How to Edit Your iPhone Photos with Snapseed and Other Cool Apps!
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Ellen Foust
This course will take place virtually on Zoom. Participation in this course requires a device (ideally a computer or tablet, rather than a cell phone) with a camera and microphone in good working order and basic familiarity with using Zoom and accessing email.
April 24 - May 22
Do your photos need improvement? If so, this class is for you! Join award-winning photographer Ellen Foust to learn the basic principles of photo editing, including how to crop, adjust light and color, add text to create a greeting card, enhance a smile, and completely remove unwanted objects from a photograph with the click of one finger!
You will learn how to use the Snapseed app to accomplish what the experts do in Photoshop! You will be amazed at the improvement in your photos and what you can do on just your phone (or tablet). Class format includes “how-to” skills demonstrations, homework (practicing skills on photos provided by the instructor) and reviewing homework. Bring your iPhone or tablet to class and be prepared to have fun!Prerequisite: Completion of How to Take and Edit Awesome iPhone Photos: Camera Features Module or equivalent knowledge of iPhone photography
Roughly the same amount of lecture and discussion.
Required: Download (free) Snapseed app. Links to user manuals, YouTube videos and pdfs will be posted on a Google Site. Additional editing apps will be introduced in the course syllabus.
Up to an hour of photo editing. Editing can be done on an iPhone or iPad. The advantage of using an iPad is more “screen real estate” and the possibility of using a stylus, rather than your finger.
Ellen Foust is an award-winning visual artist/photographer with a passion for teaching. Her experience spans darkroom to digital, portraiture to landscapes. She holds an MA in art history, an MEd in education, and has studied at the New England School of Photography. Her award-winning iPhone photos have been exhibited throughout the Boston area, including at LexArt, the Allen Center, the Newton Free Library, the Newton Fence Art Project, and the Fountain Street Gallery in SoWa. www.ellenfoust.com; www.instagram.com/ellenfoustphotography