魔漫相机 MomentCam app (android & iPhone) review

playing with different templates on Moment Cam

I recently came across an app called Moment Cam. It is a app that allows you to take a head shot (or upload a picture) of yourself. It takes your headshot and transforms it into a drawing. (It is a Chinese App, but I am SO GLAD it has an English interface)

Moment Cam template

Thoughts:

• English Interface ( if you are Chinese, there is a Chinese version)
• Very User Friendly
• Light App (won't drain your battery, won't lag your device)
• lots of templates
• Would be good if you can smooth out blemishes (due to lighting issues)
• cool
• free

Moment Cam

You can choose to edit yourself with different "background" templates (where you can do crazy, silly and interesting things). Some times the photos are very accurate or they can be very wrong, making you look very different, silly... or... weird.

face edit feature on moment cam

Please excuse the weirdness of the "original photo". As you can see, because I had a bit of hair near my face, the app captured it as some dark spot, causing every picture to have a "dark spot". I had to use their "hair" to cover up.

You can see how I look different in some of these pictures that were generated, it is because of the lighting, and the angles I have used for different pictures. Just because a picture of you looks good "in real.. normal mode" doesn't mean it will look good in the app. (you will see what I mean when you look at these pictures)

Moment Cam: face edit mode: glasses

In Face Edit Mode, you can choose

• face shape (pointy chin, long chin, short chin, larger cheeks, square face, etc)
• Hair Style (different types of hair style, from ancient Chinese to punk hair, long hair, short hair,etc)
• Glasses (there is quite a variety of glasses to choose from)
• Eyebrow (I didn't know your eyebrows can make you look so different prior to using this app)

Moment Cam: Face Edit, eyebrows

After you have selected a headshot (or if you took a picture of a close up), the app will ask whether you a boy or a girl, this will bring you to different templates.

Moment Cam: random shot

They have a "signature feature" that allows you to draw freehand. I don't really like it, since I found it extremely difficult to do that on a mobile device. They should have a selection of fonts and stickers to choose from, that would enhance the user experience.

moment cam: this picture makes me look like Lilo from Lilo and Stitch DX

This is definitely a fun app, fun to play with and fun to share. I also really like how you can test different hair styles on yourself to see what fits your face. This is really helpful if you plan to do a whole new makeover. Sometimes, in default, it will choose the perfect "settings" (hair style, eye brows, face shape) for you that it feels will best fit you.

Moment Cam template

 For those who use Facebook or Weibo, you might probably notice that a lot of people are using this app, and list most people, I think I got a little obsessed by saving all the photos I did. You will know why when you use it.

They give you the convenience of uploading your "finished" product on your favourite social media networks such as: facebook, Weibo, Twitter, and virtually any others you can think of. You can also add some other apps that you want to upload to. 

*I have also noticed they are starting to have celebrity templates (take pictures with celebrities).

I will definitely give this App 10/10 because there are no crashes, freezes or battery drains. It is also really easy to use, and best of all, it is available on BOTH Android and iPhone. And the #1 reason... IT IS FREE!

App Name: 魔漫相机MomentCam
Apple IOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/momentcam/id687624831?mt=8
Google Play Store, Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manboker.headportrait