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What Actually Is A Polygraph Test?

The polygraph test is a machine that aspires to offer valid evidence of whether an individual is giving deceptive answers to certain questions. The machine is attached to the individual via plastic tubing and subsequently monitors their blood pressure, perspiration, pulse rate and the biological activity of their skin. When a deceptive answer is given during the test, the machine picks up bodily responses that are different from those given when answering honestly. To obtain the basis of comparison, there is as set of pre-test questions whose answers are known to the questioner. When the individual answers honestly, their bodily reactions are recorded.  The test produces charts which are analysed by a trained specialist who can interpret the results.

In What Circumstances Are Polygraphs Used?

The polygraph machine is utilised for many purposes and gives a clear insight into the truth. Frequently, the polygraph is required to aid relationships and detect adultery. Many people who have been experiencing strong levels of suspicion about their partner feel that this method is the only true way of finding out the truth. The results can be emotionally upsetting but can also offer a sense of relief and closure to a painful situation. Once the evidence is there an individual has all the facts and is able to move on in whatever way they feel appropriate.

The polygraph is also often required to help in company disputes, and helps to solve any suggested disloyalty to a company.  It can also aid in the capturing of criminals, and has been historically utilised in this way by law enforcement agencies.  The use of the lie detector has been highlighted by recent television shows, such as The Jeremy Kyle Show, whereby the machine is utilised to assist in family and relationship issues. Many people who have used the polygraph have been extremely satisfied with how it worked, even if the results were emotionally upsetting.

The test is not painful, and the recipient will not experience any unnecessary stress. The questions that are to be asked will be collectively discussed prior to the testing and the individual will have the opportunity to make any pre-test confessions. When the results have been collected and analysed they will be immediately presented to the person who requested the test. A full report documenting these results is given to the client, who can keep this as a permanent source of evidence.

 

Where To Find A Polygraph Machine.

The best way to arrange the use of a polygraph test is to speak with a reputable private investigator. They will have constant access to the use of this machine, with specially trained analysts who can carry out the test and interpret the results. Private investigators are highly trained to deal with these issues and will treat each individual case with both sensitivity and privacy.  They will be able to give you invaluable advice during an initial meeting, whereby your own personal case and requirements will be discussed. The polygraph can really help in many situations, and is a fantastic way of achieving the insight needed.

Charlie Hodgson is a private investigator who has had a lot of experience dealing with polygraph testing and polygraph examiners. Working with other private detective such as Private Detective Birmingham Charlie has gained a vast knowledge and understanding of the lie detector and their use at detecting the truth. For more information and articles like this contact http://www.birmingham-privatedetectives.co.uk

 

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Weâ??ve all been mesmerised by the brilliance of stop-motion animation, whether itâ??s the old school Morph or more modern Aardman Animation productions like Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run. With the Lego Movie Maker app youâ??ll be able to get behind the camera yourself to produce your own stop-motion masterpieces, and as long as you know how to get the best out of the app youâ??ll be able to produce some pretty cool videos.

Once downloaded youâ??ll be able to start out with your first stop-motion animation project and itâ??s probably a good idea to just try something simple to get to grips with how the app works and the process of taking still photography to weave together the movie. Itâ??s an easy interface to work with giving you some really easy steps to follow to get started.

Thereâ??s also a really good instructions sections thatâ??s well signposted from the opening screen to give you a clear visual set of directions. The guide will quickly show you how to take the shots, add title screens and credits, work through the menu bar, edit your movie and add music, effects and speed variation to bring your animation to life even more. Itâ??ll also point you in the right direction to share your movie once itâ??s complete, so that you can save it to the camera roll or upload it directly to YouTube.

When youâ??re actually making a movie itâ??s important to take your time to get things right. The onion skin feature is really handy, giving you a transparent view of your last shot over your current view to make sure everything lines up. However, itâ??s a lot easier to retain your position if you have a tripod of your iPhone. Itâ??s a useful accessory to have to help you produce really great looking stop-motion animation films, reducing unnecessary movement and making it easier to move your LEGO characters and set. Another useful accessory weâ??d recommend to help make sure your characters stay in place is a little sticky tack to make sure you donâ??t nudge them accidentally when youâ??re trying to turn their head or raise their arm a fraction.

