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I recently reviewed version 1.2 of the app and quite honestly, I didn’t like the results of two of the three filters. However, I received an email from Asasa Software. It seems that they take user (and reviewer) criticism very seriously. To me, that’s a sign of a good app developer.

Version 2.0 has just been submitted to the App Store and features graphics and user interface improvements. Thanks to the reviews, Asasa is working on version 2.1 which will improve the flash effects. I’ll keep you posted on the updates and the new improvements to the filters.

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Flash Hero
Version 1.2

Bottom line: Two of the three filters work poorly.

Flash Hero is a new “flash fixer” app from Asasa Software which uses three different kinds of exposure enhancements to fix the lighting of a photo.

No two images are the same and many times an exposure enhancement app that does a great job on one image works poorly with another. That’s why I keep several exposure enhancers in my iPhone. Flash Hero attempts to give you three different types of exposure enhancement in one app. The idea is that of the three, one of them will work best to fix your image. It’s a great concept. Unfortunately, two of the filters work poorly and the third is redundant and unnecessary if you already have another slider-based flash fixer, such as Perfectly Clear, Auto Adjust or FlashPhix. All three of these apps produce better results more easily.

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