![]() Why should I care? It means that Snapseed is not only good for editing your mobile photos (that are often 10 megapixels or below) but also is capable to read bigger files coming from DSLR cameras, which we have copied to our smartphone or tablet. But during reading and writing it operates of full picture size, which for Android-based devices and newer iOS devices equals to 20 megapixels and for older iOS devices (iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPad mini 1 and iPod touch) – 10 megapixels. Snapseed during editing operates on trimmed down copy of the photo (for iPhone max. The required version of iOS is 8.0 or newer, and for Android – 4.1 or newer (the app doesn’t work on Motorola XOOM MZ604). Snapseed is capable to run on smartphone and tablets on iOS and Android system. System requirements and supported file sizes One thing to add, since acquisition of Nik by Google, Snapseed is an app free of charge, and version 2.0 remains so as well. The changes in new version are so significant that they promote Snapseed to entirely new class of mobile apps. And not only new version, the new version! The true version 2.0! Released simultaneously for iOS and Android. So to surprise of everyone, on 9th April there appeared a new version of Snapseed. One of the main complaints about Snapseed was lack of non-destructive editing workflow (every decision was final, you couldn’t easily go back, fine tune or remove any single edit of the photo, just roll back to original photo). As app market in the App Store always marches forward, and the new apps were released, with possibilities matching and going beyond those of Snapseed, the group of people using the Snapseed became to very slowly, but steadily shrink. Unfortunately, beginning from December 2012 the development of the app slowed down, and after releasing version 1.6.0 in October 2013 practically stopped, bringing only minor cosmetic changes to make the app compatible with the upcoming versions of the mobile operating systems. ![]() Releasing iPhone version in August 2011, and porting the app to Android in December 2012 (just after acquiring Nik by Google) has cemented its position as one of the popular apps to edit photos on the mobile. ![]() ![]() Snapseed was one of the first mobile apps offering high-quality desktop-like editing tools packaged in a very simple and intuitive touch user interface. The product coming from Nik Software quickly became a de facto standard among mobile photographers. Snapseed first appeared on the Apple App Store in June 2011 as the iPad-only application. In this article we will take a look at the new features offered by Snapseed and how they change the mobile photographic workflow.Īdditionally, as many people have asked us for giving more attention to Android-based devices, in this particular review Android 4.4.1-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab S is used for testing and taking screenshots. Mobile photographers have quickly polarized their feelings with regard to newly released Snapseed 2.0: some love it and some hate it. ![]()
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