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One of the many, many myths surrounding Chromebooks is that you can’t edit photos on them, which is simply wrong because I edit 95% of the photos I use for my articles on Chrome OS. Just because affordable, full-featured Adobe Photoshop isn’t yet available on Chromebooks doesn’t mean you can’t make simple adjustments or expand photo editing here. Every Chromebook has a basic photo editor built into the Gallery app, and of the plethora of photo editors out there, the Google Photos web editor can do a lot more than you might think.
By default, the Gallery app opens when you double-click an image in the Files app or tap an image in the Download complete notification. By default, when you edit an image in the Gallery app, it overwrites the original unless it’s a file type that Gallery can’t save, such as a .WEBP image. That means you don’t have to connect your phone to your computer to edit it, and Google Photos already has a pretty awesome photo editor built-in that lets you easily edit phone on your phone or Chromebook.
How to edit photos in the Gallery app
The Gallery app is one of the preloaded apps on a Chromebook, and while most of us only use it to see which screenshot is which in our folder, is it just me? Ok, so, in fact, it has an edit mode that you can use to perform the following actions:
- crop an image
- Resize an image
- Adjust the brightness/contrast of an image
- rotate an image
By default, editing an image in the Gallery app will overwrite the original, unless it’s a file type that Gallery can’t save, such as a .WEBP image.
- Open the Files app in your app drawer.
- Double-click an image in your files that you want to edit.
- Tap the pencil icon on the top bar of the app or type E to open edit mode.
- To “auto-correct” an image, which adjusts the contrast/brightness based on algorithms, tap the magic wand icon.
- To crop an image, cutting off odd parts of an image, tap the overlapping right angles icon. You can use a freeform cutout or a cutout
- according to five preset aspect ratios.
- To resize an image, adjusting the number of pixels that make up an image, tap the photo within a larger frame icon. You can resize it with a fixed scale or you can tap the lock icon to adjust the width and height independently.
- To adjust brightness and contrast, making an image brighter or darker, tap the sun icon. There are two sliders for brightness and
- contrast that you can drag left or right.
- To rotate an image to the left or right image, tap the circular arrow icons clockwise or counterclockwise.
- To undo the last step of your edit, tap the back arrow icon.
- To redo an undone editing step, tap the forward arrow icon.
- To finish editing and saving your image, tap Quit in the bottom right corner.
How to edit photos in Google Photos
If you’re trying to edit a photo you took on your phone, chances are that photo is backed up in Google Photos. That means you don’t have to connect your phone to your computer to edit it, and Google Photos already has a pretty awesome photo editor built-in that lets you easily edit phone on your phone or Chromebook. I use Google Photos to edit photos I take for reviews and guides, so I can adjust the lighting and color with a bit more control than the default editor.
While you can also edit in the Google Photos app, if you have a Chromebook the web editing interface is a bit better designed, so I recommend using the website through the app whenever possible.
- Open the Google Photos website in the Chrome browser.
- Tap the photo you want to edit.
- Tap the sliders icon in the top bar of the window or type E to open edit mode.
- Start on the Filters tab. You can tap Auto or another preset filter to apply it to the photo.
- When you tap on a filter preset other than Auto, you can drag the slider below it to vary the strength of the filter.
- To edit the colors, contrast, and brightness of a photo, tap the sliders icon indicating the Basic Settings tab.
- Tap the down arrow next to the Color and Light sections to expand the full controls.
- Drag the sliders left and right to adjust the image as desired.
- Tap the crop/rotate icon to open the crop/rotate tab.
- Tap the resized rectangle icon to choose between preset aspect ratios and freeform cropping.
- Drag the edges of the highlighted rectangle to adjust the crop.
- Drag the 0° up or down to slightly rotate the image a little to the left or right.
- Tap the rotate icon on the top bar to rotate the image a full 90 degrees.
- Tap Done when you’re done cropping the image.
- Tap Done when you’re done editing the image to save your changes.
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