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How to Edit Photos Using your Phone

Is it possible to take beautiful and high-quality photos on iPhone and Android? Yes, absolutely, if you know the basic principles of photography. However, even the most interesting photos need processing. Especially for this, you can use third-party editors. Mobile apps have long been an everyday tool for photo editing. And it is not surprising, because it is much easier and faster to work with them.

There are three ways to edit a photo on your smartphone:

1. Use the processing tools that are available in the settings of the phone itself.

With a smartphone, you can adjust the exposure, contrast, brightness, saturation, and sharpness of the photo. You can also crop and rotate the photo. Some devices allow you to apply ready-made filters to photos;

2. Edit photos on Instagram.

This is the most popular social network, it allows you to take, process and post a photo. Instagram is used by 1 billion people. There are 40 ready-made filters in the Instagram editor. You can use autocorrect or edit the photo yourself;

3. Use special applications and online photo editing tools.

If there are not enough tools in the editor of your phone or Instagram, you can find tens of thousands of apps in the Play Market and Apple Store with which you can edit photos. There are free and paid versions. Do not forget about online tools that can help when you need to edit a photo urgently. Their advantage is that you don’t have to spend time downloading and familiarizing yourself with the basic functions of each application. For example, if you need to remove the background, then just click here.

What applications do photographers use?

Photographers take pictures not only with professional cameras but also with smartphones. Usually, they use iPhones or other models, the functionality of which is focused on the quality of photography.

Photography experts recommend taking pictures with your smartphone in live light. If you want to take photos indoors, it is better to use special lighting equipment, such as a softbox. With good lighting, your smartphone photos will be no worse than a studio photoshoot with a professional camera.

Photographers lack the capabilities of a smartphone camera, so they download or buy apps for taking and processing photos. The most commonly recommended ones are:

1. Camera+. This is a third-party camera, it is supported only on the IOS operating system. The app is paid and costs about $3.62. Features include flash brightness adjustment; 6x zoom; Normal shooting mode. Stabilized shooting mode allows you to take photos in enhanced clarity while with speed shooting mode, you can take pictures faster, but they will be of lower quality.

The feature Camera+ – during the shooting you can adjust the focus and exposure separately. There are more options when setting and correcting the light in the photo. Another advantage of the application – good quality in low light: takes pictures with high resolution and without noise;

2. CortexCam. Another third-party camera that doubles the resolution of photos. At the same time the shutter speed increases, CortexCam captures the image in 3-4 seconds. Not the best option for capturing moving objects, but improves the quality of photos in low light;

3. VSCO. An application with a large library of ready-made filters. The program is free, but you need to buy some filters, 10 free filters, and more than 200 paid. You can adjust the intensity of the imposition of the filters, there are the classic sliders to adjust the brightness, contrast, sharpness, etc.

4. SnapSeed. An application for local photo correction. You can put a dot anywhere in the picture or adjust the exposure, brightness, etc. with a brush on a certain part of the picture. A very good feature for photographers is the processing of photos in the original format of the camera. You can save it in RAW format or export it as a JPG file.

5. SKRWT/MRWRT. A special application for photos with a horizon. You can tweak the perspective, tilt the photo to the exact angle, etc. You can also mirror the image and thus make the photo more interesting.

Conclusion

Whatever photo editor you decide to use, it is important to adhere to certain rules for the photo session and subsequent processing. Among the common mistakes that amateurs and novice photographers make are:

Incorrect composition of the frame. To correctly position the subject, it is recommended to study the rules of composition. For the best result, it is better to use a grid, and all the most important things are placed at the intersection of its lines.

Incorrect approach to lighting. Problems with exposure can arise with ill-advised brightness settings, shooting against the light source, etc. Of course, a blown-out or darkened photo can be edited on your phone using the above apps. But it’s better to pay attention to lighting while you’re still taking the picture.

Problems with focus. The right focus setting is one of the main rules of photography, especially when it comes to portrait photography. As a rule, most smartphones automatically set the focus. How do you process a blurry photo beautifully? Sharpen it. You can do this even in the standard Camera app.

Superfluous objects in the frame. If you can’t compose your picture without extraneous objects, you can remove them from the picture with a third-party program.

How to Edit Photos Using your Phone
Busayo Omotimehin