Mission Accomplished

The best points of the LEGO Movie Maker app have got to be the ease of use, great instructions and useful features to add effects, title screens and credits. With HD recording, the ability to amend the speed of your animation fairly easily and the visual aid of the onion skin you should be able to create something fairly impressive with a little patience, care and the added stability of the tripod and sticky tack. Being able to directly upload your movie to YouTube is a big benefit too, making it easier to get your movies online quickly. Itâ??s also fairly straight forward to add your movie to your computer so that you can edit it even more, or string it together to make a longer set of sequences using movie editing suites like iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

Room to improve

The ability to share your movies directly from the app to email, Facebook and Twitter would be a useful feature to add, although, itâ??s fairly straightforward to do this after youâ??ve shared it to your camera roll as it is. Another useful addition would be more advanced editing capabilities to make it easier to add frames, cut sections and string them together to make a longer sequence right in the Movie Maker.

Conclusion

LEGO Movie Maker is a lot of fun, bringing a whole new angle to LEGO toys, but also giving a great tool for all manner of stop-motions animation.

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The ideal retro console collectors’ guide, available in eBook format.

The ultimate guide to classic game consoles, with over 85 classic console reviews including write ups, specs and pictures. Every console worthy of collection is available in this eBook. Consoles from 1972 until 2000, from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Sega Dreamcast.

A fantastic reference for classic console collectors. Written by collectors and enthusiasts, for collectors and enthusiasts. Including the history of electronic gaming that led up to the first home gaming console being produced and advice on how to start collecting retro gaming consoles. For the experienced console collector this book will be an ideal reference guide.

Available from eBookit, iTunes, Kindle (Amazon), Kobo, Diesel eBooks, Google Bookstore  & Barnes & Noble.

Also available soon from Sony Reader.

 

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Table Of Contents

1) Introduction

2) Classic Game Console Collecting Guide

3) The Evolution Of Electronic Gaming

4) An Overview Of The First Generation Games Console Era

5) What Was Pong?

6) Magnavox Odyssey

7) Ping-O-Tronic

8) Coleco Telstar

9) APF TV Fun

10) Philips Odyssey

11) Radio Shack TV Scoreboard

12) Nintendo Color TV Range

13) Atari Video Pinball

14) Atari Stunt Cycle

15) Bildschirmspiel 01 (BSS 01)

16) An Overview Of The Second Generation Games Console Era

17) The Great Video Game Crash Of 1983

18) Gakken Compact Vision

19) Nichibutsu My Vision

20) Fairchild Channel F

21) RCA Studio II

22) Atari 2600

23) Atari 2600 Jr.

24) Atari 2800

25) Coleco Gemini

26) Bally Astrocade

27) Interton VC 4000

28) Magnavox Odyssey 2

29) APF Imagination Machine

30) Intellivision

31) PlayCable

32) Bandai Super Vision 8000

33) Intellivision II

34) CreatiVision

35) Epoch Cassette Vision

36) Emerson Arcadia 2001

37) Atari 5200

38) Atari 5200 Jr.

39) ColecoVision

40) Entex Adventure Vision

41) Vectrex

42) An Overview Of The Third Generation Games Console Era

43) Casio PV-1000

44) Commodore 64 Games System

45) Amstrad GX4000

46) Atari 7800

47) Tomy Pyuuta Jr.

48) Dina 2 In One (2-in-1)

49) Atari XEGS

50) Sega SG-1000

51) Sega Master System

52) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

53) NES 101

54) C1 NES TV

55) Famicom Disk System

56) Zemmix

57) Action Max

58) An Overview Of The Fourth Generation Games Console Era

59) Sega Genesis

60) Sega Mega CD

61) Sega 32X

62) Sharp Famicom Titler AN-510

63) Capcom CPS Changer

64) Katz Media Player KMP 2000

65) Sega Pico

66) TurboGrafx-16 / CD

67) SuperGrafx

68) Neo Geo

69) Neo Geo CD / CDZ

70) Commodore CDTV

71) Memorex VIS

72) Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

73) SF-1 SNES TV

74) Model SNS-101 (SNES 2)

75) SNES-CD

76) Satellaview

77) FM Towns Marty

78) Philips CD-i

79) TurboDuo

80) Pioneer LaserActive

81) Super A’Can

82) An Overview Of The Fifth Generation Games Console Era

83) Virtual Boy

84) Bandai Pippin

85) PC-FX

86) Atari Jaguar

87) Atari Jaguar CD

88) PlayStation

89) Sega Saturn

90) 3DO

91) Amiga CD32

92) Casio Loopy

93) Playdia

94) Nintendo 64

95) Nintendo 64DD

96) Panasonic 3DO M2

97) Sega Dreamcast

98) Summary

 

Available from eBookit, iTunes, Kindle (Amazon), Kobo, Diesel eBooks, Google Bookstore  & Barnes & Noble.

