Facebook.com/VSCOAn image by username iejatebabom, edited with VSCO CamEveryone wants their Facebook photos and Instagram pics to shine, but most social networking platforms' photo editing tools fall short.
Even Instagram's pre-set filters are beginning to feel passé. A regular grammer can spot Valencia a mile away, and Instagram itself seems to be realizing that "the cool teens don't use Instagram filters anymore." The company introduced five new filters in December 2014.
What teens do use is VSCO Cam. VSCO is an art and technology company based in Oakland, Calif. Their photo editing app, VSCO Cam, allows users to transform bland photos into gallery-worthy artistic images. It's Instagram on steroids.
But navigating VSCO Cam's wider set of editing tools can prove challenging for first time users.
The app's interface has almost no text. The idea is to give the app a global feel, so people can easily use it regardless of their native language, but some of the pictograms are confusing.