im looking for some good photo editing apps for instagram, and wondering what apps the instafamous people use?

[Madcrate977]

instagram users that i want to use:
-allygawrys
-zwag
-acaciabrinley

and if you could recommend anymore apps, like one where you can blur out the background and make it galaxy print?
thanks so much. ♥

[Jim A]

Photo editing software isn't an app (application) it's a program. You can buy good programs but there are some free ones available.

An excellent free program is Fast Stone. It's not comprehensive but it does pretty well. The same goes for Gimp - I recommend 2.6.

If you want more than basic it's going to cost you anywhere from $30 to several hundred.

Blur out the background? You don't understand. That's a lens issue and has nothing to do with programs. You need a lens you can control that has a very wide aperture to get good DOF images.
Here's an example of what we call short (or narrow) DOF (Depth of Field).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsphotost...hotostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsphotost...hotostream

Also, here's an article on the subject, you can learn a lot here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_Field

[snorlax]

Jim A needs to shut up.

You've missed out on a crucial point, are you an android or an iPhone user?

I know android have two apps, one called "Pixlr-o-matic" and "Photo Editor".
There are way too many choices in the apple app store to limit it down to a few, just do a search for "photo editor" and download a few to try them, experiment and see what's best for you.

allygawrys actually looks like she users Pixlr-o-matic.
zwag looks like he uses the standard photo effects in instagram.
acaciabrinley looks to be using hipstamatic or vscocam, but could also be using a photo editing program on her computer then uploading the photos to instagram, it's hard to tell.

Hope that's helped.