I am a big fan of Nik Software’s collection of apps for the Mac or PC for use in Photoshop, Lightroom or my choice Aperture. Special price now at Amazon (See all Photo Editing Software) .  Nik Software has now created similar features in a new app for the iPad and iPad 2 called Snapseed for iPad.

With Snapseed, enhance your photos with one tap. Tweak photos to perfection with Tune Image or selectively adjust only a part of your photo with revolutionary Control Points. Add incredible effects with innovative filters like Drama, Vintage, and Grunge. Share photos with your friends and family with social network support, email, or print your photos directly in Snapseed.

Some of the effects include:  Grunge, Selective Adjust, Drama, and Vintage Films.
Other features include: Center Focus, Black & White, Organic Frames, and an easy to use Auto Correct.
And Tools such as: Tune Image, Rotate/Straighten, and Crop.

I encourage you to check out Snapseed for iPad as it may be the coolest and most intelligent photo editing app for the iPad.

(Source: david-andrew)

Filterstorm Pro is one of the best photo editing apps for the iPad as of this writing.  Now there is truly a mobile photography workflow and to top it off Filterstorm Pro supports RAW images. 

Filterstorm’s tools range from basic cropping and rotating, to more advanced white point selection and curves tools for individual channels, RGB, and Luminance values. Color Balance, cloning, straightening, Black and White (with channel mixing), and even tone mapping are all possible in FSPro and most can be combined with masks for precise effects.  Filterstorm’s masking tools are second to none, including brushes, gradients, color replacement, and new vignetting tools.

Here are the delivery options available:

• Email images
• Post images via FTP
• Send images to Flickr
• Send images to Dropbox
• Save edits as automations to apply to other images

Check out Filterstorm Pro on the iTunes App store yourself and see it is definitely one of the top photography editing/workflow apps for the IPad.  Let’s see your output images from this app.

FieldCam gives your iPad all the functionality of a Victorian plate camera (only with worse photos) There aren’t many iPad photo-taking apps yet, although there are plenty for editing. This may be because the iPad 2 is so new. It may also be because the iPad’s camera is so awful, an embarrassment along the lines of putting a pair of drum brakes onto Alberto Contador’s race bike. One thing is certain, though. The lack of apps isn’t due to Apple’s effort being too good to beat. When people say that the iPad is “just a big iPhone,” they’re talking about the built-in camera app. Even the shutter button is impossible to reach when taking a snap. Enter FieldCam. The app, from the people who brought the square-picture shooting 6X6 to the iPhone, does two things. First, it puts two shutter buttons under your thumbs, in both landscape and portrait orientations. Second, it turns your iPad into a Victorian-era Field Camera.

Lightbox Photos, connect the Android camera with social networks – something existing apps haven’t achieved to the same extent. I’ve seen a demo of the app and it works very well. Instead of requiring a constant network connection to show photos backed up onto the Lightbox servers, the app will run in background to sync your photos so you can can use Lightbox Photos while offine, thus making experience identical to local browsing.

Lightbox wants to be Android’s new camera app, raises $1.1 million from Valley players

8mm Vintage Camera by Nexvio Inc, is the the iPhone app of the week.

8mm Vintage Camera brings your iPhone and iPod Touch back in time to capture the beauty and magic of old school vintage movies. By mixing and matching films and lenses, you can recreate the atmosphere of those bygone eras with 25 timeless retrolooks. Dust& scratches, retro colors, flickering, light leaks, frame jitters - all can be instantly added with the swapping of a finger.

Here’s their demo video:

Features

• Swap lenses and films at any time
• Trigger frame jitter during recording
• Turn on/off flash on supported devices
• Switch between front and back cameras on supported devices
• Tap to focus and adjust exposure
• Export options: Save to Camera Roll, email, or share on YouTube
• Transfer movies quickly to computer via iTunes File Sharing

Great old-time video editing for the iPhone 4/3GS and iPod Touch 4.  Check out 8mm Vintage Camera.

You Gotta See This!, is a new photo app that is quickly moving up the top charts in the App Store.  Announced today during a live event with much fanfare from German developers Boinx Software, the app is only for the iPhone 4 since it uses the iPhone 4’s gyroscope technology to automatically take photos while you move the camera around.  It allows users to record their surroundings in a virtually arbitrary motion, and subsequently see each captured image come together in unique fashion to form visually spectacular photo compilations. From a roaring crowd at your favorite rock concert, to cascading mountaintop views,  “You Gotta See This!” captures your surroundings on all different plains and rotations in 3D space, and quickly assembles snapshots into brilliantly artistic collages in the palm of your hand. The photos are then placed into one of six collages you choose from.  All this happens nearly instantaneously and is similar to a photographic technique called panography.

“With the new iPhone 4 App from Boinx, people all over the world will be telling their friends, ‘You Gotta See This!’ Brilliant new iPhone 4 capabilities paired with innovative Boinx Software technology allows users to capture their surroundings and share everyday experiences with friends in a unique new way…  never before possible with any other consumer camera,” comments Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software. “Our new App allows iPhone 4 users to quickly and easily capture their surroundings, and watch brilliant picture assemblages come to life before their very eyes. A huge leap above a standard photo, ‘You Gotta See This!’ depicts 360-degree surroundings in a spectacular manner for an artistically surreal representation of real-world atmospheres. Users can share personal experiences and moments, captured in a most imaginative style, with friends and family via Twitter, Facebook and e-mail. Never again wonder how to accurately share the scenery of a buzzing city atmosphere, an energetic sporting event, or a lively party with your friends. ‘You Gotta See This!’ is truly amazing…you really gotta see it to believe it!”

Themes included:  Light Table Collage, Polaroid, Dark Table, Vintage, Magic Light, and Wall of Tiles.

Great new photo app available for $1.99 on the App Store, You Gotta See This!