Montage App Reviews

I understand why you updated the app, but you should have made the update an entirely different app. Please create a new app- thats the same as the old version. Ill even pay for it! Thanks! Pam

This app was kinda complicated to begin with and the new update is equally as complicated and perhaps even MORE. I feel it has potential but changes really need to be made ! Just confusing.

First, lets be clear: for anyone who is remotely familiar with this app and used it with any regularity, this is the most well balanced, full featured update that its ever had. Period. When the developer says that its been "rewritten from scratch for iOS7," please believe him, because it shows. When he says "no features were dropped...many have been relocated," it may mean you might have to spend some time actually exploring the new workspace before firing off a bunch of glib, whiney, "OMG!! I ca---a-a-a--nt--fi--i-i-i--nd it" reviews. Ive used this app since 2009 and came across it after a previous app I was using, simply called "Collage," proved to have disappointing export resolutions. Montage has always delivered on this front and continues to excel by now giving you the ability to export ANY part of your compositions at resolutions up to 4096 x4096, so Im not sure why the previous reviewer is having difficulty. The options for output are all there, very plainly under a menu item called, surprisingly, "Share." There you will find a wide variety of preset pixel dims and also the ability to enter a custom size, located under-you guessed it-"Custom." One of the things that kept me using the previous app "Collage" I mentioned, in spite of its poor output, was that its interface was simple and straightforward. You tapped on bits of your collage and were able to move them. With this update, Im happy to see this feature included in Montage finally. Double tapping an item is the same as Photoshops "Auto Select Layer" option and gives you instant access to moving and resizing objects. The option to use the arrows to cycle through layers is still present if needed, though this has always seemed a little awkward to me. Theres also the addition of three finger panning around the composition instead of constantly switching to the "Canvas" tool. Theres an improved import workflow which bypasses the whole set of selection tools you were presented with in the previous version, and now just lets you bring in images and make selections later. A new set of filters has been introduced that allows a wide range of basic color adjustments, along with a few interesting screening effects. Blending modes are now available, though some are sort of cryptic as to their functions, working more like Illustrators "Minus Front"/"Minus Back" commands than the full range one may usually associate with Photoshops array. Finally, the ability to use text as shapes is not only introduced, but widely supported, giving you access to tons of glyph shapes in each font family. These are some of what I would say are the main improvements straight away that I noticed. There are a few things that could be improved further: most notably theres no Undo and also the freeform selection tool. Having no Undo in an app like this (unless Ive missed it somewhere), to me, is almost a conscious decision. Not one that I like necessarily, but i get it. The poor options for making a clean freeform selection, however, are a little tougher to understand at this point. I should say though, theres an app called "Juxtaposer" that allows very fine control over developing selections (comparable to working with brushes on a layer mask in Photoshop), and then saving them as PNG files, which Montage then supports. So its possible to create really clean extractions in this way, and then import them for enhanced layering and manipulation. All in all, though, everything feels great about this update. Using the newest iOS 7 and iPhone 5S combination, it really feels fast and responsive. Please dont be put off by the generic icon and kind of crappy screenshots, they dont do the app justice (though they do illustrate the limitations of the apps freeform selection tool perfectly). I would recommend this highly to anyone looking for a serious graphic tool to do digital equivalents of photo based collages. If you think old school, magazine collage, and less Photoshop feathered edge compositing (though theres a lot of Photoshop in here) you wont be disappointed.

I used this app for everything and now I cant use it at all. I mostly hate that when you go to add a photo it starts from the beginning of your camera roll( the very first picture on my phone) instead of the last photo youve taken!

Please change this app back to the way it was before, its so limited and useless now! I cant crop photos on it or add text it is so useless please change it back it was so much easier and better

Its better now but my concern now is when I upload to Instagram and I try to zoom into, it comes out blurry, unlike before this iOS 7 update. Back then I would zoom into the picture and it would still look fine but now it looks super blurry, even on the software resolution. So if could please change that, thanks!

This was my favorite app ever. It was smooth, quick, high quality output, and simple to use. Its on its way back!

This app really needs a better tutorial. Its just not intuitive in any way. Can we just get an option to save at a resolution? Ive never seen a more complicated way of saving photos. Thank you for updating but this app is just not practical.

I had Montage open for all of two minutes and decided I love it. Then I dealt with the dev... The app is top notch. Its flexibility and simplicity make it instantly useful. But dont stop at mashing a couple pictures together. Dig a bit and you will be rewarded. Montage is replacing nearly all my other photo/art apps. I contacted the dev with my wish list and he responded quickly, giving me a detailed account of what to expect. Then he contacted me again to let me know Apple had approved some of my wish list items. All within about 48 hours. Spectacular functionality+spectacular support=WIN! Montage comes highly recommended.

This app is awesome, only one thing they should add! To split pics!!! :) other than that 5 stars....

This app is an exquisite picture editor but in order to export the photo you are required to crop it. You cannot just export the photo itself. You have to add whitespace and it is up to you to make sure the picture is level. It would be wonderful if it would be updated so that you dont have to crop it when you try and "share" it. The photo I was editing is what I want saved. No extra white space and no self leveling to make sure the picture isnt crooked on the whitespace.

Ive used tons of apps, & Ive got to say... this one is the best!

I love that you get to choose as many photos as you want, and arent restricted to any styling. You make your own-this is the only program Ive found that lets you do that, Im surprised it doesnt have a wider fan base. My only complaint is that it can be hard to get to the pictures you want. If you havent brought them up really recently, they wont be there to choose from. If this gets fixed, Id gladly give them five stars.