If you see a multicolored “1” in the corner of a thumbnail, you’ll need a Google One subscription to access it.

The Suggested filters are displayed immediately by default once you tap Edit. If you don’t see the suggested filters, tap Suggested near the bottom of your screen.

Tap Done when you adjust the setting to your liking.

Portrait light adjusts the brightness and position of the light on portraits of people. Blur adjusts the background blur. Sky allows you to pick from different sky pallets and adjust the color/contrast of the sky. Color focus lets you desaturate the background but keep color in the foreground, to add a dramatic effect. Tap Done when you adjust the setting to your liking.

The icon with the text will change blue to indicate that the default settings have been changed within that adjustment tool. Depth allows you to change the depth of the picture and blur out other areas that aren’t in focus. Brightness, Contrast, White point, Black point, Highlights, and Shadows all allow you to alter light settings that can increase or decrease how dramatic a photo looks. Saturation, Warmth, and Tint are settings for how much color you want to pop out in your photo. Skin tone lets you adjust the saturation of skin-colored tones. Blue tone changes the saturation of blue tones, like water or the sky. Pop, Sharpen, and Denoise allow you to increase or decrease the outlines of objects in your photo, to make them clearer or harder to see. Vignette lets you reduce the brightness around the edges of the entire photo, similar to an older photo appearance. HDR allows you to enhance the brightness and contrast of the entire image for a more balanced look. Tap Done when you adjust the setting to your liking.

Tap Done when you adjust the setting to your liking.

After you tap this icon, your iPhone or iPad will try to automatically enhance your photo.

After you tap an icon, drag the slider left or right to increase or decrease the effects. Brightness allows you to alter light settings that can increase or decrease how dramatic a photo looks. Highlights allows you to change how much detail you can see in the dark and light spaces of the photo.

For some apps, you may need to permit it to access your phone or tablet’s storage before continuing.

Cropping a photo is a good way to add more focus on the subject in the image by cutting out some background. The crop tool usually has an icon that resembles two right angles forming a square. To crop an image, select the crop tool and then drag the corners of the image inward so that the light part of the image is centered around the subject in the image. Then tap the icon that confirms the changes you made. Using the Snapseed app, you’ll find this and many other editing features under the Tools tab. Some apps allow you to adjust the saturation, or intensity of color, in a photo. Increasing the saturation of a photo can make the colors pop and make the photo more eye-catching. Too much saturation, though, can make the photo look harsh and almost cartoon-like. You can adjust the saturation to highlight certain areas of an image, so use the sliders available to increase or decrease the saturation levels. In photography, exposure refers to the amount of light that falls on a photo. If the photo is too dark, then you might need to increase the exposure. If you want the photo darker, then lower the exposure. Drag the available sliders to increase or decrease the exposure levels.

In Snapseed, these are located in the Looks tab.

GIMP is a free and open-source photo editing program that has many of the same tools as Photoshop and can be downloaded for free.

Cropping a photo is a good way to add more focus on the subject in the image by cutting out some background. The crop tool usually has an icon that resembles two right angles forming a square. To crop an image, select the crop tool and then drag the corners of the image inward so that the light part of the image is centered around the subject in the image. Then click the icon that confirms the changes you made. If you want to resize the image instead of cropping it, the resize feature is usually in the Edit menu and will let you adjust the overall size of the image. Increasing the saturation of a photo can make the colors pop and make the photo more eye-catching. Too much saturation, however, can make the photo look harsh and almost cartoon-like. You can adjust the saturation to highlight certain areas of an image, so use the sliders available to increase or decrease the saturation levels. In photography, exposure refers to the amount of light that falls on a photo. If the photo is too dark, then you might need to increase the exposure. If you want the photo darker, then lower the exposure. Drag the available sliders to increase or decrease the exposure levels.