Snapseed for iPad from Nik Software

Established in 1995, Nik Software has become a recognized leader in digital photographic filter development and produces award-winning technology and plug-in products for digital photography and imaging professionals, and now they have entered the iPad arena with Snapseed.

If you like to edit your photos on your iPad, then Snapseed lets you...

• Easily browse and adjust your photos with a single tap using Auto Correct
• Tweak your photo to perfection with Tune Image or selectively adjust only parts of it with revolutionary Control Points
• Experiment with fun and innovative features like Drama, Vintage, Grunge, Center Focus, and Borders for incredible results
• Email your creations or share them on Facebook, Flickr, and more
• Print your photos wirelessly to AirPrint™-enabled printers

This excellent iPad only app also includes the following features:

Basic Adjustments

• Auto Correct: Simple perfection. Auto Correct automatically analyzes your photo and adjusts color and exposure to perfection. Or, fine tune by swiping your finger to add or reduce enhancements until you’re satisfied.
• Selective Adjust: Point, Tap, Create. Using nothing more than your finger, make precise selections and enhancements in seconds with Local Adjust, featuring Nik Software’s award winning, revolutionary U Point technology. Tap an area in your photo that you want to enhance and swipe your finger up or down to choose Brightness, Contrast, or Saturation. Then, adjust by swiping your finger left or right. It’s fast and easy.
• Tune Image: Please your crowd. No two photos will ever look alike once you’ve used the Tune Image filter in Snapseed. Use Ambience in your photos to create depth and vibrancy that uniquely adapts to colors and textures. Adjust White Balance, Saturation, Contrast and more with a few quick swipes of your finger.
• Straighten & Rotate: Back to the basics. Rotate or straighten photos with simple gesture controls.
• Crop: Direct attention. Easily crop images to remove distracting parts of your photo.

Creative Enhancements

• Black & White: The classic. Give that classic Black and White look to your photos with this darkroom-inspired filter. Tap to select a style, and then experiment with how grainy you want your photo to appear.
• Vintage Films: The past is new again. Make any photo look like a vintage color film photo from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s. With nine different color casts, plus controls like brightness, saturation, textures and vignettes at your fingertips, you’ll easily create inspiring photos that feel warm, friendly, and nostalgic.
• Drama: Better than Broadway. Add style to your photos with the Drama filter. A tap or two creates a custom effect specifically tailored to your photos, ranging from subtle enhancements of textures to wildly creative and artistic effects.
• Grunge: Get a little dirty. Give your photos a totally unique, hip look with the Grunge filter. Loads of styles and textures let you explore without limits until you’ve got exactly the look you want.
• Center Focus: Put your subject in focus. Draw attention to the subject of your photo by tapping on your subject and blurring the surrounding background with a few simple gestures.
• Organic Frames: The finishing touch. Add stylized borders to your photos by choosing a style and texture. Adjust the width and white space around your photo with a swipe or two, or randomize your border with a simple tap.

Sharing

• Share and share alike. Use Snapseed to show off your creations, email them, or share on Facebook, Flickr, and more.

Help & Support

• You’ve got a friend. Get started quickly and pick up tips along the way with a variety of help resources like Snapseed’s help overlays, user guide, and brief lesson videos. If you ever get stuck, our support team is ready to help.

App Store Link: Snapseed for iPad; Price: £2.99/$4.99/€3.99

Comments

[Gregory Robinson]

I really like silver efex pro, so I picked this up right away. Although I was hoping for more options with the b&w, the interface is smooth and incredibly intuitive. Love it.

Gregory

[Mr Timney]

I would like to see this on the iPhone, then see how Nik & Tiffen compare on the iPhone.
Without being mobile, this app will be limited & the iPad is not considered mobile.

The app looks great & thus the need for an iPhone version!

[Suzé]

It doesn't have anything more than PhotoForge2, Filterstorm Pro or other editing apps. I was hoping for a bit more from nik. I do like the interface and hopefully they will add more features to be on par with other editing apps. It's a bit pricey for so little in the way of editing features. I too, an hoping for a stronger B&W option as I love silver efex. Would love to filter and tritone.

[Mar]

Agreed, needs iPhone version. Lots of iPhone users, including myself, don't have iPads. Iphoenograpy means iPhone, the strongest contender in mobile photography at the moment.

[Sleep]

This is such a great app. I hope nik adds a few more features. The ability to add grain to color photos would be nice. An iPhone version would be cool too, even though I prefer to edit on my iPad.

[mhoutman]

I truly love the interface but I agree the app needs a iPhone version too.

Yet, a pity Nik does not give an answer to the many questions on this on Twitter.

[Kevin La Rue]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for discussing Snapseed for iPad. We're definitely hearing the requests loud and clear for an iPhone version of the app as well as some of the new features suggested above. Believe me, the wishlist database is long and interesting. That said, I'm not at liberty to reveal future products or the feature roadmaps for Snapseed but as I said we're getting some incredible feedback from all over the world. I think you'll continue to see some pretty amazing iterations on Snapseed. Stay tuned!

Question: I was a little surprised that there weren't any comments about the Selective Adjust feature - have you all tried that yet? Kevin

PS for @mhoutman - answered you on Twitter a little while ago. I was "unwired" the last couple of days on vacation. ;-) ^KLR

[Howard Fang]

Responding to Kevin's request above- My first ipad photo app is smooth, fast, powerful and very easy to use. You guys did a great job, keep at it! The Selective Adjust feature is very familiar, easy to understand and to set. The first thing come to mind is- for example- I sort of lost track of all the points I've added, an option to have the selective circle ON constantly (instead of tapping the blue dot once but only disappear after one second) would greatly help to visualize where and how big I am applying the adjustments.

Another thing that I find inconsistant is it takes one tap of the blue dot in Selective Adjust to bring out the effect circle, but I have to do a pinch or pull to bring out the circle in Center Focus.

There is no vignette ONLY control (right)?

In Organic Frames, can there be a selection of having a simple, clean, no frills frame? Currently it requires us to cycle through countless random combinations before landing a simple white frame.

I find the bw filters really good and produces good results. I love the vintage filters as well! All in all, the filters are plenty good for what I am looking for. Can I request those trendy bleach bypass cross process filter, haha. Anyway, I am enjoying this app.

One question: are we able to edit images from a DSLR? What is the biggest resolution Snapseed can handl?

Best. Howard f.

[Kevin La Rue]

Thanks for the feedback Howard. I'll definitely pass along to our product team. Regarding your resolution question - in speaking with our senior product manager the other day, he indicated that Snapseed can handle 16MP (iPad2) and 6.25MP (iPad1). Thanks again, Kevin

[Mr Timney]

Update released to a Universal+ app now for iPhone...