Slides for a workshop for an audience of international journalists visiting DePaul University in Chicago, June 2016. Workshop learning objectives: 1) Understand key concepts in digital storytelling, as applied to news production, and be able to apply to story development on current political news example; 2) Improve photography with a smart phone for using in social media and/or digital news stories, plus in-the-field activity to practice concepts; and 3) Using Snapseed photo editing application to edit photos on a smart phone.

1. Jill
Hopke
@jillhopke
Post-­‐Produc2on
in
Snapseed

2. Overview
Post-­‐produc6on
workflow
Snapseed
workspace
Image
enhancement
specifics
Export
Images
Addi6onal
training
resources

3. Post-­‐Produc2on
Workflow

4. • Open
image
• Crop
and
adjust
alignment
• “Tune”
image
• Consider
any
filters
• Output
image
– “Share”
or
“Save”
Suggested
Workflow

5. Ge:ng
Started

6. • iTunes
for
iPhone
/
iPad:
– hKps://itunes.apple.com/
us/app/snapseed/
id439438619?mt=8
• GooglePlay
Store
for
Android:
– hKps://play.google.com/
store/apps/details?
id=com.niksoVware.snapse
ed&hl=en
Download
Snapseed
App

7. Open
Image
to
work
with

8. Snapseed
workspace

9. Crop
Image
• First
tap
“format”
icon
to
choose
aspect
ra6o
• Then,
tap
and
drag
the
edges
of
the
crop
area
to
resize
• Reposi6on
crop
by
tapping
and
dragging
the
crop
area
to
the
desired
loca6on

10. Adjust
and
Correct

11. “Tune”
func6on
(click
“edit”
icon
in
lower
right)
• Brightness:
Darken
or
lighten
• Contrast:
Increase
or
decrease
the
overall
contrast
• Satura2on:
Add
or
remove
vibrancy
to
the
colors
• Ambiance:
Adjust
the
balance
of
light
• Shadows:
Darken
or
lighten
only
shadows
• Highlights:
Darken
or
lighten
only
highlights
• Warmth:
Add
a
warm
or
cool
color
cast
fully
image

12. Applying
“Tune”
func6ons
• In
each
“tune”
func6on
o Swipe
right
to
increase
the
value
o Swipe
le(
to
decrease
the
value

13. “Selec6ve”
adjustments
• Precise
enhancements
to
specific
areas
• Select
adjustment,
then
tap
the
desired
area
of
the
image
• Brightness
Lighten
or
darken
the
selected
area
• Contrast
Increase
or
decrease
contrast
of
the
selected
area
• Satura1on
Increase
or
decrease
color
vibrancy
of
selected
area

14. Allows
“non-­‐destruc6ve”
edi6ng
• “Stacks”
func6on
(upper
right
#):
o Allows
changing
all
Tools
and
Filters
applied
to
image
o Copy
and
paste
edits
between
images
o Add
addi6onal
Tools
and
Filters,
o Adjust
slider
sebngs

15. Output
Images

16. “Save”
op6ons
• “Save”:
o Save
non-­‐destruc6ve
edit
stack
on
original
image
• “Save
a
copy”:
• Save
non-­‐destruc6ve
edit
stack
on
duplicate
image
(JPEG).
• “Export”:
• Save
duplicate
image,
with
edit
stack
flaKened
(JPEG).

17. “Share”
op6ons
• Share
the
image
by
tapping
icon
in
upper
right
and
select
“Share”
• Integrates
with
a
variety
of
social
pladorms

18. Further
Resources

19. • World
Press
Photo
guidelines
on
manipula6on:
– hKp://www.worldpressphoto.org/
ac6vi6es/photo-­‐contest/verifica6on-­‐
process/what-­‐counts-­‐as-­‐manipula6on
• Na6onal
Press
Photographers
Associa6on
“Code
of
Ethics”:
– hKps://nppa.org/code_of_ethics
Ethics
of
Digital
Edi6ng:
How
much
is
too
much?

20. • Some
tutorials
are
available
at:
– hKp://iphonephotographyschool.com/tag/
snapseed/
– hKp://iphonephotographyschool.com/snapseed-­‐
edi6ng-­‐app/
– hKps://support.google.com/snapseed/
Further
Learning
Resources

21. Ques6ons?
Jill
Hopke
jhopke@depaul.edu