In addition to such basic edits as straighten, rotate, crop, and tone and color corrections, you also get black and white conversion, retro film looks, grunge generation, photographic edges, and more. Click on the image to see a larger version. Snapseed has automatically built a mask, through which I can apply brightness, contrast, or saturation adjustments. Here, I’ve placed a Control Point on the red part of the motorcycle. In Control Point mode, you click to add a control point, and then drag your finger within the Control Point’s editing circle to select and alter a parameter.įigure 3.

Just like the Control Points in Nik’s Vivieza and Silver Efex Photoshop plug-ins, Control Points in Snapseed automatically build complex, high-quality masks to constrain editing effects. Click on the image to see a larger version.įor localized editing, Nik added its Control Point technology to the Snapseed. In each mode, you drag up and down to select the parameter you want to edit, then left and right to alter that parameter. Then you drag left or right to increase or decrease that parameter.įigure 2.

Instead of struggling to move tiny control points with your fingers, you simply tap an icon to put the program into a particular mode–Tune Image, for example–then slide your finger up and down anywhere on the screen to select the parameter you want to edit: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, White Balance. Snapseed’s main interface, where you can select an image to edit, and choose an editing mode. Nik has created an editing interface specifically for the iPad.įigure 1. Snapseed eschews traditional image editing interfaces–you won’t find any Levels controls or Curves in the app. Nik Software has produced excellent photo-editing software for desktop computers– Silver Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro–and now it’s bringing that expertise to the mobile space with Snapseed, which runs on Apple’s iPad.

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