Editing Images Using Snapseed

Course details

When everyone has a smartphone, anyone can be a photographer. The hard part is editing photos to make them into something truly special. Snapseed is a free app that makes it easy to take and edit professional photos with your iOS or Android device. In this course, pro photographer Justin Reznick shows how Snapseed is used as an integral part of the mobile photography workflow. The first section discusses the Snapseed interface. Next is general editing with some of the commonly used tools: Curves, White Balance, Crop, and more. Justin then moves onto the advanced Snapseed tools, such as tonal contrast and perspective and expert tools such as selections and layers. The course wraps up with some tips for editing different types of photos—landscape, architecture, portrait, and black and white—from start to finish in Snapseed.

Learning objectives
Using Snapseed presets
Adjusting brightness
Adjusting white balance
Cropping
Converting photos to black and white
Working with selections and layers
Snapseed photo editing tips

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Snapseed, the pocket photo editor
02 - What Snapseed can do for your photography
03 - How pros use Snapseed
04 - Where to find Snapseed and how to download

1. Exploring Snapseed

05 - Opening files
06 - The interface, including touch controls
07 - Using presets in Snapseed
08 - Intro to using tools
09 - Exporting your finished image

2. Most Commonly Used Tools

10 - Tune image in Snapseed
11 - Details tool in Snapseed
12 - Curves in Snapseed
13 - White balance in Snapseed
14 - Crop tool in Snapseed

3. Advanced Tools

15 - Tonal contrast tool
16 - Vignette tool
17 - Black and white conversion in Snapseed
18 - Perspective correction
19 - Additional Snapseed tools

4. Expert Tools

20 - How to make selections
21 - Fine details using the Brush tool
22 - Layers in Snapseed
23 - Finishing an image

5. Editing Tips by Genre

24 - Landscape
25 - Architecture
26 - Portrait
27 - Black and white

Conclusion

28 - Next steps