User Guide

Take photos from the lock screen

You can quickly take a photo or video from the lock screen. Here’s how:

1. If the screen is off, tap a key or turn Surface on.

2. Swipe down from the top edge of the lock screen.

3. Tap the Photo button or anywhere on the screen.

4. To see your camera roll or change settings, tap or click the Unlock button, sign in to your Surface, and

open the Camera app.

To turn the lock screen camera on or off: Open the Settings charm, tap or click Change PC settings > PC and

devices > Lock screen > Swipe down on the lock screen to use the camera (under Camera at the bottom of

the screen).

Take a panorama

You can capture unique immersive panoramas using the Camera app. Here’s how:

1. Open the Camera app and point the camera at your starting point for the panorama.

2. Tap the Panorama button.

3. Slowly tilt or rotate the camera in any direction. When you align the new image with the existing images,

the camera automatically takes the next image.

4. When you’ve taken all the pictures you want in your panorama, tap the check mark.

The Camera app stitches together the images and saves the panorama in your camera roll (panorama files in the

Camera Roll folder have a .Pano file extension).

For best results, keep the camera in the same place as you tilt and rotate it, as if it’s on a tripod. Move slowly

and steadily when lining up the image, and then pause to capture it. If your body blocks the viewfinder, keep the

camera in the same place and step around it until you’re out of the way. See Camera app and webcams: FAQ on

Windows.com to watch a video showing best practices for taking a panorama.

Use the Camera, Photos, or OneDrive apps to view your panoramas. You can share links to your panoramas on

OneDrive—see Share and print photos on Windows.com.

View photos and videos (Camera Roll)

There are lots of ways to see the photos and videos you’ve taken with the Camera app:

 Camera app: Swipe to the right to look through your recent photos and videos. You can also swipe

down from the top edge of the screen, and then tap Camera roll.

 Photos, File Explorer, or the OneDrive app: Go to the Pictures folder, and then to the Camera roll

folder.

You can choose to have the photos and videos that you take with Surface automatically uploaded to OneDrive.

To find out how, see Store photos in OneDrive on Windows.com.