OneShot 2.0 brings live sharpening, photo editor and grids to your Windows Phone 8 camera; becomes a must-have app

OneShot for Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 currently doesn't suffer from a lack of loftier quality photography apps, but that doesn't mean all are created equal. OneShot, which nosotros've covered in the past, was i of the starting time indie apps to make use of Nokia's new imaging SDK and today information technology received a major update.

Version ii.0 is now alive in the Store and as the new milestone marker implies, at that place'southward a lot of new features here to report. While OneShot's before claim to fame was "live filters", the new version tosses in many new tweaks and useful tools that has made it a highly recommended buy.

OneShot for Windows Phone 8

OneShot version two.0

Fully featured photo editor that allows to edit effects of existing photos and to undo effects of photos that have been taken by OneShot
Y'all tin now edit every photo in OneShot in order to apply OneShot effects of photos that you have already taken
Photos hub integration
OneShot extends the built-in photograph viewer experience by offering a "Open in OneShot" function that allows to change furnishings even after a photo has been taken
Zoom now fully supported using compression-to-zoom gesture or the slider in the sidebar
Sharpen/Mistiness in real-fourth dimension was added to the sidebar
New grids: golden ratio, 4x aureate spiral, 1:1 filigree
Display of a photo's exif data in the photo viewer, also the app name the photo was captured by
Double tap to reset: This allows you to reset single options in the sidebar past double tapping on them
New favorite push button
Minor changes and bug fixes

That's a whole lot to unpack, so let's intermission the master features down for you.

The biggest new characteristic is the ability to now use OneShot for editing your images. Earlier, the app was very much like Oggl where you had to use it and a specific filter merely at the moment you were taking the photograph. Now, yous tin open any photograph and by using the Windows Phone Edit button, you can send your prototype to OneShot for mail processing. The editor has all of the same "live" features as the Lens app, then you can snap now and change things upwards subsequently.

Speaking of the Lens/live camera view, you can now pinch to zoom to get a closer look earlier you lot snap the photo. Yous can as well add grids, including square (bang-up for Instagram photos) and gold ratio, to help frame things. When combined with the steady-cam detection, y'all should be able to nail that perfect photo.

OneShot for Windows Phone 8

The acuminate/mistiness tool is a first of its kind that we're aware of. In essence, you tin can increase the sharpness of the photographic camera live. For those of you who have complained nearly pictures beingness soft, you now have your answer. It works quite well and while we feel setting information technology to "3" is a bit much, knocking it upward to "i" for sharpness does improve photo quality significantly. Of course with all sharpening you lot get a bit of noise besides, and then be conscientious.

The take away...

Earlier, OneShot was a fantastic live-filter camera app. It was one of the few where you can meet exactly what your photograph will wait like before you lot have the picture. While nosotros enjoyed information technology, not everyone felt they needed that and they were happy with post-processing. Merely version 2.0 of OneShot brings so much to the tabular array that if you take a lot of photos, you should reconsider.

The live camera features now, including sharpening, zoom and grids, adds a lot of incentive for photo buffs. The added editor feature basically doubles the value of this app since you now take a two-in-one tool at your disposal.

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Head to the Windows Phone Store to here selection upwards OneShot version 2.0; $one.99 with a free trial. Windows Phone 8 Only including 512MB devices

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