Good app, but still buggy in new iteration

I like that I can access the features of this app directly from my photos app. It works pretty well. It’s not as “fine-tunable” as the content fill function in Photoshop, but it doesn’t cost as much and it’s infinitely easier to use. I find it’s much more effective to remove items one at a time instead of masking all unwanted objects and erasing them in one, fell swoop. The batch erase leaves you with a lot of weird artifacts. But the one-at-a-time approach, though more time-consuming, allows you to tweak each erase and (I guess) allows the program to apply a more bespoke algorithm to each problem spot instead of a blanket algorithm for a number of spots. That’s just my guess after a little trial-and-error.

My one gripe is that the clone/stamp tool seems to be broken in this update. I can use it for one or two spots and then it stops working. I can choose a source with the crosshairs and clone the selected source image onto the target spot, but when I release the overlay disappears. This is true in the photos app extension and in the stand-alone app. Also, in the photo app extension interface, the option key does not turn the clone/stamp icon into crosshairs, although it does still function to select a source area.

All in all, a very useful app. But because it’s not as powerful as Photoshop’s tool, you do often need to go back in and clean up with the clone/stamp, which is not functioning correctly in this release. So when that tool gets fixed, I would give it a 4-star review or maybe even 5-star based on its low price and integration into the photos app.

mislyndi about Snapheal - Fix your photos.