too confusing! :-( – VSCO: Photo & Video Editor Review

the other day, VSCO updated their app with a new interface. I was hopeful. to be honest their old interface confused me a LOT at first. it began to be pushy about making use of their online sharing platform that competes with Instagram. I had the hardest time figuring out how to even get to the point where I could edit pictures. but eventually a few months later I figured it out because I found a tutorial on YouTube, which helped a lot. everyone was getting amazing pictures from this app and I was NOT going to be left behind, bad user interface or not. well if the old user interface was confusing, this one is cryptic. because I'm familiar with the old one it sort of makes sense. but the gestures keep confusing me, I keep forgetting which gesture takes me to what. and finding the settings menu practically required a manual. the point of gestures should be to simplify. this does "technically" simplify the app. but it's just too post-modern. we have thrown away buttons with labels in favor of swipes in various directions. fortunately there is a BRIEF tutorial that gives you the basics when it loads. and the editing of pictures is fortunately still in tact. but this appears to be cosmetic. I can't discern any changes to the actual editing process. I'm sorry VSCO. I've been a fan for years and I want to be supportive but I just can't be. i can't see this winning over any new users because of these changes and I can definitely say it's a little alienating. personally I will continue to use regardless. I used my VSCO journal as a blog :-) and don't want it to go away. but I miss the old interface and wish it would not have been replaced. I believe it was superior.
Review by ChrisDQ82 on VSCO: Photo & Video Editor.