creating high-quality black and
white images is child’s play without
ever going near a computer, thanks
to the many editing apps you can
download to your smartphone. One
of the most popular and versatile is
Google snapseed. To show you just
how clever it is, here’s a quick step
by step showing how to take a shot
then edit it in-phone.
in-phone
image editing
Using one of the many app
available makes editing easy
Above
Fine art flowers
Here’s the final image, created in just a few minutes by
playing around with various presets in Snapseed1
Take
a shot
Take a photo
with your
smartphone
or select a
shot previously
taken from
your phone
photo
collection.
in this case
the subject
is a vase of
plastic flowers
on a hotel
windowsill,
photographed
with an iPhone
6 on a wet,
miserable day.2
Select
an image
Open snapseed
and select an
image. This is a
screengrab of the
iPhone screen to
show the options
you’re presented
with. looks and
Tools contain the
main menus while
export lets you
save and export
the edited image.3
View tools
click on Tools
and you’ll see
there are loads
of controls to
choose from for
basic technical
editing, and
creative options
such as Drama,
vintage, hDR and
so on. in this case
the first step is to
crop the image to
a square.4
Explore
B&W Once
cropped, B&W is
selected from the
Tools menu and
the various B&W
presets explored.
The one chosen
for this image is
h02, which adds
a contrasty look
to the image. it’s
already much
more interesting
than the original.5
Tune the
image
next, Tune
image is
selected from
the Tools menu
and shadows
are adjusted
by selecting
shadows then
swiping the
image. Film
Grain is selected
and grain added
to enhance the
analogue look.6
Add a
border
Finally, add a
border. There
are numerous
options under
Frames in the
Tools menu.
here, 0ption 7
is chosen. The
changes are
then saved
and the image
exported to
Photos on
the iPhone.“Creating high-quality black &
white images is child’s play”
cAPTuRe cReATive BlAck & WhiTe