Photoshop Camera Portrait Lens Reviews

by Lochnessica

Edit: After I posted this review PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens removed all my photos I hadn’t downloaded yet, including some vacation photos that I was in the process of getting downloaded. So after this huge set back I’m changing my review to one star.

I like this camera app better than the native app on my iPhone 12 Pro, but I tend to take a lot of photos at a time, and I can’t find any option anywhere to save multiple photos to my phone at once. It’s super annoying to have to go through them all one at a time, take off the filter it automatically applies every time (can’t find an option to make it not do that automatically, have to manual take it off every time) then safe it. Wish they would fix this, other than that I like it.

by S. Gresham

Fantastic app, in theory. Mostly works as expected, though most of the features seem discoverable only by accident as there’s no intuitive UI across the whole app. But I cannot rate any higher than 3 stars until PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens reigns in its battery consumption! There’s absolutely no reason my battery should be nearly depleted after 5-10 minutes of shooting & tinkering with photos. These glorified filters can’t be *so* intensive they have to tax the iPhone system so heavily — primary reason this, in its present form, cannot be even a contender for anyone’s primary camera app.

by Mike_813

I was really looking forward to the release of PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens. Alas, like every other camera app I’ve tried, I find that nothing beats the image quality of the native camera app.

PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens will remain in my toolbox for editing pictures quickly with some of its filters. The Studio Light portrait is my favorite as it also adds lens correction. Great app for quickly auto-processing corrections taken with the native app (of course, light room already does this, as does Ps Express with the added benefit of perspective correction)

I like that photos only save to the camera roll when you are ready to export them.

Good lenses, although a lot are silly and not all can be removed through Manage Lenses. Most over-process. Ps Express has better filters that can be dialed down to create subtle processing.

Here’s what I find lacking:

Auto-processing tends to over-edit, particularly in low-light. When I compare pictures taken with the native app and edited with a push of the auto button in Photos app, they are richer and not over-exposed as I’ve found Ps Camera photos to be. Either way they still need more work in a dedicated app.

App starts in selfie mode. No setting to change this.

No video.

Portrait filters have no way to adjust the depth, so the background has one standard blur.

by Kingstreet2372

Great app it’s a fun app with some great filters and edit options. But it would nice to be able to customize a bit more. Especially with the wing edit filter it would be awesome if you could adjust the size of the wings and move them so they are more centered on the photo you are using. If you could also make more Photos work the dark sky and background filters that would be great. Even if there is no sky in the photo but there is blank empty space. But a good app overall just some updates and adjustments would be great. Also being use more lens at once would be good too! 🙂

by BCsJazz

I’m a SLR type guy and if you are looking for SLR type creative controls PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens is NOT for you (it has no SLR type controls). If you are looking for quick ways to add some of what I am assuming are the currently popular filter effects to your snapshots, then I guess this is an OK app. I say ‘I guess’ because this is not my idea of creative photography so I have no real references to determine what makes a good or bad app for doing that.
It does have some basic editing adjustments - Contrast, Highlights, Clarity etc and easy cropping presets - but those are readily available in most editing apps. The lack of any kind of exposure adjustments before you take a photo is a real problem in my book.

by Bowwowkitty

I love PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens but the auto correct on my photos is driving me bonkers! I will have a great composition and as soon as I click on the photo in my gallery giant chunks of the picture get autocorrected out, leaving me with an unusable composition. If I could turn this feature off I would be more than satisfied with PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens but this is heartbreaking losing my awesome pictures. Even worse is the inability to recover the original (with filter applied) once the autocorrect has deleted half+ of the filter layer. Very disappointing. Otherwise great filter selection, if only I could keep them layered on my photos😔

by Djcarpediem

I am confused. Adobe creates apps then discontinued them.

But what is more confusing is these free apps as separate apps. Why a different app for each when it’s not clear if the other app will do all under one roof?

This makes working or even choosing which app very difficult

I like or prefer when Adobe gives advice as to stop using one app when it replaces another app.

But in this case I will list apps I think are redundant and confusing and not easy to find information about the differences between them to a certain before installing

Example

Adobe mix
Adobe Fix
Adobe photo express
Adobe Photoshop camera
adobe Capture
Fresco
Draw
Spark (what the hell are these?)

Then ipad has easier time but still it’s not clear
Photoshop might work but healing brush is better it seems in Fix
And Mix and Comp seem similar but also similar to fresco

But fresco is like draw

Which are cross pollination of apps
And which replace other apps
?

