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Lights, Cameras, Filters - Top free photo-editing apps

By Liu Hongzuo - 27 Jul 2020

For selfies to rival cosmetic surgery

For selfies to rival cosmetic surgery 

 

Facetune2

(Android, iOS)

As a free-to-use, all-in-one selfie editing app, Facetune2 should be your first stop for selfies before adding on other filters. The app offers extremely detailed retouching tools for just about every existing facial feature, starting from your smile to the fullness of your lips. That’s even before you start removing the odd zit or pimple, or begin applying face smoothening techniques. If you edit selfies for a living, you can consider unlocking its advanced features, like adding Contact Lenses with an effect or adding Studio Lighting, for a yearly subscription of US$49 (or a one-time payment of US$99).

 

Ulike

(Android, iOS)

Ulike is a selfie editing app created by ByteDance, the same company that owns TikTok. The selfie-editing app adheres to East Asian beautification standards, with a wide variety of editing tools for face shape, skin tones, and even the slant that shapes our eyes. The edits look amazingly natural, even though all of the controls are manually operated. There’s the option to pay for automatic overall enhancement at a press of a single press of a button, for approximately US$21 a year.

 

SNOW

(Android, iOS)

SNOW, in a nutshell, is a photo-editing app that incorporates all the basic editing tools to benefit its core feature - beautification. After you’re done reshaping, contouring, and adding on digital makeup to great detail, the menu guides you through all other basic tools that focus more on composition (cropping), personalisation (borders), and filters, before you start adding effects and stickers. In a way, it’s an all-in-one, integrated photo-editing app primarily for selfies. The app is entirely free to use, with every feature (including its makeup adjustments) being accessible right from the get-go

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