No more standing on chairs: This app promises perfect food pics
If you're using the Ludwig filter on those eggs benedict, there might be something more appetizing out there.
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Foodie, which Line Corporation released Feb. 2, is an entirely food-centric photo app. Though there are other food photo apps on the market, this free app differentiates itself from the competition in two main ways:
1. The 24 filters are specifically designed and named for food types.
2. The "best angle feature lets you know the moment the camera is positioned completely horizontally," the company tells Mashable. Today's food photography trends prize overhead, angled shots. (Forget the tilt-shift.)
Foodie's filters have fun names like BBQ, Sweet and Chewy, which offer different levels of color saturation, brightness and other photo enhancing features.
You can share the photos on Line's own social network or on various social media, like instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
However, the "best angle" feature is really what sets this offering apart.
Anyone who ever stood on a chair to get the ideal shot of spaghetti and meatballs knows how difficult it is to know when your phone is at precisely the right angle to get that flat, even shot. Foodie has a cool way to solve that issue. A yellow bar illuminates at the bottom of the screen when you've reached the winning shot.
It might take a few tries to get the hang of the yellow window, but once you do it's an easy process to repeat. Though it would be nice to have a vibrating or tactile feature that lets you know when the camera is angled correctly, the visual cue still sets it apart from similar apps.
The company spokesperson says there may be video features implemented in the future.
Though hundreds of app filters already exist, it's fun and convenient to have so many food-centric options at your fingertips.
It's currently available for iPhone and Android — medium rare burgers and photogenic milkshakes not included.
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Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
