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Snapseed Mobile is a fun and powerful app designed to enhance and share your photos, developed by the same people that create some of the most widely used professional tools for digital photography. Snapseed puts the power of photographic enhancements at your fingertips and makes it possible for anyone to enhance, transform, and share photos.
Opening a photo on ios
To get started, select a photo that you want to enhance. Tap on the Open Image button to show your photo library.
Opening a Photo on Android
Tap the Open Photo button in the upper right hand corner, then select the Choose photo option to launch your Gallery. Locate your image and tap it to open the image in Snapseed. To activate the camera on your device, Tap the Open Photo button, then select the Take photo option.
Adding a filter effect
After opening an image, tap on one of the filters from the list on the left.
You can adjust what a filter does by tapping one of the controls on the bottom control bar or swiping left and right directly on top of your photo.
Some filters have controls that appear on top of the image, providing even more control.
Most filters can be adjusted by swiping left and right, or up and down. Swiping left and right lets you adjust the selected enhancement. Swiping up and down lets you choose which enhancement to use.
Tapping and holding the Compare button any time shows you the before image. Releasing the Compare button shows your photo with the current filter applied.
To apply the filter, tap the Apply button or tap the Back (on iOS, Cancel on Android) button to go back to the filter selection screen without applying the filter to your image. After applying or canceling a filter, you can select another filter to apply.
Applying a second enhancement
After applying a filter, additional filters can be applied.
Experiment with the order of filters for different results. Using different filters and changing the order they are applied gives you virtually infinite enhancement possibilities.
Undo/Redo
When applying a filter, you can undo or redo any of the changes. Tapping the Undo button steps back through each change made for the current filter.
Tap and hold the Undo button to access the Undo/Redo menu. To close the Undo/Redo menu, tap anywhere else in the interface.
On your mobile device, shake the device to undo.
Saving your image
While in the filter selection screen, you can save or share an image. Tap Save to save a copy of your enhanced image to the Saved Images section of the Photos library. Or tap Share to select one of the options to share your image.
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