Apple introduced a new concept of sponsoring one premium app every week, that it chose to call App of the Week. Last week, the latest version of the incredibly popular game Cut the Rope, called Cut the Rope: Experiments HD went free thanks to that. It is time for a second App of the Week though, and that is the criminally underrated Snapseed photoediting app.

Snapseed offers a plethora of options to touch up your photos (via iTunes App Store)

Snapseed has been developed by Nik Software, Inc. and it will be free until the 6th of June. Normally priced at $4.99, Snapseed offers an incredible number of ways to transform and improve your photos before you share them with the world.

In its App Store description, Snapseed offers a peek into the sheer variety of editing options available to its users:

“== Basic Adjustments == 

• Auto Correct – Automatically analyzes your photo and adjusts color and exposure to perfection. • Selective Adjust – Make precise selections and enhancements to specific areas of your photos in seconds with Nik Software’s revolutionary U Point technology. • Tune Image – Use Ambience to create depth and vibrancy that uniquely adapts to colors and textures. Adjust White Balance, Saturation, Contrast, more. • Straighten & Rotate – Rotate 90° and/or straighten photos with simple gesture controls. • Crop – Easily crop images to remove distracting parts of your photo with standard aspect ratios, or a free crop. • Take Photos – Open photos from the Camera Roll or take new photos. 

== Creative Enhancements == • Black & White – Get that classic Black and White look with this darkroom-inspired filter. • Vintage Films – Make any photo look like a vintage color film photo from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s. • Drama – Add style with a custom effect specifically tailored to your photos, ranging from subtle textures to wildly artistic effects. • Grunge – Give your photos a totally unique, hip, and dingy look. • Tilt-Shift – Create a narrow in-focus area designed to simulate depth of field, common in a Miniature Scene look. • Details – Enhance details with traditional sharpening or the unique Structure control found in the Nik Software professional products. • Center Focus – Draw attention to the subject of your photo by blurring and adjusting the brightness of the surrounding background. • Organic Frames – Add stylized borders to photos for the perfect finishing touch. 
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Snapseed offers an interface that will appeal to diehard Instagram fans, owing to its amazing simplicity and the gorgeous results possible in just a matter of taps. It is a complete solution for iPad users who’ve been disappointed with the unavailability of Instagram for the Apple slate, as it offers the same amount of functionality.

You can download Snapseed for the Apple iPad from here: http://itunes.apple.com/no/app/id439438619