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Android app for photographing paintings and other rectangular items

I like to take photos of paintings at art museums with my Android smart phone, when that is allowed. Currently, I use the HTC One (M8). If the photos are good, I like to upload them to Wikimedia Commons and add them to Wikipedia articles. Often, though, the image of a painting is not a true rectangle, but rather a quadrilateral with sides that are not exactly parallel. I am looking for an Android app that would allow me to click on the four corners of the image, and stretch or skew it into an exact rectangle. Any suggestions? Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:39, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

If you don't have to use Android, I recommend Hugin. If you do have to use Android, there are photo editing apps that do this. com.iudesk.android.photo.editor is a popular one, but it's adware, and I suspect it will do lower-quality resampling than Hugin, and won't correct barrel/pincushion distortion. -- BenRG (talk) 19:45, 26 July 2014 (UTC)