Please help

by Clever Heather

I was happy to see that you offered these webinars, though they were for those with more expertise rather than a novice. I am working on it. It’s not as easy as it seems. I love all the things PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens is supposed to do, but when I went back to try it out, I could not find the features mentioned. I need a class that I can work along simultaneously during instruction. I’m a newbie and require more hands-on, side by side training. I know I can do this with an opportunity for a bit more patient and direct guidance. Where can I get that?

by Xgcatx

Love PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens so far but... Billie Eilish Wings aren’t showing. I’ve tried multiple times on various images and nothing. Also... I love jelly fish but are there plans to have other options? Or more added as things progress? Is there a paid version or do I have to have a subscription (which I hate. Please ditch that idea and make these apps affordable to buy) to use more features?

* OK so figured out what was wrong. Some pics are just not good for some filters. That said... after using PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens for awhile I’m bored. Definitely needs more features.

by StarWars4LifeBOI

I love PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens it is amazing and great for so many things. I love to show my friends and family the before and after pictures the only thing is when I try and save the picture it crashes. It just won’t save. It will save some photos but others PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens will crash and I will have to edit the photo again and take a screenshot. I don’t know if I am saving it wrong but when I am done editing the photo I press save and crop the photo to my desire. Other than that I would recommend PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens to all of the people that love editing their photos. It is a wonderful app and I love it I would just like it to save. Thank you and please help.

by By Cftgn NJ Gf GJ

PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens is pretty easy to use, and you can instantly be using funky, eye-catching filters. However, one annoyance is that you HAVE TO edit the pictures you take before you can save them to your photo library. I wish there was an option to circumvent this. Additionally , the filter library is kinda small. I’m hoping it’ll grow within time.

by PickleB4Sandwich

I was playing around with the PS camera app in Zion NP on a snowy, November day and let me tell you, 🤯. I took a photo with the Apple camera then remembered I had downloaded the PS camera app so I opened it up and just took the same picture. At first glance I wasn’t impressed but when I got home and pulled the PS camera app photo up, I was blown away at the level of detail compared to the shot I took in the Apple camera app. It honestly rivals some of my favorite photos taken on my very expensive mirrorless setup. Plus, I was able to quickly and easily get the camera into my favorite Adobe editing app and boom- professional looking shot achieved.

Fill disclosure, I do pay for the Adobe suite subscription so I’m not sure how this would work if you only have the free version. If you are like me and pay, there is absolutely no reason not to use PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens on your phone, imo.

by Aabboww

i have had SO many editing apps, im an editing geek. i’m not even amazing at editing i just find the fantasies of it so cool. i tend to do editing on a budget. i usually use enlight, quickshot, videoleap, prequel, etc. ofc seeing a new photoshop app i was gonna give it a go, play around, encouraged one of my friends who also likes editing to do the same. there are barely any buttons in PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens— just the lenses and adjustments. i was actually close to deleting PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens because there was so little to do to actually edit the photo but to discover the amount of creative lenses made by fellow editors on PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens were absolutely STUNNING. was NOT EXPECTED AT ALL!!! i had a photo of a building with a pretty sky, clicked like 2 buttons to trigger a lens and all the sudden the building was in the middle of space, with planets circling around it, even in motion. couldve been done in 25 minutes with enlight. and it looked SO REAL, TOO. WAY WAY WAY better than the enlight apps and to think those were the apps that costed money. this one is flawless, the skies processed perfectly without missing spots. as soon as i tried PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens out i had to give this a 5 star review and i NEVER write reviews. like ever. SO excited to see whats to come for PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens!!!!!

by Rubyfish

Unlike most of the other Apple apps, PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens (and many of Adobe’s other apps) do amazing things with your photos, and mostly for free - no ads, no nagging, and nearly no limits. You can actually create fantastic effects and save them to your device or share them without having to upgrade or pay. I’m not sure what their business model is, but what their app(s) can do for you for free is amazing. I recommend this PS Camera app for interesting & creative photos.

by Reniavstheworld

It KILLS my iPhone 8 battery very quickly!

