Some Highly Creative Camera Apps, Straight out of Korea

Published on 2012/12/15 | Source

Move over, Instagram. Korean app makers, Jellybus and KTH, are impressing smartphone owner with high-quality, creative camera apps. Jellybus is a mobile app startup that has created very successful camera apps by bucking tradition. KTH is a smart mobile company whose pudding series of camera apps is one of the most popular in Korea.

By refusing to use the standard app programming interface, Jellybus cut image processing speed to less than 0.5 seconds. For its MiniDSLR app, Jellybus also made the choice to support all types of Korean android phones. According to its CEO and founder, Sejoong Kim, this was a challenge because new smartphones are always coming out. It's tough to optimize camera apps to support each new device.

Has this strategy worked? Just look at the over 1.2 million users in 16 countries who use Jellybus's iPhone camera app qbro. MiniDSLR also enjoyed a record 12 weeks as the #1 app on SK Telecom's app store. qbro was recognized as one of Asia's top 50 apps in 2011.

With qbro, you can create great effects with photos you take with your phone's camera. Features include 72 different film effects, separate touch exposure and focus and the ability to add stacks for filters. It's supported in Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. You can share your photos on seven SNS platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Cyworld, Me2day and RenRen.

For tips on using qbro 2.0 from Jellybus, check out this video they made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhIL1ufZAY&feature=youtu.be

KTH's pudding series camera apps passed the 30 million download mark this July. Pudding Camera has 14 million downloads, Pudding Face Match has 13.5 million, and Pudding.to has 2.5 million. Mashable called Pudding Camera one of the top 10 camera apps in 2011.

According to KTH's Pudding Project Manager, Yun Se-jeong, "User-friendly interface and fun factors are key popular elements" that make the pudding series a success. KTH has ambitions to expand globally by making its apps available in English, Japanese and Chinese.

Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/TTCnGs

Pudding Camera offers nine cameras and eight film effects with different aspect ratios, multi-frame shots, fish-eye and toy camera effects. It's available in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and German. You can share your photos by email, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr and Pudding.to.

About the author by Anna Sohn

I'm a New Jersey girl with a lifelong fascination with Korea, my motherland. In 2011, I moved to Seoul and I've enjoyed living in this wired and fast-paced city ever since. I'm excited to share the latest tech and design developments I encounter in Korea and hope you enjoy the AT&D blog as much I enjoy writing for it!

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