I was chatting with a Chinese friend about some basic photo editing she was doing when I asked her what app she was using. She told me she was useing Meitu(美图)and encouraged me to try it out. So I installed Meitu on my CoolPad and gave it a try. The closest thing I could discribe Meitu to is if Instagram and SnapChat had a baby app. Meitu offered a wide array of artsy filters and playful stickers. It is also pretty clear I am not the target demographic for this app. Basically every sample photo shown, to tell you what each feature actually looks like, was of attractive young Chinese women. Unlike many Chinese apps though it offers full English support. Meitu also offers a wide aray of look improvement filters that can do everything from enlarge your eyes to make you whiter to remove skin issues. I find it painfully obvious whenever anyone uses the personal improvement features and Meitu was no exception to this, you can just tell form a photo that a good deal of touch was done. The most useful feature of Meitu, at least for me, is the collage feature that lets you combine several photos and a fun background together into one single image. My biggest issue with Meitu is that my cheap CoolPad was pushed to the edges of its ability trying to run the thing, it worked but not well. This may be a problem any photo editing app has on rather weak phones and not a problem with Meitu itself. Still, most Chinese built apps seem to expect that a large number of their users will be using less powerful phones. I guess if I was a female domestic ECNU student I might use Meitu, for me I might just use the photo collage features once or twice before the end of my time at ECNU.
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Dad
12/6/2016 03:35:10 am
Maybe I will download Meitu to my phone so I can insert images of attractive Asian women into all of my pictures as well. Mom may not be too pleased, though
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