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Mobile Tracking by APPFlyer is a GPS app that keeps track of your device’s position at regular intervals.

This app records your GPS position and sends your position to an inbuilt database at intervals that you specify. For instance, you can set Mobile Tracking to record your position every 5, 10, 15 minutes or every hour plus even longer durations, then you will have a database of your device’s locations.

Importantly, you can set this app to send a notification by email, to Facebook, Flickr or Twitter. So what could you use this app for? Well, the possibilities are endless, but the main use that I would use this app for is to keep track of loved ones or friends for safety reasons. For example, let’s say you go on holiday to another country and your wife, husband or children go out on a tour or even out to buy something and you worry about them until they get back. With this app you could set Mobile Tracking to send you their location every 15 minutes or so and you wouldn’t worry as much about them.

We all know that GPS tracking apps consume a lot of battery power but this is not so with Mobile Tracking. The developer has addressed this issue by programming the app in a way as to only turn on the GPS feature on your device when Mobile Tracking is recording your location. Mobile Tracking has an advantage over many other GPS tracking apps in that it won’t run your battery down so fast.

Here’s another useful idea in which Mobile Tracking would be invaluable . . .When your children grow up and become teenagers they naturally want some space to go out and meet friends and maybe go to parties. As a parent the worry can be torture, but with this app you can have an update on their location at all times. Thus, helping the parent not to worry so much and for your children to be safer, as you’ll know exactly where they are.

One very handy feature of this app is that you can set the GPS accuracy in the form of a radius of 3000 metres right down to pin-point accuracy. Pin point accuracy uses more battery power but 100 metres would be enough accuracy for most people and 1000 metres would be plenty enough to get a rough fix on the device’s location. I’d use 10 metres if I wanted to be absolutely sure of a loved one’s position.

This app is very simple to use. From the moment you open up the app, the interface has been simplified so that there is no learning curve needed. Just open the app, hit ‘record’, adjust your preferred settings and output reporting options, then the app runs quietly in the background.

I can see this app would be useful for keeping track of employees too. For instance, if you had a delivery company and wanted to know where your delivery vans where stationed at any one time, it would be a cheaper option to issue employees with an  iDevice with Mobile Tracking, and then have reports coming in conveniently by email rather than fitting GPS units to all of your delivery vans. For a more fun use, if you were touring around Europe for example you could send a whole day’s locations to Facebook for your friends to see where you’ve been.

When the information is collected in the database a wheel picker is shown where you can view recorded GPS positions on a map, by the date or hour. You can view the time your device (or whoever you are tracking) was in that location by checking the time. This app also displays latitude and longitude information.

Mission Accomplished

What impressed me about this app is that it could be very useful for safety reasons, such as keeping track of loved ones in an unpredictable world. I liked the fact that Mobile Tracking only used the GPS function on the device when it recorded a position, thus saving battery power. The developer has gone even further in giving you control over battery power consumption by letting you adjust the accuracy of the GPS tracking radius. The app is really easy to use and could be used in many different situations for many different reasons.

Room to improve

Some of the grammar is a little off on the messages that pop up in the blue box at the top of the screen. The English is still understandable though and is no big deal. This can be easily corrected in a future update.

A second suggestion for an enhancement to this app could be to have an emergency button added. For example, if the person carrying the device runs into trouble or has an accident, they could press the emergency button to send their location to Facebook and by email with the ability to add a help message. Of course, this suggestion is only an idea.

Conclusion

I really liked this app because of the potential to use tracking to keep loved ones safe. There is a whole host of other situations you could use this app for and it does not drain your battery power like most other GPS apps. I will personally use this app when my family are out and about in an area that I am unfamiliar with, such as on holiday in a different culture.. Nice and easy to use and well put together. For under a dollar it is excellent value and gives you piece of mind.

Introduction

The cold war lasted for four decades after the Second World War until Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan agreed to put an end to the hostile positions taken by their respective sides. The forward-looking posture and positive decisions of these charismatic leaders put an end to the competitive militarization drive and the huge expenses associated with these ventures.

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However, the cold war and the remnants of those times still play a part in the current world. Even though on a smaller scale, the ammunition, missiles, tanks, aircraft, warships etc. that were built to strengthen their respective sides during those tense times continue to serve them even today – in one form or the other.

