It's also important to note that people sometimes confuse the mobile VSCO app, with the VSCO Lightroom presets. VSCO is a free app available for iOS on the App Store and the Google Play Store. It's no wonder it frequently tops the Photo sections of the mobile app stores. VSCO is simple and easy to use, but this tutorial will help you get the most out of it to style your images beautifully.Īs far as mobile apps go, VSCO has it all: a great camera, sophisticated filters and editing options, and social features that allow you to instantly publish your images online.

So it's no surprise that when VSCO launched a free mobile app for iOS and Android photographers flocked to it as a way to give their mobile images a filmic look. This image, styled with a VSCO Velvia film preset, is a great example of the Lightroom presets that VSCO became famous for. VSCO started out as a powerful set of film simulation presets for Adobe Lightroom, and became popular seemingly overnight: all kinds of photographers have adopted these Lightroom presets to bring vintage styles to the digital era. If you're using an older version of the app some of the features I'm going to cover won't be available. Note: In this tutorial we're using what is currently the newest version of VSCO. You'll learn show you how to add subtle filters, crop, tint and sharpen your images.

This time let's take a walk through VSCO's filters and editing options. In our last tutorial on VSCO, How to Take Photos with the VSCO Cam App, we took an in-depth look at VSCO's camera capabilities and why it beats out your phone's default camera app. As far as mobile apps go, VSCO has it all: a great camera, sophisticated filters and editing options, and social features that allow you to instantly publish your images online.

If you're at all interested in using your phone to take great photos, you've probably heard of VSCO.

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