

But Snapseed gives you the power to make fine adjustments to each filter, so you wo get that cookie-cutter feel. Options in Vintage and Grunge are most similar to options available in other Photo-filter apps such as Flare and Analog. Youll find filters in the first four categories each has at least six preset filter options. App Creative Adjustments are organized into seven categories: Black & White, Drama, Grunge, Vintage, Frames, Center Focus, and Tilt-Shift.


Snapseeds forte is those filters and special effects. After that, it is all about filters and special effects. Once youre do with Basic edits, you can crop and straighten your photo, as well as use Details tools, which include Sharpness and Structure. This is also where youll find Nik Softwares signature Control Point feature, which lets you make selective edits to your Photo. You can also choose from six presets: Automatic, Neutral, Dark, Bright, balance, and Moodyeach give images slightly different tones or coloring, and when you click one, youll see sliders move accordingly. You start with Tune Image, where youll find sliders for brightness, contrast, saturation, shadows, ambiance, and warmth. That's generally how you'd approach editing image. Editing features are organized in intuitive order. Editing features are divided into Basic Adjustments, which include apps Tune Image, Crow & Straighten, and Details tools and Creative Adjustments, which include various filters, frames, and special effects. Once youve get your Photo in App, you have access to all of the Snapseeds Basic editing tools, filters, and more. It is also possible to open Photo using the File-menu command and navigating to the desired Image. You can Drag and drop from Finder or even straight from iPhoto. To the right is a large space that instructs you to Drag Photo here to get start. When you launch the App, youll find all of the editing tools in the tool bar to the left. Still, Snapseed on desktop sports the same simple interface as its iOS version. The Mac's mouse-pointer-focused interface is considerably different from working on a touchscreen, and Nik Software has adjusted Snapseed for Mac accordingly. The biggest difference between the new Snapseed for Mac and its iOS sibling is the use of Image-editing sliders in the desktop version. What I discovered was a Mac App with features that are almost identical to those of its iOS counterpart, but with quite a few advantages thanks to the Mac platform. So when Nik Software announced Snapseed for Mac, I was eager to test it out. I 've loved Nik Softwares Snapseed iOS Photo-editing App since its release last year, and it's clear that others share sentimentApple awarded Snapseed iPad-App-of-Year award for 2011.