Build â??Em Quick, Build â??Em Cheap

One of the main strategies of the Russian military planners during the cold war was to build a large number of aircraft and overwhelm the Americans with their sheer number. As a result of this, they created tens of thousands of these military aircraft. The most prominent and memorable were the MiGs. The majority of the aircraft remained with the Russian air force.

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MiGs for Sale â?? Rock Bottom Prices

Some of the aircraft were given to their allies in countries like China, Vietnam, Cuba, India, and Iran. In addition to these, the Russian government did sell some of these aircraft to friendly countries from around the globe. Many Arab governments bought their military aircraft from the Russians. Some of these MiGs are currently seen in action during the ongoing fight between pro-democracy fighters and governments of countries like Syria, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain.

Now the cold war is over, a large amount of the Russian military aircraft of the past are lying idle in various stages of worthiness, particularly experimental craft that didnâ??t quite make the grade. Itâ??s hard to sell a plane that doesnâ??t have a good track record. Some of them are kept and taken good care of by military museums where they are showcased. Some of these cold war aircraft are simply lying around across the country without proper care.

Remnants from the Past

There is a third category of these aircraft that are used to create monuments of the might of the communists from the past. In fact, these monuments are located in far off locations all around Russia and its cold war allies. You may find some of them located inside housing estates where thousands of civilian population lives their daily lives, which can be a rather surprising sight to come across. Some of these monuments are very well taken care of, while some others were literally abandoned to their own fate. In addition to these aircraft seen in towns and villages, you can find many more of them at aviation museums and various military bases to boost the morale of the people working there.

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Cold War Aircraft â?? Still Flying High

Some aircraft from the cold war period are still maintained in the best shape and fighting prowess and can even threaten enemies as strong as the USA. The Tupolev TU-95 bomber is a very good example of such an aircraft that is still capable of threatening its enemies. During the cold war period, this huge bomber was considered a liability due to its huge size and slow maneuverability. However, the Russians are able to find a good use for this aircraft in current times. It can safely stay in the sky out of the reach of the antiballistic batteries of the US and launch cruise missiles. As cruise missiles are a lot harder to intercept than their ballistic missile counterparts, they pose a very credible threat to the enemy. Thus Russia is able to continue to get good use one of one of its behemoth weapons from the cold war period even today.

By Alisha Webb. Alisha is a British writer and content developer for Baltic Travel Company – helping to organize your trip to Russia.

The iPad Mini is the latest innovation from Appleâ??s considerably-sized fleet of gadgets. As usual, Apple fans are quick to buy it up, gladly checking out the latest gadget to see how it compares with the rest.

However, not all of us have the funds that allow us to constantly shell out dough for the latest technology. For some of us, buying an iPad Mini might represent the most significant electronic investment weâ??ve made in some time. If thatâ??s the case for you, itâ??s no wonder that youâ??re worried about the apps youâ??ll be able to use on the iPad Mini.

An iPhone next to an iPad Mini.

If you already own an iPhone and have come to rely on those apps to get through your day-to-day routine, then youâ??re likely wondering one thing: can I use the same iPhone apps on the iPad Mini? Itâ??s a simple question but has an response that requires a little bit of context and nuance. Letâ??s get started with the answer.

The iPad Mini Capabilities: An Overview

The iPad Mini, despite its diminutive size, is not a step backwards in technology. True, the gadget is somewhat limited by its hardware and actual size, especially if you compare it to a regular iPad. But consider this: the iPad Mini is still larger than the iPhone, which means itâ??s just as easy to store the kinds of app downloads youâ??ve been using with your iPhone.

Apps for your iPad.

Take a look through Appleâ??s iPad Mini app store to see if the app youâ??ve been using so religiously on your iPhone is also available for the iPad Mini. Chances are that you came to this article with a specific app in mind which means we canâ??t really help you. The good news is that look it up for yourself!

If you are still wondering about whether the entire suite of traditional Apple â??appsâ? are available on the iPad Mini, consider all of these apps and programs that are ready for download on your Mini:

  • GarageBand

  • iBooks

  • iTunes U

  • Keynote

  • iPhoto

  • Find My iPhone

That last one in particular should tell you that buying an iPad Mini will not be a stark departure from your iPhone but rather an extension of the portable technology you already use.

Choosing an iTunes gift card for the app.

How to Make the Most of Your Apps

Once youâ??re used to the idea of using your favorite (and most familiar) apps on the iPad Mini, you should be ready to make the most of them. But, if you donâ??t yet own an iPad Mini or an iPhone and want to preview some of these apps, be sure to acquire an iPod Touch.

