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5 Tips to Get More out of VSCO
VSCO: Photo & Video Editor
Creative Tools & Video Stories
VSCO’s elegant photo filters and powerful editing tools have made it a darling in the photography world (and on social media)—and its monthly subscription gives you access to it all. Here are a few tips to get started.
1. GIF-ify Yourself
Sharing GIFs is easy, but creating them has been tricky—until now. VSCO makes the process super simple. Just go into the camera and swipe over to DSCO. Aside from being a cool name, DSCO is where you can shoot instant GIFs with spiffy VSCO filters. (For a serious photo-editing app, VSCO sure knows how to party.)
2. Go Analogue
Want to give your picture that old film look? First, set whichever Preset you use to +9.0 or below. Then, in the Tools tab, add a slight Fade (under +3.0) and some Grain (just until you can make out a barely visible speckle). Pro tip: Grain adds noise, so go easy with shots taken in low light.
3. Create Your Own Recipe
After you make a series of edits—increasing exposure, adjusting skin tone, upping clarity—save the changes as a Recipe to quickly apply them to your other images. Just tap the circle with an arrow pointing backward at the bottom of the screen to see your past edits and add them as a Recipe.
4. Add Cool Borders
It’s a simple fact: Photos look cooler with borders. Once you’ve found the filter you like, give your photo some extra zing by tapping into the editing section, where you’ll find borders and backgrounds of all colours.
5. Get Inspired
VSCO's social feed is a bottomless source of inspiration—just tap the striped circle icon on the lower left to see for yourself. VSCO’s users are (obviously) super creative, so the feed is full of stunning portfolios, stories, recipes, and even poetry. With a minimalist layout that isn’t fuelled by hashtags and likes, it might be the app's unsung hero.