It happens to everyone - just when you thought you captured a perfect image, you notice a flare or lens flare covering part of it. Instead of spoiling missed opportunities, you can use Snapseed's wide range of image editing tools to try and make the glow disappear.
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Thanks to a built-in feature called a healing tool, you can make these details disappear. Of course, you will also need a little patience. Let's go through this method and make all these unwanted elements disappear.
REMOVE CLOTHING USING HEALING TOOL
Snapseed has a healing tool that allows you to remove an unwanted part of the image without cropping it. On the contrary, the algorithm will mix the selected part with the rest of the environment, so no one will notice the difference.
This tool will remove blemishes, blemishes, ink, acne, and all unwanted details. It works on a similar principle to Photoshop's “Content Aware” fill tool, where the software draws the pattern and color scheme and fills a certain area with it.
The tool is not designed for larger surfaces, but removing glare and lens flare should be relatively simple.
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1) IMAGE PREPARATION
Before you start editing, you should know a few things about the healing tool. Removes the selected items and covers them with surrounding details. This sometimes works magically, but other times it can completely ruin the image.
This tool will not work to its full potential with images with many small details, colors or objects. It also works much worse on lower quality images. To prepare your image, follow these steps:
- Open Snapseed.
- Tap the blank background to open the photo library.
- Select the image you want to edit.
- Choose a filter if you want. However, it is always best to leave the image in its original shape and form before using the healing tool. You can add the filter later.
2) MODIFICATION OF THE IMAGE
Once you've uploaded and prepared the image, it's time to use the healing tool.
- Tap the "Tools" tab at the bottom of the screen.
- Find the healing tool icon that looks like two patches forming an "X" shape. When the tool activates, you will be taken back to the photo. Here the sensitive part comes into play. Anything you touch on the image will automatically start the healing tool, so try to be careful.
- Drag the image using two fingers to zoom in as much as possible. The greater the zoom, the greater the chance that the selected area will blend seamlessly with the rest of the scene.
- Once zoomed in, use the small image map at the bottom left of the screen to navigate through the image. If you try to tap anywhere on the screen to move, it will simply activate the healing tool.
- Find the area of the image that has reflections.
- Gently touch the glow once. It should be replaced by a piece of non-obvious background.
- Repeat the process for each noticeable area. Also, it will take a few taps in the same area to get a perfect blend.
- If you make a mistake or overdo it with the tool, you can simply tap the “Cancel” button as many times as you like and try again.
Continue until you have removed all unwanted details from the image.
3) FINAL TOUCHES
When you remove the unwanted glow using the healing tool, you can finally add filters and retouching to the image.
- Tap the “Styles” tab at the bottom of the screen.
- Choose the appropriate filter.
- Select the "Tools" tab again.
- Experiment with other image editing features. You can always tap the "Cancel" button if you don't like it.
- Tap the "Export" tab at the bottom of the page.
- Choose whether you want to save the image to a storage drive or share it with the public.
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OTHER WAYS TO REMOVE CLOTHING
In addition to the healing tool, there are a few other features that can help you remove the glow, but they aren't quite as effective.
For example, you can use the 'Selective' tool to choose the glare area and then reduce the brightness to make it invisible. However, this may interfere with the overall tone of the image.
You can also try playing with the “Curves” tool and fading the brightness.
GLOW IS NOT ALWAYS NEGATIVE
Even though you now know that there is an option to remove glare using Snapseed, sometimes you may decide not to use it. In some situations, lens flare and glare add a certain flair to an image that might otherwise appear completely normal.
If the glow does not interfere with the overall mood of the image, it is best to leave it. Too much tinkering can sometimes make the image worse rather than better.
How often do you remove glare from your images? Are there any other Snapseed methods to remove glare that we don't know about? Leave a comment below and share your tips with the rest of the community.
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