The iPod Touch is a gadget released by Apple that has much of the functionality of many of their higher-level technologies â?? usually with a few core features missing. But itâ??s a great starting point if you want to learn about apps via the iPod Touch.

Carrie Thompson loves her tech gadgets and writing about them while working online from home.

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Devices like iPhone, iPod or itouch look great due to their video quality, which in turn is due to the MPEG-4 H.264 format which they support.

There are many videos that you may get from the itunes store, but if you go for the videos other than those from the itunes store then you are likely to get them in different format which will only make compromise with your video quality. Thankfully, there are loads of sites and software that have been designed purposely for converting videos for an iphone or ipod. They convert the videos that you already posses and even the videos that are online and you want to download them in future. Here are some solutions for converting videos for your iphone or ipod, ofline as well as online.

Different software and sites for converting videos for your iphone/ipod

ConvertTube is a free software that has been designed for converting videos that are on the internet for an iphone as well as an ipod. The converted video is of the same format which the apple devices support. You just need to copy the URL in the space provided and you would get the converted video in a short time.

VideoDownloaderis another software that is used widely for the purpose of converting videos for apple devices. It is a bit different from other converting software because it does not give you any option for output format. The videos that you see online are directly downloaded and converted for your iphones/ipods.

Utilize your pre-installed Real player for conversion

The real player which is installed already on your device is capable of converting videos for you ipones and ipods. It may prove to be just as effective as any other video conversion software for serving this purpose.  The procedure involves a number of steps that need to be followed in order to get the conversion done successfully. There is a bit of change in the feature involved with real player. Here, you need to re format the audio/ video source formats as well as the output format in order to match appleâ??s requirement.

You need to follow these steps:

  • Visit the website from where you want to download the videos.
  • Move the cursor in the video frame.
  • A box will appear on the top right side of the screen â??download this video.â?
  • Click on that box, the downloading process starts whose progress will be shown by the real player itself.
  • The video automatically gets placed in the real player library.
  • Click on the thumbnail of the clip and select â??convertâ? from it.
  • Select the device for which you need the converted video.
  • Make sure that the output format is H.264 only.
  • Click on the buttons with â??OKâ? written so as to exit details and then press the green start button to start the conversion process.

You get the converted video in the same format you had wished and is best for your iphone/ipods etc.

Author Bio
Brandon is a tech blogger who loves to write on latest in technology and gadgets. He regularly uses video2mp3 converter to convert his favourite videos to Mp3 format.

 

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Music Tubee by MobiRocket is a YouTube top 100 music chart video compiler.

First of all, Music Tubee will save you hours of searching around on YouTube for the right music video to listen to. The top 100 music chart videos are all there  in a convenient list form, sorted into categories of music types, with the option to view an artists list or search for a specific track.

Have you ever tried to search YouTube and save videos into playlists? You’ll know that this takes up valuable time. You have to sort through all the junk and it’s pretty hit and miss as to what you may find. The good news is that Music Tubee takes on the role of searching for you. When you open the app, the top 100 list in a whole host of categories populates and you have to just simply click on your chosen track.

This app is free to download and gives you thousands of artists to choose from. You can loop, shuffle and set the mode to continuous from within this app with a background playback option as well.

I can honestly say that this this app has saved me a lot of time already, because my favourite music videos are there to hand. I now often click on my favourite category ‘Alternative’ and check out some of the latest music video releases. There are categories for any type of music you are interested in.

Music Tubee Screenshot 1One thing I noticed when using Music Tubee is that each video is so much faster loading on my device, an iPod Touch, than when I open up videos on YouTube from my Mac or PC.

There is airplay support and you can arrange your favourite videos into playlists all from right within the app. There is a 10 second rewind option and the ability to save search keywords, view a history of videos watched and share your favourite videos on Facebook and Twitter.

I’ll  be totally honest and admit that I don’t have the time to keep up with the latest music that is released, but this app gives me a quick look and selection option to sample music when I’m on the move or working. In a nutshell, this app can help people who don’t have the time to spend searching for music videos. All the latest videos are right there for you to explore with no time wasted in searching.

You can skip to the next song or go back to a previously viewed music video and you can also pause or start videos using your earphones.

When I first opened the app I had no trouble navigating around. It’s all clearly laid out and similar to the user interface experience that you’d find on YouTube, but simplified and neatened up even further. The app is a joy to navigate around and to use. The developer hasn’t added any unnecessary complications to the user interface. The navigation is clean and simple.