I tend not to be attracted to pre-set design type products, preferring raw materials, but this doesn’t have that coloring book attribute, like you’re decorating someone else’s design. This is open in a way that feels more collaborative or like a tool. The filter itself should not be the focal point. What we do with the filter, how we combine a particular filter and shot to produce a separate, unique work with it’s own meaning and purpose. I can see a lot of potential uses for a tool like this.

by 🐸 (Frog)

PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens is a blast. It’s not much good for taking photos for the most part, but for goofing around with friends or ones I’ve already taken it’s amazing. There are so many different filters to choose from and most of them have three or four (or even more) variants! If you’re looking for a pro camera, look elsewhere, but for an entertaining camera, this is PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens . Occasionally it will crash when trying to save an image with a moving filter to the camera roll, but that might just be an issue with my older model iPhone 8.

by ContentCreate0828

I have NEVER written a review before and I was so incredibly impressed with the quality of this FREE app that I had to come on and brag about it and say RUN don’t walk to get PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens!! It has both moving and still filters and you can edit existing photos and they come out flawless! Love the bold and modern content! So exciting and can’t wait to see how PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens grows and expands moving forward!! With that said the photo taking aspect of PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens could use a little work but if you want to edit existing photos from your camera roll... you won’t be disappointed!!

by BAR112

Update: 10 stars! I didn't realize I can edit existing camera roll photos! So much fun with selfies and can't wait to discover what else I can do with all my already-taken photos.
Previous: Makes your selfies look beautiful! Not realistic (20 years younger?) but lovely nevertheless, if that’s what you’re going for. Appreciate how it saves the original plus the auto-processed one. I might add that the original photo snapped in PS Camera is the best for selfies--even better than default iPhone camera. Haven’t used on scenery much; but love the creative and fun real-time filters—some even with video backgrounds! Another brilliant idea from Adobe!

by Hhshh737735hh

This is an awesome app! I know people complain about limitations, but I don’t think they have fully explored PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens before sending a review, because not only can you apply effects to the photos you take, but you can revisit old pictures and apply something like beautiful sunny skies to that gray and gloomy day you took a picture.

I haven’t found any flaws on my iPhone 11 Pro Max, but I’m sure any issues will be fixed in the near future. If I would request anything, then I would like the ability to record and save the effects applied to a photo as a video clip. The other is obvious, to have more filters, but that’s a matter of time and patience and we will see a lot more filters. Great app nevertheless! :)

by SydneyTiffa

It’s been a phenomenal editing app up until recently when it started to crash while editing and saving. I have to let it crash five or six times just for it to give me a little leeway so I can get through the process of editing a few photos. Later when I pull it up to edit more, the same crashing is encountered.

Update...I updated my iOS to the current version and the crashing has ceased. Thanks for the prompt response and for producing a great editing tool.

by Jaymus

Yet another “free” app that forces you to create an account to use it. It would be very helpful if Apple would require developers to state in PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens ’s description whether or not they require any type of account login to use it. This is especially frustrating when you just want to tryout an app to see if you like it and do not want to make yet another “account” for something you may never again use.

by Ted Brady

this camera app is insane. I can send my cat to space if I have a blank background.

I only wish the exported videos were optimized for social media.
It looks so crisp on my phone but if I upload a video to twitter, it gets compressed and ugly.

by Wheates15

I’ve only been messing around with the Photoshop Camera for an hour, but it has kept me thoroughly engaged and entertained. So far so good, and the potential for future frailties is clear. 🤞👍🤞

by Dinabae210

i'm super excited to use PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens for work. And i love how my pictures look like they're taken from a professional camera !

by Stinanco

Expressing your creativity and imagination just got easier! Adobe expands the options once again!

by Ghost6260

This is the best photo editing app by far and being able to easily switch to photoshop/photoshop express when on the go makes it even better! I love PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens and I’m so excited to keep testing out the lenses! Thank you Adobe!

by Agente1253

I pre-ordered PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens, and i am a long time Adobe fan. PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens is amazing. The way it corrects and enhances the picture and add effects in the most professional way is awesome. I had the effects library expands so we can have more options, but Adobe, keep up the work.

by PrettyinPinkInked

I love this camera! I beta tested it and I was blown away with the results. I am an amateur photographer, my first love is photo manipulation. When I began to play around with the camera, I was quite impressed! When I applied the filters to my existing photos, I was sold!

by SpeakLow

Well this looks fun! Pretty excited to explore the possibility of making lens myself. Be sure to check out the additional lenses that don’t download with PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens . Certainly not a lot of creative control it seems, but this isn’t Photoshop or Lightroom. Good old-fashioned fun!

by @Cole.Sears

I love adobe in general so when I saw they were making a camera app I was pumped. Love the concept of PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens , love the photo lenses I can use, the only thing I think would be cool is if I could record video with the lenses. I know it’s a new app so I’m not that disappointed. Keep up the good work!

by Griffin Lewis

Photoshop Camera takes filters to a new level. I’ve been playing with it all day and I definitely recommend PhotoshopCameraPortraitLens as a quick and easy way of spiffing your your online profile pictures!

by Joejoe123joe123joe

So far so good! I love it! Easy to use and with photos taken on an iphone 11 pro it is just magical