Pixo

It would probably take you years, if not several lives to look at all photos ever taken with a camera, especially that most mobile devices are fitted with one these days. What’s more, right after a shot is taken, individuals tend to tweak it a little with applications such as Pixo.

The application comes with its own stylish interface, fitted with a few controls here and there, as well as a large, interactive preview area to work in. Although it looks pretty fresh, you might have a difficult time identifying functions and buttons the first time, given they’re blended so well in the overall interface, with faded icons.

To get started, you need to import some pictures lying around your computer. This is done either by dragging them over the main window, as suggested, or using the built-in open dialog. Sadly, you only get to work with one image at a time, although it’s possible to drag more pictures.

Once an image is provided, a few controls and functions are made available in a side panel. It can get a little tricky to work with them, because items are displayed with extremely large tiles in a compact space. Add the fact there are a lot of items to choose from and the result is a confusing navigation, often frustrating.

There aren’t any other areas you can adjust or modify other than effects. You work with presets, and the provided library is pretty rich in content. Selecting an effect lets you manage some dedicated controls and brush size.

Don’t rush to move your brush over the picture just yet, because you need to press Apply before you start editing. What’s more, effects of the same type don’t stack, and you need to hit Apply every time you need to make changes.

You can undo mistakes you made, and the ambiguous editing might result in a few. Saving is done at the press of a button. However, backup your photos before you start editing, because there’s no save prompt and pictures are overwritten automatically.

All things considered, we can safely state that Pixo wants to be this little utility that promises to enhance any of your pictures only with a few mouse clicks. However, the truth is only its ideas are in order, because implementation of features has a rather considerable impact on overall practicality.