Works quite well

I recently needed to do a mail-in renewal of my passport and found this app workable. Yes, I dont like that there are no SAE sizes available, but other than that, the app works.

1. Settings. The app allows you to take the picture with the front-facing camera (the rear-facing camera is the default). This way, you can back yourself up to a white wall and take your own picture.

2. Creating a photo, step 1: Select the size. Here, as mentioned, are only metric size options. The requirement for a passport photo in the US is 2 in x 2 in. An inch is 2.54 cm. I therefore selected the (available) size of 5 cm x 5 cm and found the result acceptable. Maybe I got lucky with my picture size requirement, but this works for US passports.

3. Creating a photo, step 2: Photo source. The app allows you to take a photo or pick one from the camera roll.

4. Creating a photo, step 3: Take a photo. First, the (selected) camera turns on and you get grid lines. Nice. Second, after you take the picture, the app shows a preview with two options: Retake and Use. This way, you can retake the picture endlessly until you are satisfied with head position, lighting, posture, etc. Very nice.

5. Creating a photo, step 4: Framing the picture. Now, the app overlays the photo taken onto the "mat" (i.e. a 5x5 cm square) and gives you the option to frame it correctly. Dragging the photo centers it, double-tapping flips it. Pinching zooms it. This makes it really easy to get the photo within regulations. Not only that, but you can adjust brightness, contrast and/or saturation to get the picture right. Very nice!

6. Creating a photo, step 5: Finish. Once done with all that, you can save the photo for future use. This way you can have a "library" of ID pictures of different sizes that youve taken and liked and used in the past.

All in all, this is a very nice app that only needs some US sizes to make it perfect for what it was designed to do.

CLH-USA about ID Photo