{"id":5061,"date":"2015-05-28T17:31:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/afterlight-photo-editing-tips-tricks\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:57:35","slug":"afterlight-photo-editing-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/afterlight-photo-editing-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Photo-Editing Tips and Tricks with Afterlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-72742522\/stock-photo-woman-taking-self-picture-with-smartphone-camera\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/40f6c-img.png\" alt=\" Stock photo of woman with pink smartphone. \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These days, everyone is a self-appointed&nbsp;photographer\/curator of some sort, thanks to the accessibility smartphones give us with photo apps and software. All of these techie tips and tricks&nbsp;are&nbsp;available right on your mobile device, making it even easier to acquire some photo-editing skills on the go. Of course, it doesn&#8217;t replace committing time and education to a skill that you&#8217;d like to develop, but we should start to&nbsp;consider these kinds of photo apps and tools as first steps toward&nbsp;those pro-level&nbsp;goals.<\/p>\n<p>The app&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/afterlight.us\/\">Afterlight<\/a>, in particular, let&#8217;s anyone snap a pic, use basic photo-editing techniques to perfect their image, and then share that freshly-edited image&nbsp;with their followers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few tips and tricks to keep in mind when acquainting yourself &#8211; and using &#8211; Afterlight. I&#8217;ll discuss&nbsp;different filters, overlay, and other cool elements of the app to help you bring your smartphone images to a whole new level. Let&#8217;s go.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>COLOR ADJUSTMENT&nbsp;TOOLS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/c7191-img_3574.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FILTER PRESETS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to apply filters to any photo, but that doesn&#8217;t mean you shouldn&#8217;t apply different editing tools to get exactly the look you want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Afterlight, one of the first tabs on the bottom editing bar is for editing your photo. <\/strong>It has all the standard tools &#8211;&nbsp;including Brightness, Exposure, Contrast, and others &#8211; and it also gives you the option to edit the highlight tones, midtones, and shadow tones.<\/p>\n<p><em>Each of those options has three colors attached to it:<\/em> red, blue, and green. You can adjust each level based on how much or how little of each color you&#8217;d like to highlight in your photo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The selection of filters in Afterlight is one of the greatest qualities of the app. There are five different groups of filters, all of which contain some sort of theme.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Original<\/em>.<\/strong> Contains classic filters, including a range of black,&nbsp;white, and slightly mellower tones with names like <em>ember<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>olive<\/em>,&nbsp;and <em>chestnut<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Guest.<\/strong><\/em> Contains filters that have&nbsp;slightly edgier tones, with higher contrasts and more options for sepia-esque colorations.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Seasons<\/em>&nbsp;and <em>Wander.<\/em><\/strong> These&nbsp;presets both&nbsp;have a distinct feel, giving your photos a look that is very much edited,&nbsp;but yields&nbsp;classy results. <em>Wander&nbsp;is a personal favorite of mine, with its dramatic contrasts and ghostly colors. I use it for photos that I don&#8217;t necessarily want to look realistic, to give them a striking look.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Fusion.<\/strong><\/em> The most fun preset of the group, in my opinion. Fusion combines different filters of your choosing &#8211;&nbsp;together. You can record your process for combining filters, and in doing so, create a whole new filter. (Example: <em>chestnut<\/em>&nbsp;+ <em>finn<\/em>&nbsp;= a new filter that you get to name yourself.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/c3f46-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/ec5d2-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AESTHETICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You have the option to&nbsp;apply certain light leaks and film aesthetics to your photo, all within different groups that you can choose from. These achieve a vintage aesthetic&nbsp;for the most part. If you want to apply a dusty lens to your photo and give it an older feel, you can choose from 13 different looks.<\/p>\n<p>You also have 31 choices for light leaks. <strong>Light leaks&nbsp;insert a colored glare on the sides of your photo and range in appearance from minimal to major, presence-wise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Instant Film<\/em>&nbsp;goes for the film photo aesthetic and provides you with 22 different framed choices.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em>Wander<\/em>&nbsp;is the most eclectic of the bunch, sort of combining all aspects of the aforementioned into one cohesive look.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/97d66-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/f097c-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CROPS, OVERLAYS, ETC.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to resize or switch the orientation of&nbsp;your image, you have the option to do so here. They&#8217;re all relatively standard options, so if&nbsp;you&#8217;d like your photo to be slightly tilted, you can adjust it by selecting the diagonal rectangle.<\/p>\n<p>The last option in this group, right after the tilted rectangle, is <em>overlay<\/em>. You have a lot of freedom here when selecting the image you&#8217;d like to overlay. <strong>A good rule of thumb when working with image overlay is to use one image that is contoured, and one image that is textured.<\/strong> You&#8217;ll have the option to edit the photo with different presets that will lighten or darken your image.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/2ZzSqAnQ5n\/?taken-by=afterlight\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/4b8e9-img.jpg\" alt=\"  Photo taken from Afterlight Instagram &nbsp; \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken from Afterlight Instagram &nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FRAMES&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Afterlight&#8217;s abundant selection of frames is what really sets it apart from other photo-editing apps.<strong>&nbsp;But, if<span>&nbsp;you&nbsp;want to upload horizontal photos to Instagram, here&#8217;s<\/span>&nbsp;a quick and easy&nbsp;hack: <\/strong>I<span>n the set of Original&nbsp;frames,&nbsp;<\/span>can use the two white bar frame which will maintain your horizontal photo and place the white frame along the top and bottom. (Instagram naturally crops photos to fit their&nbsp;own square, so you can apply the same technique to a vertical photo, and&nbsp;the white frame will run on the the left and right sides of the photo.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/4f065-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/9549b-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/25fdf-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&nbsp;also have options to use <em>Silhouettes, Type, Scripts, <\/em>and<em> Instant Film<\/em> frames. Once you&#8217;ve chosen your frame, you&#8217;ll <em>also<\/em> have the option of changing the frame&nbsp;from white to any other color you&#8217;d prefer, and you can even implement a wallpaper instead of colors. (The colors of the wallpapers are somewhat muted and can be adjusted once applied, so that they don&#8217;t overshadow your actual photo.)<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to take your time with Afterlight, and you&#8217;ll be a pro in no time. <strong>Have fun!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>RELATED POSTS<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 738px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/how-to-edit-images-windows-photo-gallery\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/00d6c-screenshot2015-05-28at1-25-07pm-07pm.png\" alt=\"  HOW TO EDIT IMAGES WITH WINDOWS GALLERY  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOW TO EDIT IMAGES WITH WINDOWS GALLERY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-diy-photo-studio\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/d6c3f-img.png\" alt=\"  HOW TO CREATE A DIY&nbsp;PHOTO STUDIO  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOW TO CREATE A DIY&nbsp;PHOTO STUDIO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/free-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/b9b26-image-ctaimage-cta.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, everyone is a self-appointed&nbsp;photographer\/curator of some sort, thanks to the accessibility smartphones give us with photo apps and software. All of these techie tips and tricks&nbsp;are&nbsp;available right on your mobile device, making it even easier to acquire some photo-editing skills on the go. 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