User Guide

Chapter 11 Photos 86
Edit photos and trim videos
You can edit photos right on iPhone. If your photos are stored in iCloud, your edits are updated
across all your devices set up with iCloud, and both your original and edited versions are saved.
If you delete a photo, it’s deleted from all your devices and iCloud. Photo app extensions can
provide special editing options. See App extensions on page 24.
Edit a photo. View the photo full screen, tap Edit, then tap one of the tools. To edit a photo not
taken with iPhone, tap the photo, tap Edit, then tap Duplicate and Edit.
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Auto-enhance improves a photo’s exposure, contrast, saturation, and other qualities.
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With the Remove Red-eye tool , tap each eye that needs correcting.
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Tap , and Photos suggests an optimal crop, but you can drag the corners of the grid tool to
set your own crop. Move the wheel to tilt or straighten the photo. Tap Auto to align the photo
with the horizon, and tap Reset to undo alignment changes. Tap to rotate the photo 90
degrees. Tap to choose a standard crop ratio, such as 2:3 or Square.
Rotate photo.
Rotate photo.
Move the wheel to
tilt or straighten.
Move the wheel to
tilt or straighten.
Choose a standard
photo format.
Choose a standard
photo format.
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Tap Adjustments to set Light, Color, and B&W (black & white) options. Tap the down arrow,
then tap next to Light, Color, or B&W to choose the element you want to adjust. Move the
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Compare the edited version to the original. Touch and hold the photo to view the original.
Release to see your edits.
Don’t like the results? Tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes. Tap Done to save changes.
Revert to original. After you edit a photo and save your edits, you can revert to the original
image. Tap the image, tap Edit, then tap Revert.
Trim a video. Tap the screen to display the controls, drag either end of the frame viewer, then
tap Trim.