Glam Me
self-portraits continue to be a widely used photography format . Especially among young people, who share their best snapshots through social networks or they use them to personalize their profiles in these However, there is no application focused on creating portraits with the front camera of the terminal Until now. Nokia, next to the launch of its terminal Lumia 720 has published a new application whose operation is based on the front camera of the smartphone to be able to take selfies comfortably, but adding Instagram-style editing and retouching features
In this case it is not a social network, just a curious application who called Glam Me A tool that is added as shooting mode to the photo system of the Nokia Lumia, but which can also be used launched the applicationfrom its individual icon. With this, all that remains is to take a snapshot, without the need to use the bathroom mirror, nor to abuse makeup or pose, since this tool has numerous functions and retouching settings to hide imperfections
Once the application starts, the front camera, and only the front camera, is activated It is time to take the snapshot with just touch the terminal screen After that it is necessary to wait a few seconds while thefacial recognition technology is responsible for locating the different parts of the face for subsequent editing, in addition to apply a small auto touchup to improve the overall appearance of the image.In a short space of time the snapshot appears and the user begins to play with the different options.
One of the key points of Glam Me are the beauty options Utilities that allow to subtly enlarge the size of the eyes, whiten the smile or color the skin tone using the small bars found after pressing thecentral button of the toolbar Some curious settings that users who are more concerned with the image will know how to take advantage of. But there is more.
Along with these issues, and just by scrolling to the menu on the right, there is a list of Instagram-style effects that modify almost completely the aspect of the portrait taken.Specifically, it is sketch, water colour, mint, oil paint, poster, retro and magazine coverEffects that make the image look drawn, painted with watercolors, or even that simulate the cover of a fashion magazine just by clicking on the desired effect. It should be noted, as a point extra, that there is an option to compare before and afterin a comfortable way, thanks to a bar that splits the same image in two Finally, and how could it be otherwise, only remains share the resulting image, either through social networks like Facebook or via email
In short, an application, the first created by Nokia to focus on the front camera of a terminal, intended for young people, who will get the most out of this self-portrait tool.Best of all, Glam Me can be downloaded to any terminal in the Lumia range through the Nokia Collection of applications in Windows Phone Store fullyfree
