Updated Jelly Bean 4.1.2 photo editor sux

[ronitk]

Remember in the old ICS version u could select part of an image and copy it to another image through photo editor??? I cant anymore.. all because of this jelly bean update...
they have changed the app altogether..magnetic lasso tool isnt there either..nor the option to select part of an image and copy it to another..wonder why they wud do that...
anybody thinks that im wrong about this and perhaps there is a way??

 

[Howard Hopkinson]

There are loads of photo editing apps on the play store that are much better than any stock Android editing app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.picsart.studio&feature=search_result

The above is just one such app I have used and it's pretty damn good, especially since it's free. Of course, there are lots of other apps available too.

 

[ronitk]

i randomly installed a few image editing softwares including picsart and snapseed but none of them have the select, crop and copy to other image( that i mentioned above) facility...does any image editor have this??

 

[Omar Days]

Picsay Pro can cut and copy and place on top of another image. Is that what you mean?

There's a free version too

 

[hawkmoth42]

Why would Samsung take away such a useful little stock app? It worked directly from the Gallery, so I could quickly snap a pic, pull it up and edit it in 30 seconds. The frustrating thing is, when I choose "edit" from the gallery, it still gives me the "option" to choose either Photo Editor or the new Paper thingy ... but when I choose Photo Editor it says "not installed, do you want to download?" Why YES I DO - but when I choose download, it doesn't.
So I have to use a third party app that requires me to exit, open a separate app, browse for the picture ... and I've downloaded and ditched about 3 photo editing apps already because they were far too complex, too big, or just didn't work. What on earth was Samsung thinking? The "Paper Trash" thingy app doesn't do any of the basic things that I need, like crop, write directly on the picture (you know - LIKE THEIR COMMERCIALS SHOW), etc. Photo Editor wasn't robust or fancy - it just worked. Argh.

 

[hawkmoth42]

Well, after 30 minutes on Chat with a rep - long story short: Photo Editor was replaced with Paper Artist.
This was after the rep said no such app ever existed, told me to clear the app's cache (to which I replied "what app? it's gone. You know - the one that never existed"), and said "some things do change with an upgrade". Wow. Their scripts need revising!!

Finally got the rep to admit that yes, it is indeed gone - replaced by the craptastic Paper Artist. Then she proceeds to give me the sales pitch:

I do understand your concern. But the paper artist is added in place of photo editor.
Janet: I should inform you that, jelly bean update will enhance the features given below on the device:
Janet: ​

 

[Sue_Hodnett]

I agree entirely, what a dumb decision, the paper thing is not a replacement to a photo editor by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[selenitafm]

Why would Samsung take away such a useful little stock app? It worked directly from the Gallery, so I could quickly snap a pic, pull it up and edit it in 30 seconds. The frustrating thing is, when I choose "edit" from the gallery, it still gives me the "option" to choose either Photo Editor or the new Paper thingy ... but when I choose Photo Editor it says "not installed, do you want to download?" Why YES I DO - but when I choose download, it doesn't.
So I have to use a third party app that requires me to exit, open a separate app, browse for the picture ... and I've downloaded and ditched about 3 photo editing apps already because they were far too complex, too big, or just didn't work. What on earth was Samsung thinking? The "Paper Trash" thingy app doesn't do any of the basic things that I need, like crop, write directly on the picture (you know - LIKE THEIR COMMERCIALS SHOW), etc. Photo Editor wasn't robust or fancy - it just worked. Argh.

excellent reply, that explains just what I needed to know. I did the update on my Samsung Galaxy S2 from ICS to Jelly Bean. I checked forum mainly to thank your reply.