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YOUR SUPERGUIDE TO PHOTOS
Mac Life
|August 2022
Discover easy ways to edit, optimize and organize your images with this in–depth guide
WHETHER YOU'RE A camera enthusiast or just someone who takes cat photos on their iPhone for fun, Apple's Photos app is your goto destination. In this in-depth guide we'll help you discover the key features of Photos, from importing your media, to creating albums and processing your pictures to perfection so they impress family, friends and social media followers. We'll also explore Extensions for Photos and show you how to make the most of the Photos app on iPad and iPhone too. It's a one-stop shop for photography lovers everywhere.
As well as showing you the ropes when it comes to fixing common picture problems with color, tone and composition, we'll demonstrate techniques to help you come up with really creative results. Of course, you're not tied to the Mac for editing. As well as Photos on iOS, there are plenty of third-party tools for processing images on the go. You'll also learn the differences between the iOS and macOS versions of Apple's Photos app and discover handy photo-fixing tools that are unique to each version. And if you want to go a little bit further, you will want to look at our recommended third-party software for even more powerful image-editing features.
Get your photos on to your Mac
Explore a range of techniques to transfer photos and video clips from camera to computer
THANKS TO YOUR ever-present iPhone you can capture a photograph wherever and whenever you like. However, this creates the problem of managing an ever-growing collection of clips and images. On these two pages, we cover a range of methods to help you store your shots safely.
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This story is from the August 2022 edition of Mac Life.
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