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How to Edit Google Photos on Android

This How.com.vn teaches you how to add a filter to a photo, and make customized light, color, crop, and rotation edits on Google Photos, using Android.

Steps

  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Open the Google Photos app on your Android.
    The Photos icon looks like a colored pinwheel with orange, red, blue, and green curls. You can find it on your Apps menu.
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Tap the Photos tab at the bottom.
    This button looks like a
    How.com.vn English: Android 7 Image
    icon on a navigation bar at the bottom of your screen. It will open a list of all your photos.
    • If you're logged out, you won't see this tab. You'll still be able to edit photos; just skip this step.
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Find and tap the photo you want to edit.
    This will open the selected photo in full-screen.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Tap the icon icon at the bottom.
    This button is located next to the
    How.com.vn English: Android Share
    icon in the lower-left corner of your screen. It will open your photo in editing mode.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Select a filter for your photo.
    Swipe left on the image filters at the bottom to browse all of them, and tap the filter you want to apply to your photo.
  6. How.com.vn English: Step 6 Tap the icon icon to adjust Light, Color, and Pop values.
    This button is in the lower-left corner of your screen. It will open your image adjustment sliders, and allow you to customize your photo's visual qualities.
  7. How.com.vn English: Step 7 Adjust the Light, Color, and Pop sliders to customize the look of your photo.
    • The Light slider will let you make your photo brighter or dimmer. You can tap the
      How.com.vn English: Android 7 Expand More
      icon next to it if you want to customize individual light components, such as contrast, highlights, shadows, and vignette.
    • The Color slider will help you pop out or dim down the colors in your photo. You can also tap the
      How.com.vn English: Android 7 Expand More
      icon and customize individual color qualities, such as saturation, warmth, tint, and skin tone.
    • The Pop slider will allow you to adjust the texture and structure of your image.
  8. How.com.vn English: Step 8 Tap the icon icon to crop or rotate your photo.
    This will open your image in the crop tool.
  9. How.com.vn English: Step 9 Tap and move one of the corners around the edge of your photo.
    This will allow you to select the frame you want to crop.
    • You can also tap the square icon on the bottom-left, and select a preset for your crop ratio.
    • Tap the
      How.com.vn English: Android 7 Rotate 90
      icon on the bottom-right to rotate your photo 90-degrees counter-clockwise.
  10. How.com.vn English: Step 10 Tap and move the angle slider at the bottom.
    This will allow you to adjust and change the camera angle in your photo.
  11. How.com.vn English: Step 11 Pinch in and out with two fingers to zoom in and out.
    You can zoom in and out on your photo in the crop tool, and adjust which parts of the image are included inside the frame.
  12. How.com.vn English: Step 12 Tap DONE.
    This button is at the bottom of your screen. It will save all your crop and rotate adjustments.
    • If you want to undo all your crop and rotate adjustments, tap the RESET button.
  13. How.com.vn English: Step 13 Tap the SAVE button.
    This will save all your edits to your photo.
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      Article SummaryX

      1. Open Google Photos.
      2. Tap a photo.
      3. Tap the three horizontal sliders icon at the bottom.
      4. Select a filter.
      5. Tap the three sliders icon to adjust Light, Color, and Pop.
      6. Tap the square icon at the bottom to crop or rotate.
      7. Tap SAVE when you're finished editing.

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