SpacePaint has the most overlays you can use, but the interface is a little clunky. Lumie is the least complicated of the bunch and produces some cool effects, but it doesn't offer much beyond adding an interesting overlay. The sharing options, on the other hand, are probably the best in this collection, letting you export to your photo album, send via e-mail, send to Instagram, or post to Facebook, Twitter, and popular photo-sharing sites, but it won't let you open the photo in other effects apps. Lumie has a check box that lets you export with a frame, but there's only one style that gives your enhanced photo borders like a Polaroid picture. When you're finished, touch OK in the lower-right corner to see the result. If you don't like the overlay for the selected image, you can touch the screen to pick a new one that's more suitable for the look you want. Once you've selected an overlay style, you can move it around the image for the best look or touch buttons at the bottom to adjust the intensity of the effect. With your image on screen as a starting point, the app has several categories of overlays you can swipe to browse, then touch to add to your image. With Lumie the process for adding overlay effects is simple. You start by taking a picture using your smartphone camera or picking an image from the photo library. Lumie ($1.99 iOS | Android) is a photo effects app that uses brightly colored overlays and simple effects to give your images an otherworldly feel. Lumie is the easiest to use and has the most sharing options. The third lets you add multiple overlays as well, but you can also adjust opacity and use masking tools and filters to really trick out your photos. The second adds more features letting you add multiple effects on the same image. The first uses several types of bright overlays to add strange effects to your photos in a couple easy steps. This week's collection of apps is all about adding drastic effects to your photos. Not every photo will benefit from these apps, but with a little creativity, I think you'll find that these apps can produce great results. If you know where to look, there are several image effects apps in the App Store that give your photos some really drastic changes using overlays and unique neon lighting effects. But rather than dragging out the Instagram ( iOS | Android) clones and retro photo makers, I wanted to try something a little more 'out there.' I've written about a lot of photo apps here in my weekly iOS app collections because it's always fun to add a little pizazz to your images.

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