GETTING STARTED WITH SNAPSEED

As a food photographer, I love the Snapseed app and believe it's one of the best photography apps for free you can have.

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First, download Snapseed from your phone's App Store for free for your mobile device.

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In the Snapseed app, tap Open. This will take you to your phone's photo library. Next, tap the photo you want to open.

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The Tune Image option allows you to adjust the color and exposure and a few other things.

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WHITE BALANCE

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This means at any time, you can go back to one of your last edits and make changes or delete.

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Crop and Rotate are the primary tools I use here. I use the crop feature most for social media images.

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GETTING STARTED WITH SNAPSEED

As a food photographer, I love the Snapseed app and believe it's one of the best photography apps for free you can have.

GETTING STARTED WITH SNAPSEED

First, download Snapseed from your phone's App Store for free for your mobile device.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

In the Snapseed app, tap Open. This will take you to your phone's photo library. Next, tap the photo you want to open.

OPEN AN IMAGE IN PHOTO EDITOR

The Tune Image option allows you to adjust the color and exposure and a few other things.

IMPROVE COLOR AND EXPOSURE

WHITE BALANCE

This means at any time, you can go back to one of your last edits and make changes or delete.

MODIFY INDIVIDUAL EDITS

Crop and Rotate are the primary tools I use here. I use the crop feature most for social media images.

IMPROVE COMPOSITION

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