My GF wants this shadow where the Kate Spade logo is gone, I don't use Photoshop etc. I have Snapseed on my phone, is this something I can do in that?
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I need to remove a shadow from a picture
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I believe that there is some form of healing tool in Snapseed but I haven't used the app in some years, so I'd recommend poking around for recent instructions. Be aware that the shadow may be very tedious to remove 
. Healing usually involves some element of cloning from the nearby scene so it depends on how complex it all is and how well Snapseed's algorithms work. I was unable to view your full image for whatever reason.
. Healing usually involves some element of cloning from the nearby scene so it depends on how complex it all is and how well Snapseed's algorithms work. I was unable to view your full image for whatever reason.F
It's far easier to just get there earlier and take the image again when the sun is lower in the sky!My GF wants this shadow where the Kate Spade logo is gone, I don't use Photoshop etc. I have Snapseed on my phone, is this something I can do in that?
Then I wish you all the best with editing it out, it can be done, but not very simple to do, unfortunately. I have no idea where to start trying something like this on a phone, sorry.
Are you limited to a phone? That would be very tedious with any instrument and probably impossible on a phone. It is not the simple removing the square shadow but bring (clone) one of the other trees over to blend with the existing fronds protruding from the square shadow AND provide the detail where the shadow was removed. Actually, I would mix from both trees so doesn't look like have two identical trees.
If you don't have a photo program on your computer, consider Gimp which is free. The Mac version hasn't been updated yet, but this is so basic of advanced procedures, probably in the earlier version. While I use Photoshop, as far as other programs, other than free trial, probably the least expensive is Affinity Photo. With it and its competing products, they will have 'how to' videos on a learning/education page of their website. Look for a video on cloning. If they don't have one...it probably can't do it.
If you don't have a photo program on your computer, consider Gimp which is free. The Mac version hasn't been updated yet, but this is so basic of advanced procedures, probably in the earlier version. While I use Photoshop, as far as other programs, other than free trial, probably the least expensive is Affinity Photo. With it and its competing products, they will have 'how to' videos on a learning/education page of their website. Look for a video on cloning. If they don't have one...it probably can't do it.
In Photoshop you can do a color selection and add a hue & saturation layer. It gets a bit funky with the low quality image.
Yes, you can quickly do it in Snapseed for future reference. Add a control point in the shadow area and adjust the area size appropriately. Adjust the brightness to reduce the shadow and bump the contrast slightly to make sure the logo doesn't fade out. It's probably better/easier to do a smaller control point, adjust the settings and then copy it a couple times to cover the entire shadow area so a single point won't bleed out into other parts of the image - I used 5 in the shadow area). This is the quick and dirty I did in Snapseed.