When you play a music video it will initially appear in a minimised format on the display, which is great for if you just want to listen to music by ear. If you want to watch the video to the song in full you can click on the expansion button to view the video at full size on your device.

There are some ads on the app, which is no big deal as you can always choose to upgrade to the paid version, which is not expensive, only a few dollars. I upgraded to the paid version and it was well worth it. There are advantages to upgrading to the paid version, the biggest advantages being that the ads disappear and you can then play music videos in full HD.

Because it is so easy to navigate between categories and sample music I found myself exploring new categories in music that I previously hadn’t given a chance, such as classical music, country music and world music. Great fun.

Mission Accomplished

A nicely laid out and easy to use interface. The ability to share your favourite music videos with friends and at the end of the day this app saves you so much time. You can keep up with the latest music releases easily. You can even workout to music as there is a workout music category within Music Tubee.

Room to improve

This app does what it says and it will be such a useful and fast tool for music lovers. I can’t think of any obvious improvements.

I would like to suggest to the developer to research other popular categories that people most often view on YouTube, such as movies, movie shorts and classic series. The reason being is that a lot of people would welcome an app that compiles the latest movie shorts or documentaries for example. This kind of app saves people a lot of time. I like watching retro TV shows for example and it takes me time to search for a good video. The developer will already have the root template for this kind of app, so the possibilities for spin-offs and variations of the same kind of app, displaying different video themes, might be a niche area to explore when planning the next app project.

Conclusion

Music Tubee is an awesome app, a time saver and will be loved by music fans. Busy people on the move will also appreciate Music Tubee, releasing their time to get on with life and let Music Tubee take care of compiling, searching and keeping up with the latest music videos. I’m going to keep this app on my device permanently and also use it for when friends come around for a BBQ even, as I just have to open up the app and it gives me a constant stream of music, with my choice of categories or playlists to suit the mood and occasion. Give it a go, it’s free so you can’t lose anything! I guarantee most people will be so impressed that upgrading to the full version will be seen as a bargain.

PhoFilter by iFacies is the ultimate app for filter effects.

PhoFilter is the app to own if you want a full array of customisable filters. You can use one of the pre-set filters, combine those filters and also adjust each individual filter. The amount of combinations that you can achieve are countless.

When you first open PhoFilter you will see the app populate the full range of filters which only takes under a minute. This is when you will witness the breathtaking amount and variation of filters that you will have at your disposal. Most photo filter apps have just pre-set filters with no customisation available, but this is not so with PhoFilter.

If you choose to customise an individual filter, the customisation screen shows a slide bar adjuster, you can then adjust the filter to your desired look. Another way that you can create interesting variations is by selecting multiple filters. In the app you can even rearrange the order of the layers.

There are a staggering 158 filters available which include effects, textures and themes. You can mix up to 12 filters at a time. Customised filters are also available for download or creation from Fan Filter, the app’s Facebook fan page. There is also the ability to share your filters with friends or the community via Fan Filter. PhoFilter allows you to share up to 30 pictures at once.

PhoFilter Example ScreenshotI like the layout of the user interface, using split-screen display effects and graphical navigation buttons. It only took me a few minutes to find my way around the app and learn how to use it. Another thing that I like is that for every filter there is a corresponding thumbnail of a coffee cup, so that you can clearly see the effect that each filter will have. You can also customise the thumbnails that represent each filter.

PhoFilter is a standalone app. The app gives you a good choice of social media sites to upload directly to and other sharing options.

You have a choice of loading up a photo from your photo album or taking a picture by accessing the camera. This means that you don’t have to close the app down just to switch back and forth from the app to the camera. There is even a filter for adding a frame, date, text or your location to your photos.

Mission Accomplished

PhoFilter has so many filters and effects included you really won’t need another photo manipulation app. You can even adjust, resize and crop your photo from within the app. You can fully edit your photo from within PhoFilter, so everything is included to give you total control over your photo edits and effects. This app is complex in its range of functionality, but the developer has done a great job in making it simple to use with a nicely laid out interface.

Room to improve

I really can’t fault this app, as there is so much choice as to the effects you want to achieve. I can only suggest a future enhancement in future updates. The only thing I can think of is to add more filters or effects, which is exactly what the developer is doing already, as more filters in updates are on the way.

Conclusion

Great value for money, a powerful application, nice user interface, and an app which gives you a full filter toolkit to easily achieve the effect that you desire. If you like applying filter effects then this app will blow your mind!

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