I’ve always liked using control points in Nik programs to get localized corrections but the technology really comes alive with the touchscreen capabilities of the iPad. For instance, there’s an all-purpose auto correct filter and a way to use Nik’s U Point technology to selectively edit specific sections of a photo rather than change the image globally. If your Snapseed photos are veering toward the later, check out the online help video entitled Creative Editing (or just step away from your iPad immediately).Īlong with the funky Instagram-style photo filter effects, which have become de rigueur on iPhones and iPads (and, let’s face it, a little overused), Snapseed offers some more traditional editing tools such as straightening and cropping contrast and color adjustments white balance and other features. With Snapseed, you can stack as many filters as you’d like on a single shot, creating either a grungy, dramatic, black-and-white masterpiece or a complete mess. As I’ve found with Nik’s desktop software, playing with the filters and trying different combinations on your images is addictive. There were times I thought I was in Grunge when I was really in Drama or Vintage Films, when I was actually in Grunge. I would have liked it if Nik had included some kind of identifier or label to tell you which filter you were in once you were in it. Once you start playing around with Snapseed, it becomes fairly easy. There’s also an overlay guide in the app that shows you which type of swipe does what. Sound confusing? It is a bit at first, which is why Nik, as usual, offers some helpful online video tutorials that can be accessed directly from the app.
Swiping left or right in a filter will adjust a particular enhancement while swiping up and down lets you select an enhancement.
A toolbar at the bottom of the filter gives you basic controls: Back for backing out, Compare for comparing before and after, Styles lets you pick different variations on a particular filter, Texture gives your image a randomized texture, Undo negates the effect, and Apply applies it. Tap a filter and you’ll immediately see a preset effect on your shot. I’d suggest diving into the second page of filters first since that’s where most of the fun stuff lies. (For some reason, there’s a blank space on the bottom between the first and second page of filters, as if there’s one missing.) What you’re presented with are two pages of filters: Auto Correct, Selective Adjust, Tune Image, Straighten & Rotate, Crop, Black & White, Vintage Films, Drama, Grunge, Center Focus, and Organic Frames. Consequently, it’s hard to know where to begin with the app once you open an image in it. The best way to describe Snapseed is to say it’s a smorgasbord of mobile photo effects that have been reinterpreted from Nik’s desktop applications. Play around with Snapseed for a few days, however, and it’s hard not to be impressed. I’m so used to iPad apps doing one or two things very well, a serious multi-tasking program takes some getting used to. Perhaps it’s just a case of a product being a tad ahead of its time. Does an iPad app need to do so much? Do I want/need this much control over my images on a tablet when I’ll likely work on them in Photoshop on my computer anyway? In bringing its computer-based editing chops to the mobile world, Nik has upped the ante on what a photo app for the iPad can do.īut as much as I like Snapseed and appreciate its image editing power, there are times when it feels slightly overextended.
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I’d hardly expect anything less from Nik, a company that has produced some of my favorite photo software for the laptop/desktop world: Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro and Viveza, to name just a few. in your images via gesture control very good black-and-white conversion tool cool photo frames and easy to use sharing functionality. Here’s just a little of what you get for $4.99 with Snapseed: over 11 built-in filters offering a range of photo editing effects a nifty touch and swipe interface that lets you apply changes in a fun way Nik’s innovative U Point technology for selectively tweaking color, lighting, saturation etc. To label this merely an “app” would undersell its robust photo editing features. There’s a reason Nik Software calls its new Snapseed program a “photo experience for the iPad” in its press materials.
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