Google Photos Adds New Image Filters, Effects, Collage, Animation, Movie Maker, and a Video Editor

Google just updated the Photos app to the version 2.4.0.138833446. The new Google Photos app for android is now coming with new image filters and effects. Also you can find a basic video editor which allows you to trim and rotate a video clip. A hidden feature known as 'Deep blue' is also added in basic adjustments. Deep blue option lets you saturate the blue color in your photos. So, if your photos have sky in the background then you can use 'Deep blue' to darken the color of the sky to give it a more rich look. Using this option won't affect other colors of the image, only the blue color gets tweaked.

Apart from these features, you can also make collages, animations and movies from your photos. But for this you will have to sign in with your Google account. And another hidden feature is that if you have bought a new android phone then Google photos will let you upload full resolution photos from your phone for two years.

How To Get The Two Years Free Storage In Google Photos

• Update the app to the latest version from play store.
• If you have already signed in then a pop up will appear asking you for 'Backup & Sync'. If you haven't signed in then tap the menu icon on top left and tap 'Sign In'. A popup will open like this below.
  

   

• Tap 'Change settings'. Then select 'Original (free for up to 2 years)'. You can select 'Use cellular data to backup' if WI-Fi is not available. Finally tap 'SAVE'.
• Now tap 'DONE'. You can now use your 15 GB storage to upload highest resolution picture to your account for up to 2 years.

How To Edit Photos and Videos With Google Photos

• Open the app. Now tap any image or photo to view it. Tap the 'pencil' icon to start the editor.
• Tap any filter to apply it to your photo. Swipe the filters towards left to access more filter. Tap the three vertical dots on top right and select 'Undo edits' if you want to remove the filters.
  

• Tap the basic adjusts button  and adjust the 'Light' and 'Color'.  Tap the arrow next to 'Light' and 'Color' to access more options.
• If your image or photo has light blue color in the background and you want it to make richer then tap the arrow next to 'Color'. Swipe the 'Deep blue' slider towards right. You can see the blue color difference in the following images. The edited image has richer blue color.

Original image

Deep blue edited

• Now tap 'Crop & Rotate' button . Now drag any one corner of the box to increase or decrease its size for image cropping. After setting the crop size, long tap the image inside this frame and drag it put in place for a perfect crop.

• Tap the rotate button to rotate the photo. After cropping and rotating the image tap 'DONE'. Finally tap 'SAVE' on top right.

→ To Edit a Video

• Open the video then tap the edit button the 'pencil'.
• You can only trim and rotate a video. 
• To trim a video drag the circles on both sides and bring them closer. You can also drag this region over the video.

• Long tap these circles and drag them left or right to trim the video frame wise.
• If you want to rotate the video then tap 'ROTATE'. Keep tapping the button until you get your desired rotation.
• Finally tap 'SAVE'.

Google Photos is a nice app for managing your photos and videos on your android smartphone. It lets you upload high quality and original resolution photos to your account for up to two years. And you can access these uploaded photos on any other android or iOS device by just adding your Google account in the Google Photos app on these devices.

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Google Testing Its New Homepage Design With App Launcher Like Navigational Menus

These days Google is testing its new homepage design which will feature navigational menus displayed in an app container or app drawer just like on any android phone. The new homepage design is very fast and easy to navigate. As the navigational menus will now be displayed as app launcher with their respective logos, so it would be easy to find Google products with just a one click of a button. The app launcher will contain all Google services. You have to just scroll down within the app container to explore more services and click 'Even more' at the bottom of the container to explore even more about Google products.

The new Google homepage is loading faster than its previous version and it will work best with chrome browser. However this beta homepage can be seen only in chrome browser. Other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, opera, safari and internet explorer are still displaying the older version. The chrome browser is displaying the new Google homepage for a short time because it is in alpha testing phase and is not yet implemented completely.

The new Google homepage will greatly support 'ease of access' and is highly similar to accessing apps on an android smartphone. The app launcher style included in new Google's homepage will serve the purpose of easy access because it is very convenient and fast to access Google services by their name and logo instead of just clicking on some hyperlinks. Have a look on the new app launcher styled navigation menus below.

The new Google homepage will also feature a new Google logo with light colors and improved page loading time. To view the new Google homepage you have to wait sometime until it comes out of testing phase.

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How To Create Pdf Files Using Google Chrome

Creating pdf files with this tutorial is as easy as creating a word document.This tutorial will let you to know how to create pdf files,convert other files like text,doc files and images to pdf format.We will discuss two aspects of this tutorial.First tutorial is about saving any web page as a pdf and I also wrote about this that how to do it on android,so if you find it interesting on android then check it here.The first aspect is complete now the second one is how to create your own pdf files which should include images and your favourite stuff.The best part is that you wont be needing adobe.com to create pdf files online,you can do it offline while using google chrome only,yes right google chrome.Don’t be amazed as this tutorial will make these things utter.So lets start with the first one,I mean saving web pages as pdf.

Save web pages as pdf files using google chrome : this task is just simple.To save your favourite web page as pdf follow the steps below.

• Just press ctrl+p,this command is for printing the web page and can be invoked by clicking the wrench icon on the top right below close button in the browser.
• A print dialogue opens and you will see on the top left “Destination”.
• Click the “change” button and another dialogue box opens.
• You can select “save as PDF” and choose your destination to save the file.Also you can save the file as xps document writer.

Creating pdf files using google chrome : in this task you will learn to create your own pdf files.I will tell you that how to convert doc files and text files into pdf files and also you will be creating your own pdf files.So suppose you have a doc file like I do and you want to convert it into pdf,then you should follow the below mentioned steps.

• open that doc file and click “save as”.After clicking it click “other formats” and save the same file as “web page” by selecting from “Save as type” drop down list.

  

• now you have saved the file as web page now open it in google chrome and repeat the steps to save the web page as pdf which has been discussed in aspect one.

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