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Photo editing on mobile tablet

Started 8 months ago | Questions thread
Ken Gosden Veteran Member • Posts: 3,025
Re: Agree about Snapseed...

Isabel Cutler wrote:

Ken Gosden wrote:

aa1131 wrote:

Hi guys! I usually use GIMP to edit my photos but currently I am traveling around and I don't have my laptop with me. I do have a Samsung tablet (Samsung Dex compatible).

Do you guys have any recommendations for apps/ programs that run on tablet that are good enough? I'm fine with both play store or installation APK apps. Thanks!

Do you edit RAW or JPEG? A lot depends on your typical editing needs. If you are mostly doing global edits, then Snapseed might be good enough. If you are doing a lot of local edits you are likely getting into paying for something. Love it or hate it Lightroom does a pretty good job and you at least get masking/selection tools. Plenty of folks like Photo Mate R3 for RAW.

Personally I find Snapseed is good for things that are largely decent SOOC. It also has a bunch of Instagram friendly effects if that is something you want. I am finding that Lightroom has become much better over the last year on Samsung Android tablets (I use both an S7+ and S8 Ultra). It still has some extra features when used on iOS on my iPad Pro.

I especially like the price - FREE! It is remarkably full featured. Only thing I could wish for them to add would be noise reduction, but since most Snapseed images will be destined for web viewing noise won't be a big problem.

There are excellent how-to videos for Snapseed on YouTube.

Isabel

For me the main thing missing in Snapseed is masking.  The local selection tool is just too basic.

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