Hello, everyone! How is your January going?? So far, so good over here :) In the past I have talked about outside apps to use to enhance your Project Life projects. Two of my favorites are PixelLab and HP Snapshots. Now, being an Android user, sometimes we don't get the cool things that iPhone users get. So, I have to search for apps that give me the same concept as the iPhone apps and these two are exactly that. In my scrapbooking journey, I noticed some people had these really cool Polaroid style pictures in their layouts. If you are an iPhone user, you may be familiar with the Collect app. It is a daily journaling app that places this polaroid style overlay on your picture. I loved the look and asked around, and the consensus for Android was HP Snapshots. Now, it does not allow much for journaling, but you can put some overlays on it with different effects and it does allow for some text, but it's very limited. So, my solution to this is to use my favorite overlay and then upload it to PixelLab for editing. Ok, let's get into the details :) First, you're going to open up HP Snapshots. You will see a screen that will allow you to pull your photo from whatever social media/gallery you want. I use Google Photos, so I get mine from there. Next, you will choose your overlay ( see above photo). I always pick "clean". I like the way it gives me a blank slate and usually I won't add anything to it for a simple, clean look on my layouts. As you can see below, there are many more to chose from. Once you've done that, you can do one of two things. After you hit the share button, you can save it to your photos. I upload to Google Photos. Or you can just share it directly to PixelLab. From there adjust it so, it is a full picture and hit the checkmark. Now you will be able to edit it. From here you can add text, change the brightness, saturation, etc. You can even add elements to it. Last, save it from PixelLab to your gallery/photos storage and then add to your Project Life layout!
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I'm Anne! Follow me as I go through life as a new mom and soon-to-be wife. Always looking for a creative outlet, I want to share all my ideas with you here at Life by Design! Archives
February 2018
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