we have evaluated here at SoydeMac. What is sought here is fun and create memes with these images.
Knowing this, it is not surprising that the most common places to use this application are parties, social events or meetings, since it makes it much easier to play the goat with your friends to immortalize fun memories.
The main thing about this app is that works independently of the phone’s own cameraOr: the same application can capture the image and directly edit it. Among the options, we have the typical ones of any editor: improve the brightness, contrast or saturation of the photo or add text.
But the strong point of this application is without a doubt the multiple filters that it has available, not as oriented towards beauty as in other applications, but rather towards carrying out deformations, facial distortions or color changes that can be funny.
Still don’t have an idea of what Photo Booth can do? elrubius He shows it to us in this video that I think will make it very clear to you:
Why use Photo Booth?
Admit it, sometimes our inner troll comes out, that all he wants is make a meme so we can laugh with our friends.
And for this, dear readers, is what Photo Booth is for: to be able to serve as a creativity tool when it comes to making personalized images where quality has no place. Just looking for fun.
No matter what level of user you are, the tool is so simple that anyone, regardless of age, can be able to use it without much complexity. There is no need to know about brightness, saturation or need a brush, simply wanting to make fun montages we have plenty of.
Another strong point, related to the culture of memes, is the integration with social networks of the application: Photo Booth facilitates the process of sharing our creations by giving us a direct link to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, among others.
As a final positive point, it should be noted that Photo Booth also supports video recording.
If you were born in the 90s, surely you remember the effects that came in the camcorders of that time, which were sometimes a bit cheesy, but they were fun.
Well, with PhotoBooth you have more or less the same functionalities: being able to record videos with fisheye effects, facelifts, image compression from a chosen point or the swirl effect that we have seen in the video of elrubius.
If you want to know more about this, we advise you to watch this video of Tech & Design which show you the different effects and what you can do with them:
Is Photo Booth the only alternative for Apple devices?
Of course not. One of the advantages that comes from the world of smartphones and computers is the variety of programs that exist so that you can find the one that you feel most comfortable with.
And for tasks similar to those of Photo Booth there are numerous alternatives. We will tell you about the two that we believe can be more complete and differential.
Candy Camera: filters and effects looking for beauty
One of the most popular Photo Booth alternative apps on the AppStore is Candy Camerawhich is exclusively focused on creating selfies.
Although it is true that what he pursues is to have the most beautiful result possiblepulling a very visual aesthetic bordering on the kawaiiCandy Camera offers us a collection of the most varied filters and popular effects such as skin softening, vibrant color tones or being able to use a vintage style in our selfies.
Of course, there was no lack of beauty tools with filters for easy beautification, skin softening, adjusting the shape of the face or eliminating spots and dark circles, which automatically seek to obtain the most aesthetic and flattering results in our photos.
But the meme point that makes it an alternative to Photo Booth are the collages and stickers: If you are a fan of filling your photos with hearts, messages or just random things that make your photos more fun, here is a great ally. The amount of things you have to put on the photos is so large and varied that you will surely find the sticker you want to use on your photos.
B612: beauty, filters and lots of glitter for our content
If you would like to be an influencer or you are in that world, maybe you should take a look at B612: a photo and video editor that allows us to do everything looking for that aesthetic result that we see so much on our social networks.
B612 offers a wide collection of filters in real timel that we can use in our photos to achieve the desired result, from visual effects similar to those of Photo Boot to more complex things like a vintage treatment of the images or the perfect softening of the skin.
But the most important addition that this application has are the augmented reality effects, undoubtedly. Would you like to shoot videos with masks, animal ears or accessories on? B612 will place them on you in real time so you can take fun photos and videos realistically.
like every application oriented to the world of social networksOf course it has a clear integration with the most common networks. So, if you want to take funny photos and videos one step further than with PhotoBooth, we think you have a more than worthwhile option here.
And with this we conclude our article about Photo Booth, the Apple tool that helps us create visual memories, express our creativity, share on social networks and give us a quick and convenient way to capture photos.
We hope you have learned something new and if you are curious about more things you can do with your iPhone, take a tour of our applications section to learn more.
