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5 Best Apps to Design & Edit Photos For Bloggers and Not Only

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by Lorellay in Technology Tips

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Today I’m going to share a secret with you. Actually, 5 secrets. 5 free tools that help me in my work as a marketer, for my blog and for the personal use of my images as well.

I’ve been asked so many times, both online and offline, what programs do I use to edit photos or videos. It seems like it’s a trend to do so, even if you’re not blogging or having a social media page for a business, just for fun. And I like it. I do want to see more creative imagery into my private feed as well. Why not sharing beauty, creative messages and artistic landscapes? Even though Instagram’s filters are awesome, sometimes you just need more than that.

I must admit that lately I’ve been using the Adobe creative cloud, Photoshop & InDesign (as in the featured image of this post), because, oh well, it’s cool and easy, but when I wanna save time or I don’t have much inspiration or creativity, I’m using shortcuts like iPhone or iPad apps as well.

However, if you’re into blogging, you shouldn’t use these apps to create featured images for your website, since you need high-resolution images, and apps just cut off the quality. For that, you should use/learn Photoshop. You can create a free trial account for 30 days in Adobe’s Creative Cloud and get the chance to learn any of their programs. And trust me, you don’t need a school to teach you those, there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube.

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So if you want to create beautiful, creative imagery for your social media and not only, here are my top choices:

1. Over App

For adding beautiful texts and art works over your images or backgrounds

That’s my latest crush in creating images with texts for my Instagram. It’s so easy to use, fast and you’ll have 3 free art works (designed texts) every day. Here are some works I made with it, in different formats:

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2. Snapseed

App with different filters, changing coloring and textures

Many, many things can be made with this smartphone app, but the coolest is the HDR filter. Try the Glamour filter nr. 3 and definitely the Drama ones. Some pictures I made with this app:

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3. Moldiv

For collages and cool layouts

Use Moldiv to create your own “magazine” on the phone. It gives you beautiful ready-made layouts also, so you don’t need to think about design if you’re in a hurry to post something on your blog, let’s say. I did this with it:
best apps for editing photos

 

4. Polyvore

Headlines, mix & matches, collages and even logos

Confession: my blog started with Polyvore. And if you go back in time, you’ll see many fashion collages I made in 2014 on Lorellay.

With Polyvore, you can use your creativity to make all kind of things, from mixing clothes, accessories and beauty products into one image, to headlines, magazine layers and logos. The fun part is that you don’t even need to come with the materials. Polyvore works as a search engine for design products. Once you found the products, you add them, organize, add textures or other layers, and save the image. You will need to create a social profile there and you will also be able to find/show the destination of the products in your image. Cool, right?

This is how I use it:

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5. Canva

iPad & desktop only

And finally my favorite one! CANVA IS GOLD! With Canva you can design almost everything you need. Social media posts, covers, magazines, email headers, resumes, any marketing material, you just name it! They have some free ready templates that you can use, and any element that isn’t free will cost 1$. But you don’t need to buy anything, if you want to create simple stuff. You should only keep in mind that it doesn’t give you the quality Photoshop gives you for large high-resolution images and you can’t optimise them for the web. Made with Canva:

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What else are you using to edit photos or design when in hurry? 

Hope this helps. If it does, spread the word! 

L

Annecy, France – My European Car Trip #3

10 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by Lorellay in France

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This story continues from here: Best of Switzerland

Before going forward to our next destination, France, I looked the map and my Pinterest Places To Go board and pointed to some of France’s most beautiful cities. As France is filled with amazing places, small and charming villages, and unique things to do and see, we had to choose a road that connects Switzerland and the Italian Riviera, that passes some important destinations and that is easy to handle and fun on the way. As you can imagine, or might know, a long driving trip is not fun if you only see the highway on both sides.

So I had to make a choice and cut some places from the list, add others and so on. And it became:

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After leaving Zurich, made some amazing stops in Switzerland’s Marche Restaurant & Gas Stations and finally got to Annecy after 4 hours. We only stayed a few hours there and headed to Grenoble, where we got very late and went directly to sleep, so we can rest for our next day’s trip to South of France.

To be honest, I’ve never even heard about Grenoble, but since it was on our way down, we chose to stop after a few hours spent in Annecy.

All right, now the important facts. But first, the pictures:

Marche in switzerland. eats on the highway on swiss roads. european car trip on the way to annecy

EATS ON THE SWISS ROADS –  MEET Marché: THE NICEST ROAD STOP IN EUROPE

Mountain view in annecy, france. people sitting at the beach

PICNIC IN ANNECY WITH A FABULOUS VIEW OVER THE MOUNTAINS

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the old town in annecy france vuew over the mountains

THE OLD TOWN

Château d'Annecy in the Old Town - surrounded by the water channel, charming and unique local shops, delicious small restaurants, bakeries and coffeeshops

CHATEAU D’ANNECY IN THE OLD TOWN – SURROUNDED BY THE WATER CHANNEL, CHARMING AND UNIQUE LOCAL SHOPS, DELICIOUS SMALL RESTAURANTS, BAKERIES AND COFFEE SHOPS

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EVERY WINDOW IS HIDING A FRENCH STORY – THE THING I LIKE MOST IN ITALY AND FRANCE ARE THE WINDOWS. SMALL, CHARMING, OLD FASHIONED, AND OF COURSE, FLOWERS AT EVERY ONE OF THEM

Le Picket Restaurant in Annecy France

ONE OF THE COZY RESTAURANTS WHERE WE CHOSE TO SIT, ENJOY THE VIEW AND EAT GOOD FOOD

Cheese fondue in Le Picket restaurant annecy

REAL CHEESE FONDUE IN LE PICKET- YUMM!

Castel Annecy

Château d’Annecy in the Old Town

 

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Such a romantic landscape, perfect place to take a break

Annecy – France’s Little Venice

I saw it on Pinterest, I followed the hashtag on Instagram, I added it on my travel wishlist in a moment.

Annecy is a small alpine town in southeastern France, very well-known for its old center, home of Chateau d’Annecy, once home to the counts of Geneva. Hmm, you know those medieval movies such as Robin Hood, First Knights and lovely Game of Thrones? The castle in the old town is even more charming than that, due to its position – surrounded by water, french restaurants, coffee shops and pâtisseries (french for bakery). The sidewalk around the water is something of a magnificent beauty.

This fairytale town needs more time to be explored. As a highlight, I would recommend you eat in one of the small restaurants in the old town, located near the waterside or the Chateau, and definitely try their cheese fondue! It’s absolutely fantastic! Even though it was summertime and I would die of warm, I had to simply enjoy this course as I am a huge fan of cheese bites.

Ah and don’t skip the walk inside the old town. You’ll find really interesting shops for bargains and cool concept stores.

If you’ve ever been to Annecy, let me know in the comments what else you’d add. I might make a short visit again soon to explore it more.

Until the next adventure in My European Car Trip

Don’t forget to spread the love 🙂

     Be lovely,

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