AutoStitch

Developer: Cloudburst Research Inc.
Category: Photography
Version: 1.1.1
Release Date: August 10, 2009
Size: 0.8 MB
Price: $1.99
Rating 10/10

While a lot of people complain about the functionality of the iPhone camera, I like its lack of bells and whistles. By not offering many features, Apple has created a developers niche, and creativity flourishes. The Cloudburst guys have developed a great panorama app. I've used the other apps out there that create panoramas from multiple images, and I think that this one, AutoStitch, is by far the best.

This app is as close to the photomerge function that Adobe offers in Photoshop as any other iPhone app has gotten. AutoStitch automatically takes the images that it is given and stitches them together. Other App Store panorama apps require the user to align the images. Just like photomerge in Ps, AutoStitch merges the images seamlessly and produces a noticeably higher quality final image than other panorama apps. Another thing that sets AutoStitch apart is its ability to stitch images vertically as well as horizontally, in a collage type format, even in the same stitch. That trait actually goes above and beyond Ps on your desktop.

The images that you want to stitch together can be imported from your photo library in any order at all, and then the app takes over and does all the work- very impressive power for a mobile app. The app grinds away for a surprisingly short period of time before it produces its final results. A very simple crop tool allows you to trim away the edges and make the panorama perfectly symmetrical.

Finding apps to increase the abilities of your iPhone camera and it's image editing capabilities is fun to do, and a necessity for shutterbugs. You can basically build yourself a mobile Ps toolbox. If you are looking to add some great functionality to your phone, AutoStitch is a necessary app, the creme de la creme of pan apps. You will blow away your friends when you email them cool pans and large format style photos straight from your phone. At $1.99 this app is a great deal.