Bug - Previews don’t look like saved version

Update: This very significant bug, reported for v. 1.01 in September 2014, is not fixed as of v. 1.03 (December 2014). I’ve knocked another star off my rating because the app has been mostly unusable for the 4 months I’ve had it.

—— Original review ——

Many apps offer a collection of filters. This one has several that are both unusual and attractive. At least at the basic level, with no subscriptions etc., its not a particularly novel app these days, but it’s pretty well done of its kind; its easy enough to use and the basic set is enough for decent utility.

The main problem is that due to a bug, the preview of the filtered image that’s shown in the app does not look like the final version that’s saved to your computer. Obviously, this is a significant problem because you have no way of knowing what you’re actually applying to your images until you’re finished. It doesn’t seem to be a major issue for all the filters, but for some the difference is very large, and the saved version looks much worse than the displayed version.

Email support was fairly quick and polite and said that this is a bug that will be fixed soon. I’ll update the review when this bug is fixed.

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