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4. To snap a photo, click anywhere on the screen.
To see the photo you just snapped, click the
arrow on the left edge of the screen; to return to
the Camera app, click the arrow to the right of
the screen.
The Camera app saves all your snapped photos
and videos in a folder called Camera Roll in your
Pictures library.
Viewing Photos from
the Start Screen
The two-headed beast of Windows 8 naturally
includes two ways to view your digital photos
on your computer: the Start screen’s Photos
app and the Desktop app’s Photo Viewer.
The Start screen’s Photos app works best for quickly
showing off photos. It pulls in photos from your social
networks such as Facebook and Flickr, making it easy
to display all your photos from within one program.
What the Photos app lacks, however, are options. It
won’t rotate a sideways photo so it’s right-side-up.
You can’t see the date you snapped a photo, or which
camera snapped it. It’s awkward for managing photos.
It can’t print, nor can it crop.
But when you want to show off your photos without a
lot of fuss, follow these steps:
1. From the Start screen, click the Photos tile.
The Photos app quickly appears, shown in Fig-
ure 6-5, showing tiles representing your main
photo storage areas:
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