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

Introduction

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

Exploring Snapseed

Opening files
The interface, including touch controls
Using presets in Snapseed
Intro to using tools
Exporting your finished image

Most Commonly Used Tools

Tune image in Snapseed
Details tool in Snapseed
Curves in Snapseed
White balance in Snapseed
Crop tool in Snapseed

Advanced Tools

Tonal contrast tool
Vignette tool
Black and white conversion in Snapseed
Perspective correction
Additional Snapseed tools

Expert Tools

How to make selections
Fine details using the Brush tool
Layers in Snapseed
Finishing an image

Editing Tips by Genre

Landscape
Architecture
Portrait
Black and white

Conclusion

Next steps