We recently had family photos done by a professional photographer. My wife had already picked out matching clothes that would go with mine and my sons outfit. I had a red plaid shirt, he wore a red shirt with navy stripes, and my wife wore a navy shirt to tie it all in. Well, the photos turned out great but my wife was a little bummed that she had failed to add any red in her outfit as the blue color in the plaid shirt I had on showed up more than we expected due to the background. Using "color effects" I altered the color of her shirt from blue to red in about 10 minutes! Once I had the color right, I went back and added the original color to everything else. My only suggestion would be to maybe have an option to grey out a selected area only to so that only that portion of the photo gets changed. This would prevent having to add the original color back to the full photo once the color change is successful. It worked perfect the way it is for this picture specifically but I think that an option like that would benefit in other situations. Regardless, thanks to this app, we now have our perfect Christmas card! I would highly recommend and It does exactly what it describes. Watch the video tutorial and you'll enjoy it quicker with out having to learn it the layout. The video is only about 5 minutes or so and the narrators voice is very monotone, but it did help!

Changing the color was pretty easy. Two items keep this from being 5 Star. 1. Doesn’t allow the user to start from the original photo. Changes it to black/white then the user must add back in the color. So if you just want to change a very small portion (maybe a shirt color in Family photo) you have to start with the entire photo. 2. Least desired attribute is the exported photo, once finished, looks blurry. Has the characteristics of a photo that has been highly compressed for export. If you are just looking to change something for Facebook ... probably not an issue. If you want to print the final photo, this app probably not the right one.

Hey, I downloaded app and have been using it for maybe almost a year now. I purchased the “pro” version to let me actually recollection things back then, too. However, I started having problems with the app today: it wouldn’t let me save any of my work to my photos. So I uninstalled it and went to redownload it... lo and behold, it says I have to pay yet again to access the “pro” version that I’ve had for almost a year. Why? Is there anyway I can just have access to the recolor option again since I’ve already paid?? The reason for the rating is because it’s asking me to pay again for a feature I should still have access to, not allowing me to download my work into my album, and I honestly haven’t been entirely happy with the color wheel provided for recoloring; however, this app is the best I can do at the moment and wish to continue using it. Please help me out here so I can keep recoloring photos.

I enjoyed using the Pro version of this app for years...until today. When I first tried to open it, I got a message saying that the app needed to be updated first. Ok, no problem (although my settings allow my apps to update automatically)...until it disappeared from my phone! After searching the App Store for it & only finding the free version, I reinstalled it. I thought that I would get would be a message saying that I had already purchased the upgrade & asking if I want to reinstall it. (Of course, I would! I paid for it!) Upon opening the “free” ad-supported version, the 1st thing I saw was a Network Error message telling me to make sure that I'm connected to the internet. Ok, no problem. Then the “Ad-Supported” message popped up: “This free version is supported by ads. Upgrade to permanently remove all ads in the app.” Ok, no problem. As I said, I thought that I would get would be a message saying that I had already purchased the upgrade & asking if I want to reinstall it. Ok, no problem. Great! The banner/link for the Pro version was right there at the bottom of the screen (”Color Effects Pro: Remove all ads now!”). PROBLEM #1: it didn't work for the longest time. PROBLEM #2: the one time that it did work, a message popped up saying that the Pro version is not available in my region!!! What happened to the app?!?! Where did it go (other than off my phone)?!?! What about the update?!?! I hadn't given up on this app yet. I LOVED it (past, as in prehistoric tense). Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this app for CHANGING the colors in the photos? PROBLEM #3: when tapping “RECOLOR” to CHANGE FROM the original color TO A DIFFERENT color, this question pops up: “Activate the recolor feature and remove all ads? No/Yes!” If you answer “No” you will only be able to color the picture back to the original colors. If you answer “Yes!” it will be an $0.99 PER PHOTO in-app purchase!!! Although this review is long and I said a lot, I feel at a loss for words at how utterly awful this app turned into.