I have recently found a new love for editing pictures over the last year or so. I get questions about how exactly I edit my photos on my phone, so I thought I’d make a step-by-step picture guide. I’m using an iPhone picture and two apps.
The apps you’ll need:
Lightroom for iPhone
Facetune 2
Here is the photo I’ll be editing:
First thing you’ll do is import it into the Lightroom app.
Next, you’ll scroll over to the presets section. (If you don’t have presets, GET SOME. They’re life-changing! I have some of my own presets you can purchase HERE.)
I use the preset “WINDCHILL”. So, I’ll scroll down and apply it.
Now for this particular photo, only a few edits need to be made. First, I’ll go into the “LIGHT” tab, and adjust the Contrast and the Shadows. I’ll be turning the contrast down, and the shadows up.
Next, I’ll head into the Color section, and turn up the Warmth and turn down the Vibrance.
Next, I’ll go into the Effects section and turn up the Texture and Grain.
Finally, you’ll export this photo to your camera roll. Next, you’ll go in and open the Facetune 2 app.
Next, you’ll import the photo from your camera roll into Facetune 2. All we’ll be doing in this app is re-lighting the face, although I use this app for serval things (like getting rid of pesky light switches in the background, imperfections on the sidewalk etc. I’d suggest playing around with the Patch, Vanish, Whiten, Smooth, and Refine tools for editing.)
Now when the relight tool pops up, it will look way too bright. What you do is turn down the level and if that still is too bright, go into the “BLEND” mode and turn down the brightness exclusively.
And that’s it! You can now export your photo and post wherever your heart desires. Here is the before and after:
