AppArt School – How to Get Started with the Snapseed App
AppArt School – How to Get Started with the Snapseed App
Snapseed is a free photo-editing application developed by Google, which is available for both iOS and Android devices. Here are some steps to use the Snapseed app:
- Install the app: Download the Snapseed app from the App Store or Google Play Store, depending on your device. Once the app is downloaded and installed, open it.
- Choose a photo: Select the photo you want to edit from your camera roll or take a new photo.
- Basic adjustments: Snapseed has several tools for basic adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can adjust these settings by selecting the “Tools” icon and choosing the desired option.
- Selective adjustments: Snapseed also has selective adjustments, which allow you to apply changes to specific parts of the photo. To use this feature, select the “Selective” tool and tap on the area you want to adjust. You can then adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation of that area.
- Filters: Snapseed has a variety of filters that you can apply to your photos. To use filters, select the “Filters” tool and choose the desired filter. You can adjust the intensity of the filter using the slider.
- Cropping and resizing: To crop or resize your photo, select the “Crop” tool and choose the desired aspect ratio. You can then drag the edges of the crop box to adjust the size and shape of the crop.
- Saving and sharing: Once you are done editing your photo, you can save it by selecting the “Export” icon and choosing the desired format and quality. You can also share your photo directly from the app by selecting the “Share” icon and choosing the desired platform.
- These are just a few of the many features offered by Snapseed. Explore the app and experiment with different tools and filters to create your own unique edits.
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Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
