Snapseed Lasso Tool

[Channing Rupnick]

Is there a way to get this effect in a simple way? I can approximate this effect with 2-4 GD filters arranged, but it is rather tedious since each change has to be applied to the top/bottom ones separately.

If you want a more creative vignette which are the kind I prefer for maximum control over where the eye is pulled I use a mask in a raster editor created with the lasso tool or painted in with a brush giving maximum control over the shape and direction.

Hm, I have also observed that some magic sauce is missing in darktables vignette a couple of years ago: Vignette secrets. @Leonidas, maybe you can find better example pictures that shows the problem than I was able to provide. Especially a comparison of different software with the same picture would be interesting.

Here it is with a vignette applied with Snapseed. I am running this at about 80% to make it more obvious, since normally it is pleasingly more subtle. To me it seems like the bottom got a lot darker than the sky.

Here is #1 edited in Darktable with the Vignette module. I always have to turn off saturation adjustments completely, make the scale really low and give it a high falloff, yet it still is somewhat not as pleasing (and too strong anyway) as the Snapseed one with very little tuning.

With this particular kind of shot when you make the vignette it would be best to make the outer portion much larger then the frame, make sure you have a huge feather, and tweak the strength to taste. This can be done with a radial mask or the vignette tool. What will happen if you do it this way is you get a much softer and subtle graduation preventing the less pleasing dark corners.

I do think here you will get a more pleasing result and should also remove that banding issue using the radial mask over the vignette tool. This method also give much more control over the the feather and if tied in with the parametric mask tool in darktable you can even pull it out of the blacks.

Glares and light reflections can enhance a photograph, but having them unnecessarily is another story. These lights and reflections can sometimes obscure essential details in your pictures. Whether it's glare on the glasses or reflections in the background, it can surely ruin a great photo, which no one wants. As a result, removing the glare from the image is the best solution.

Fortunately, some tools can assist you in retouching such photos. And this article will reveal the easiest ways to remove glare from pictures with the best tools available on either desktop, web, or mobile.

A glare occurs when a source of light strikes a reflective surface. It can be seen in everything from glare on a pair of glasses when taking portraits to reflections on a body of water's surface. And to properly deal with a glare, you must first find its source.

A light source shining into your lens can cause camera glare. This frequently results in haziness and lens flare. Lens flare appears as shapes and spots caused by light refracting internally between your lens's glass elements. The more elements are in the lens, the more likely there will be a flare. Because zoom lenses have more individual lens elements, it is more common.

When the sun is behind your subject, the source of the glare will be visible. However, reflected light that causes camera glare can be more challenging to detect and deal with. And it does not always result in haze or lens flare. It could be a bright reflection of someone's glasses or a background window.

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Adobe Photoshop software is the industry standard in digital imaging and is used globally for design, photography, video editing, and other tasks, such as removing glare or reflections from photos. It's a versatile tool for creating anything from simple designs to complex artwork.

Photoshop includes tools to help you digitally remove unwanted glare from your work. Among Photoshop's features, the lasso tool is probably the simplest way to remove glare from photos. Check out the steps below on how to remove glass glare using Photoshop's Lasso Tool:

Snapseed is one of the most potent mobile photo editors available, with an intuitive interface to match its potential. It's a free image editing software that doesn't consume large space on your mobile device. Snapseed allows you to save your edited and enhanced image in high quality, which may have the same resolution as your original image.

Now that you have removed the reflection from your photo, it's time for a little trick to make it more natural. Go to TOOLS again, then tap Tune Image. Apply the necessary modifications according to your preferences.

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Nik Software brings the complex tools and algorithms behind some of its advanced, professional photo tools to a clean, more intuitive interface optimized for the touch-centric mobile universe. The Snapseed app for Android and iOS devices distinguishes itself not only by offering a finer degree of control than found elsewhere, but also by doing so in a way in which you can quickly preview your changes.

Click to EnlargeSnapseed is a free download on Android and iOS, and it also has versions available for Mac and Windows. (We tested version 1.5 on Android.) Snapseed requires iOS 4.2 or later, or Android 4.0 or later.

When you open Snapseed, you're met with a split screen with the types of available adjustments stated plainly, each in their own visual icons. In the upper-right corner, you'll see a button to open a photo to get started. You can either take a photo using your device's camera or choose an image from Dropbox or your photo gallery. Once you open a photo, you'll be working solely on that picture, even as you move among editing options.

Click to EnlargeSnapseed Mobile's editing choices are clearly delineated, in attractive, large graphic icons that spell out what each option does. Select any of these 14 editing options, and you'll start making adjustments to your pics. It would have been helpful to have these clustered together as adjustments and creative enhancements, just as they are on Nik's website. The newest features are filters for adding a vintage look to your image (dubbed Retrolux in the Snapseed universe) and an improved Frames filter.

It quickly becomes obvious that Nik has rethought image editing for a touch universe. For most of the tools, you'll swipe up and down to call up a pop-up box in the center of the image, with further enhancement options. And once you select which option you want, you'll then slide left to right to adjust that enhancement.

You can swipe anywhere on the screen to activate these options, but it's best to swipe in the gray space around an image -- that way, your finger won't cover the pop-up box or the changes you're making. The pop-up box looks attractive, with oval-shaped and colorful buttons that appear to have drawn influence from Apple's iOS design.

This approach keeps the interface uncluttered and free of the intimidating bits -- which is helpful for those not versed in the black art of image editing. A gauge shows the adjustment made below the image, as well as on the image itself, spelled out numerically.

Nik does a great job of introducing its interface. When you first select any of the enhancements, a splash screen comes up, overlaying the instructions of what to do with your fingers -- a convenient feature that eases the way into this new touch interface.

Click to EnlargeSnapseed's strength lies in allowing you to fine-tune your results. Even Auto Correct lets you fine-tune the auto picks for color and contrast correction -- a boon for those who want to keep things simple. The software also did a better-than-average job of correcting tricky picks. The photo we edited fared even better when we adjusted the Details filter and dialed up the structure.

Snapseed's cropping tool is top-notch, and features the ability to change the aspect ratio and maintain the crop ratio -- tools that Aviary Photo Editor and Autodesk Pixlr Express both lack. It was even easy to add a center focus point and blur out the rest of the image.

Click to EnlargeThe most innovative feature of Snapseed remains Selective adjustment. Using U Point technology, you can drop control points around a certain part of an image, and apply edits to that selection. When using just your finger, it's a lot easier than Photoshop Touch's lasso tool.

Depending on the device you're using, Snapseed can save images of up to 16 megapixels, more than most competitors. From the top level, only Google+ gets one-touch billing for sharing your image via social media -- Snapseed's equivalent of a hosted server, and not surprising, given Google owns Nik Software. But other services are just a tap away.

Surprisingly, Nik goes far to make its software accessible to all, but in truth, there are many adjustments that only photo enthusiasts may understand, such as tuning image ambiance or structure. Oddly, Nik offers no in-app guidance on how to understand the changes a filter or enhancement may make. For instance, with Grunge filter's texture strength, what's the texture of in this case? Nik offers video demos on its website, but having an explainer in the app itself would be more useful.

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