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"The digital world seems to agree: photos just look better when they're filtered. \nA new app for iOS devices, called Wood Camera, enhances the \"filtered\" trend with easy-to-use editing features. \nIt works in a similar fashion to Instagram. What's unique here is the \"live effects preview,\" which allows you to instantly see what filters will look like before snapping your picture \u2014 if you change your mind, you can go back and change it. \nSEE ALSO: Pro Tips for Making Your Own Stunning Vine\n\nAnother cool perk is its list of \"sliding\" editing tools, meaning you can adjust an image with the swipe of a slide bar (see photos below.) Options include Intensity, Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Saturation and Hue, among others. \n\nYou can stack about 10 effects on top of each other too, including a frame for a nice finishing touch. \nOne downside might be the amount of space it uses: 35.7 megabytes. \nFor a limited time, Wood Camera is available for 99 cents for iOS devices on the iTunes Store. \nWatch the video above to see some of our favorite tips and tricks. Does this sound like something you'd use? Or, better yet, have you used Wood Camera? Tell us below. \nBONUS: 11 Things We'd Change About Instagram\n\n\n\n11 Things We'd Change About Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Independent Brightness/Contrast Adjustments\nCurrently, we rely on Intagram's auto-enhance tool for a generic color and shadow boost. But imagine the fun we could have if Instagram allowed its users to manually adjust brightness and contrast. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Custom Tilt-Shift\nWe love tilt-shift, really we do. But sometimes Instagram's stock circle and rectangle shapes can be a little limiting. We'd like to be able to create a custom blur, similar to the lasso tool on Photoshop.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Rotate Images by Single Degree\n\nSometimes our hands are too shaky to capture a level photo. Wouldn't it be great if you could rotate your photo one degree at a time, versus the 90-degree option now offered on Instagram? \nNote: Users would have to adjust the rotation before cropping, as exposed corners can quickly compromise the clean frame of the photo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Share From Android\nWe're not entirely sure why, but Instagram rewards iPhone users with one tool Android owners cannot enjoy: the Twitter share. The Instagram iPhone app (left) allows users to tweet others' photos, while the Android app (right) only lets users flag photos as inappropriate. What gives?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Comprehensive Search\nOK Instagram, we're ready for better search functionality. At the moment, we can only search by user or hashtag, not by keyword. We're surprised Instagram stands so resolutely behind the Twitter-esque hashtag, especially given the two companies' recent feud. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. User Messaging System\nWe forge friendships and professional relationships over social media all the time. And sometimes, those platforms are the best places to communicate. Why not implement a messaging system on Instagram? Users would be able to privately contact others who mutually follow them, similar to a Twitter direct message.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Intuitive Comment Moderation\n\nDid you know you can delete comments on Instagram? Many users are unaware of this feature, perhaps because comment moderation is hard to access. To delete your comments or other users' comments on your photos, you have to tap the \"Comment\" button on a photo, as if you planned to add a comment. Then swipe one of the existing comments to the right. Depending whether you're on Android or iOS, you'll need to tap the pencil or the trash can, respectively. \nWhew, that was a mouthful. We wish it was simpler. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Improved Photo Quality on Facebook Shares\nWe tested it. Sure enough, once a user posts an Instagram to Facebook, the photo's quality is compromised. Check out that grain. Ick.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Add Locations Retroactively\n\nInstagram launched Photo Maps in summer 2012. It was the company's answer to browsing old photos, only it chose to sort images by location vs. time. \nHowever, despite the fact that some users enabled geo-location data, they are unable to go back and tag Instagram photos by location. Instagram requires that users decide how to tag their photos before they've even uploaded them. We'd like to be able to change our minds, thank you very much!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. View Web Likes\nWhat's the deal with Instagram likes on the web? You can't pull up or scroll to view who has liked a photo -- besides the first six people, that is. Bug?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Twitter Cards\nKiss and make up, Twitter and Instagram! We miss the cross-platform compatibility, not to mention our more colorful Twitter feeds. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage by Mashable\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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