![]() ![]() Oh and sorry if that's not the right part of the forum to post something like that. If you wan't to look at some bug photos where I'm using this method of focus stacking, you can check my Instagram: Sorry for my English and mistakes - it's not my main language. I know that there are good tools that can do this automatically but when you're lazy and edit your photos on the phone that is always in your pocket - well, you might be happy with the results. For example, if you want to change color of the eyes, you can work with curves tool and then edit the strength and area the same way we did here with "Double exposure". Tip: editing the strength and area of every tool in Snapseed works the same way. Now you can do all other edits and export the image OR. If you're happy with your edits, accept them by hitting the "V" and go back to the main screen:Īnd that's it, you have just succesfully stacked two differently focused images Also, by pinching the screen you change the size of the "brush" - the more you zoom in the smaller the brush is and the more precise you'll be (and that's really important as you'll learn sooner or later):Īt any moment you can touch the "eye" symbol to see the area you have painted (it will be more or less red, depening on the strength) and touch the symbol at the upper right part of the screen to see the actual change ("eye" symbol is also good to see and erase accidental toches when pinching and moving around): By using the icons you can change the strength (or opacity actually) of the tool in steps of 1/4 (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 - use 0 as eraser). Sounds weird but try and see how it works. So, now you see the first image again and basically you'll paint with the second image over the first one. For that you need to go here:Īnd then here (short explanation - first symbol deletes the edit, second symbol is for changing the area and strength of the edit and third symbol is to adjust the edit - so you can realign images again but it works the same for all edits you make): Next step is the most crucial - we are going to edit the area of "Double Exposure" tool. If the alignment is good enough (rememeber - not every part of the image has to be aligned, only those that you need), touch the "V" and you'll go back to the main screen with second image aligned and opaque (with black bars). You can realign the images if needed, of course: Don't worry about the black bars - we won't be using those parts of the image at all, it will stay as it was in the first photo. You can check how good is alignment with the tool on the top right part of the screen and it will switch between the images. When your images are aligned as good as possible, you need to make the top image opaque using the "droplet" symbol and moving the slider all the way to the right and accept changes by touching the "droplet" again (not the "V" yet as it will exit the "Double Exposure" tool): It's not very precise, of course, but it's not a big problem if images are similar: You can use two fingers to zoom in or zoom out or even rotate and that can be helpful. Here's my take on a fly, where part of the body is in focus but the head isn't:įrom there you choose "Tools" and then, at the bottom, "Double Exposure" tool:Īnother step is to choose second photo, the one differently focused:Īnd it will open on top of the first image - unaligned so you need to align it by moving it around. First thing is you need to decide which photo will be the base - the one with most of the subject in focus (or the background). So, let's assume you have two differently focused photos of same subject. It's not a perfect solution for sure as Snapseed isn't really very precise BUT if you're like me - an amateur photographer that is shooting for fun and doesn't wan't to spend too much time with big tools and the PC - it might be useful to know that you might do this on your phone or tablet. Every single time I mention that I'm doing focus stacking on mobile in Snapseed I hear just "wait, what? In Snapseed?" so I thought I'll make a little step-by-step tutorial on how it's done. ![]()
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