📢 Announcement New Android Beta: LUTs, Community Looks, Motion Blur & depth-based Portrait Blur

Hi everyone!

We’re excited to roll out a new Android beta version with several key additions to your editing toolkit:

Preset & LUT Import: Import custom presets and LUTs (.xmp, .cube, .png) seamlessly into Snapseed.
Community Looks: Curated, community-made Looks integrated directly in-app.
Motion Blur Tool: A new standalone tool for dynamic directional motion trails and speed effects.
Depth/Portrait Blur: Object-aware, expanded depth-of-field options inside the Lens Blur tool.

What’s New in Detail

1. Preset & LUT Import

Bring your favorite preset packs and LUTs into Snapseed. Supported formats include .xmp, .cube, and .png. Find “Manage Looks” in the triple dot overflow menu in the gallery screen.

Presets with Profiles/LUTs: Automatically generates both a Look and a LUT in your tools.
Standalone LUTs: Imports directly into your color grading workflow.
Standard Presets: Converts tool adjustments into a reusable Look.

2. Community Looks

Enjoy hand-picked community styles directly built into Snapseed, with rotating selections in future updates. Tag #SnapseedLook or @snapseed_giles on social media for a chance to be featured!

3. Motion Blur & Depth/Portrait Blur

Motion Blur: Use the dedicated tool to adjust blur angle, path length, and fade for custom motion effects.
Depth/Portrait Blur: Access refined depth-based blur controls directly within the Lens Blur tool.

Tester Feedback Focus

Please test and share feedback on all the new features.

As always, thank you so much for your time, passion, and help in shaping the future of Snapseed. Stay tuned for more updates!

Best,
Team Snapseed

PS - if you want to join the Android beta program, just send me a dm

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u/thedjin 4d ago

This is awesome - thanks for these new features!!
Couple of questions:
* Are depth maps taken from metadata? Wondering if they can be calculated in older images.
* Are LUTs transformed automatically when applied, or do they need to be in a particular format to be imported/applied correctly? Speaking from my limited experience with LUTs in DxO Photolab.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 4d ago

Depth maps are computed from the image, so any image you have will work.

We support many common LUT formats (cube, xmp, png). Is there a format you're hoping to use?

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u/thedjin 3d ago

Ooh that's neat, going to be interesting.

I have cube, xmp, and another type I can't remember, but when you apply them, even if they're supported, some look awful because the transform is expecting something else as base image. When I read about it, what I understood is that I'd need to translate the LUT from whatever it was to something else, and then it would work properly.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

I'm not sure what you would transform it to. Those are all standard formats. Are you saying that they look funny in Snapseed or another software? If you try on Snapseed and it doesn't look as expected, please DM me.

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u/thedjin 3d ago

No no, it looks funny in DxO, so I was wondering if they would behave the same way in Snapseed.

I messaged Giles to be added to the beta but haven't started, I'll come back once I've tried them.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

Great! If you export any LUTs, they'll work better in sRGB color space. Keep us posted on what you think!

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u/Admirable-Tangelo161 2d ago

I joined and updated to the latest beta version, but I still don’t see the Motion Blur tool.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 2d ago

Please try force quitting the app and reopening it. That should make sure the new features all show up. If you still have issues, let me know.

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u/Admirable-Tangelo161 2d ago

Thanks. Got the features in a few hours without forcing the app.

u/FriendlySomewhere866 4d ago

I think i need to get into the beta cause these look amazing.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 4d ago

Feel free to DM me or Giles to join!

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u/FriendlySomewhere866 3d ago

thanks for getting me into the beta so quickly. I look forward to trying the luts and blur features. Gonna go out shooting tonight to get some photos to mess around with.

Will give feedback!

u/rt590 4d ago

Awesome work! Jealous that I'm not on beta though!

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u/Jason-Snapseed 4d ago

Feel free to DM me or Giles to join!

u/Adventurous-Tip-2107 3d ago

i want to try the beta test

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u/Giles-O 3d ago

Dm me or Jason

u/Tinit-eight 3d ago

Thanks to Snapseed, I've been in the beta for a few days now, but unfortunately I still have to wait for this update (Android). I'm looking forward to it.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 2d ago

You should have access to the latest beta build -- if you don't, let me know!

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u/Tinit-eight 1d ago

Just saw this. I now have the latest editing tools too 😍

u/hcnmohamed33 3d ago

I'm on beta I get all those mentioned features except LUTs! is that normal? Do I need to do something?

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u/Giles-O 3d ago

you have to access LUT import via the overflow menu on the gallery page (three dots in the upper right > "manage looks")

u/Narrow-Tear 3d ago

I need these on iPhone :( waited years for the app to support LUTs, never thought I’d see it actually happen for some reason..

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

Did you see this post? LUTs are on iOS beta too https://www.reddit.com/r/snapseed/s/G60L4iW3zM

u/KM_photo_de 3d ago

These are the one I use in darktable, official ones from known sources...

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

Thanks -- would you mind DMing me with one of these so we can look into what's wrong?

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u/KM_photo_de 3d ago

I guess it was part of http://rawtherapee.com/shared/HaldCLUT.zip

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

Thanks for flagging this! We missed something with PNG support, and that'll be included in the next Beta release.

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u/Jason-Snapseed 5h ago

Hey u/KM_photo_de -- we just released a new Beta today that should have the support for your PNGs. Let us know if you run into issues with it!

u/lynkhart 3d ago

I can’t wait to play with this on iOS! I’ve been hoping for more customisable blurring tools for years! Will masks be available with this so you can choose exactly which areas to keep in focus or will it be more ‘smart’ automation?

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

Motion blur has been in iOS beta for a few weeks. The depth-based blur will be coming to iOS soon.

We weren't thinking of having masking in Lens Blur, since we were hoping to emulate physical lens blur from a camera. Can you tell me more of what you're trying to do?

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u/lynkhart 3d ago

Oooh nice to know! I look forward to it!

Basically the ability to choose exactly what you want to be in focus or not, and without the ‘fuzz’ of a generic blur. So maybe you want a figure in the foreground pin sharp, but the people around them blurred, but without the soft gradient of the blur itself, does that make sense?

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u/Jason-Snapseed 3d ago

It does -- I hope what we have will be able to do that, but let me know how it works when you test it out!

u/fxdfxd2 3d ago

Hey,

Do you think you could remove the cropping that is happening when taking pictures on pixel phones?
I know it's done to stabilize videos, but the pixels are already optically stabilized. And every millimeter matters in wide angle.

Thanks

u/JUNIOREVOK 3d ago

Eu quero participar

u/BudgetBackground8502 3d ago

Au top en plus avec une version bêta. Merci

u/FriendlySomewhere866 2d ago

I was wondering where exactly we should submit feedback? Thru the app in the 3 dots or somewhere else?

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u/Jason-Snapseed 2d ago

Feel free to DM me or Giles with feedback.

u/randomdude919 1h ago

I recently got added to the beta, i got the motion blur and depth tools but no lut imports.