Chapter 3

Image Editing and Processing

As handheld devices become more and more powerful, many of the features that could exist only on a desktop computer are now possible on a mobile device. Once the purview of desktop apps such a Photoshop and the like, image editing and processing can now be accomplished on a phone.

In this chapter, we'll look at what we can do with images after they are captured. We'll go through how to alter them through rotation and scaling, how to adjust brightness and contrast, as well as how we can composite two or more images together.

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