5 years later... – Paint FX : Photo Effects Editor Review

I stumbled upon Paintfx in 2012 & couldn't believe I hadn't heard of it. The filters were (still are) beautiful, it has some cool effects you can't easily find elsewhere (cracked, peeling for a start) and the best part was/IS this apps ability to paint on or erase effects and to the smallest detail via pinch/zoom. But the really REALLY unique feature I found under Blend (and a couple other places) and thats the "load from web" option. It took us to a screen where we could search am image and filter it by color and characteristics, and then we could magically paint in what we found (all after playing with different blends and opacity). That amazing option was broken for about a year and I was full of gratitude when it returned. However, its a bit changed. Now hardly anything is easy to search for and often the images returned seem totally unrelated to the searched word. I can see the difference is based on "attributions", and that tells me the issue was copyright related. Now I am HIGHLY against the stealing of someone else's work. So I really do understand why they had to make changes. Unscrupulous people were using copyrighted images and not crediting the owner when posting (in places like Instagram). That said, thieves are going to find a workaround & artists will forever have to watermark their work. This is the world we live in. If there is ANY way Sprite can fix the search/load from web feature to be more like it was and return images more related to our search or at least give us a detailed explanation of what the different attributions mean in relation to search results, I would again be forever grateful. In the end, even with the confusing search issues when loading images from the web- this is STILL one of the handful of photo editors I will never part with. It is definitely worth the price tag and truly a hidden gem amongst a sea of boring or redundant photo apps. PaintFX is amazing. PS Even the basic options like brightness and contrast can be painted on and are superior in quality to most every other app offering these basic editing features.
Review by susie107 on Paint FX : Photo Effects Editor.