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Edit photos and videos on iPhone

Use the tools in the Photos app to edit photos and videos on your iPhone. When you use iCloud Photos, any edits you make are saved across all your devices.

See Use iCloud Photos on iPhone.

Adjust light and color

In Photos, tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then swipe left under the photo to view the editing buttons for each effect such as Exposure, Brilliance, and Highlights.
Tap a button, then drag the slider to adjust the effect.
The level of adjustment you make for each effect is displayed by the outline around the button, so you can see at a glance which effects have been increased or decreased.
To review the effect, tap the effect button to see the shot before and after the effect was applied (or tap the photo to toggle between the edited version and the original).
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.

Tip: Tap to automatically edit your photos or videos with effects.

Crop, rotate, or flip a photo

In Photos, tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, tap , then do any of the following:
- Crop manually: Drag the rectangle corners to enclose the area you want to keep in the photo, or you can pinch the photo open or closed.
- Crop to a standard preset ratio: Tap , then choose a ratio like Square, 2:3, 8:10, and more.
- Rotate: Tap to rotate the photo 90 degrees.
- Flip: Tap to flip the image horizontally.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.

Straighten and adjust perspective

In Photos, tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then tap .
Select an effect button to straighten, adjust vertical perspective, or adjust horizontal perspective.
Drag the slider to adjust the effect.
The level of adjustment you make for each effect is displayed by the yellow outline around the button, so you can see at a glance which effects have been increased or decreased. Tap the button to toggle between the edited effect and the original.
Tap Done to save your edits.

Note: On models with an Ultra Wide camera, area captured outside of the camera frame can be used to automatically adjust perspective and alignment. A blue Auto icon appears above the photo when an automatic adjustment is applied. See Capture content outside the camera frame on iPhone.

Apply filter effects

In Photos, tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then tap to apply filter effects such as Vivid, Dramatic, or Silvertone.
Tap a filter, then drag the slider to adjust the effect.
To compare the edited photo to the original, tap the photo.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.

Revert an edited photo

After you edit a photo and save your changes, you can revert to the original image.

Open the edited image, tap Edit, then tap Revert.
Tap Revert to Original.

Mark up a photo

Tap a photo to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then tap .
Tap Markup .
Annotate the photo using the different drawing tools and colors. Tap to add shapes, text, or even your signature.

See Draw in apps with Markup on iPhone.

Trim a video

In Photos, open the video, then tap Edit.
Drag either end of the frame viewer, then tap Done.
Tap Save Video to save only the trimmed video, or tap Save Video as New Clip to save both versions of the video (iOS 13.3 or later).

To undo the trim after you save, open the video, tap Edit, then tap Revert.

Note: A video saved as a new clip can’t be reverted to the original.

Set the slow-motion section of a video shot in Slo-mo

Open a video shot in Slo-mo, then tap Edit.
Drag the white vertical bars beneath the frame viewer to set where the video is played in slow motion.

See Record a slow-motion video.

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