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iOS 13

Guide

Robust Video-Editing Tools
Apple’s added a suite of editing
PHOTOS & next level. Now, you can adjust
tools to bring your videos to the

the contrast and exposure of
recorded videos and even add
fi lters! To access these tools,
CAMERA open the Photos app and locate
the video you want to edit. Tap
Edit. To select a new fi lter, tap the
Filters icon. To change the con-
trast and exposure, tap the Adjust
icon to the left of the Filters icon.
Here, you’ll fi nd the same fi lters
that you’re used to shooting with
ORGANIZE, EDIT & CUSTOMIZE YOUR in still photography, like Noir and

Vivid.
SHOTS

Adjust Aperture & Lighting in
Navigating the Updated Photos Portrait Mode
Tab For iPhones with Portrait Light-
A new menu in the Photos ing, you can now adjust the aper-
app makes sorting your photos ture and lighting from inside the
easier. When you open the app, Camera and Photos app. This gives
you’ll see the tabs you’re used you more control over your digital
to, including Photos, For You, studio, with the ability to fi ne tune
Albums, and Search. In the Pho- the level of background blur and
tos tab, however, you’ll fi nd new lighting effect in your shots. To
viewing options. Here, you can adjust your aperture and lighting
now quickly sort your pictures in the Camera app, fi rst line up
by Days, Months, Years, and All your subject in Portrait mode.
Photos. Apple uses its algorithm Select any lighting effect (other
to highlight your best photos and than Natural Light), then tap the
videos from any given timeframe hexagon icon to control the level of
you select. To see all your media the effect and the F icon to control
without any of your curation, tap aperture. Swipe on the slider until
All Photos. Now, you can easily you’re happy with the result.
locate that photo or video you
wanted to share with your friends. Customizable Filters
I love using fi lters to jazz up
Rotate Your Videos my photos. Now, you can adjust
At long last, you can rotate the fi lters, adding another layer of
your videos without having to customization to your photogra-
install third-party software! Just phy experience. To adjust a fi lter,
open the Photos app and locate open the Photos app and select
the video you want to rotate. Tap the picture you want to edit. Tap
Edit on the top right, then tap Edit, then tap the Filters icon.
the cropping tool. On the top left, Select the fi lter of your choice.
you’ll see an icon to fl ip your vid- Below the fi lter menu, you’ll see
eo as well as an icon for rotating a slider bar. Swiping left on the
your video. Flipping creates a mir- slider bar increases the effect of
ror image of your original video, your fi lter while swiping right soft-
while rotating the video switches ens the effect of the fi lter. This
it between portrait and landscape customization lets you do things
orientations. No more suffering like increase color saturation in
the injustice of a wrongly oriented Vivid or add some color to the
recording! Noir fi lter.

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