How to Edit Photos in iOS 7

Both iPhone and iPad turn into excellent point-and-shoot camera killers, and Apple continues to improve the camera modules on iOS devices with each new model, but what do you do with those photos you take on your iPhone or iPad? ? You’ll probably transfer them to your computer to edit in your photo editor of choice, but what you may not know is that the Photos app in iOS 7 can do some basic photo editing.

Also, Apple has made the iPhoto iOS app completely free and gives you even more options for editing your photos directly from your mobile device, so the path from taking photos to sharing them with friends and family is as smooth as possible. We will show you how you can edit photos directly on your iPhone or iPad.

Editing Photos in iOS 7

If you are not happy with the appearance of a photo, you can take another photo or edit the photo you took earlier. To edit a photo, open the app and tap the photo you want to edit if you haven’t already. Then tap in the upper right corner to make changes to the photo. The Photos app can do basic edits like rotate a photo, enable “auto-enhance”, add filters, get rid of red eyes, and crop. If you’re wondering what auto-enhance is, it adjusts the exposure and color of a photo to make it look better — it’s pretty simple and requires just one tap.

As for editing photos in iPhoto, it’s basically just the Photos app on steroids. It can do basics like cropping, adjusting exposure, and adding filters, but it takes things to a whole new level. There is a feature called Brushes that lets you make edits to specific areas of photos by “brushing” your finger over a specific portion. You can also add filters to photos, but the number of filters is multiplied by 10. You can put in a black and white filter, but you can also adjust how much contrast the filter applies when doing so.

Editing the same photo in the iPhoto app on iOS 7

Overall, you have a lot more control with iPhoto, and if you get lost while using the app, you can tap the question mark to bring up speech bubbles that tell you what everything is. If you want to edit photos directly on your mobile device, we highly recommend downloading and installing iPhoto on your iPhone or iPad. Once you’re done editing a photo in iPhoto, you can tap the Share button (a box with an arrow pointing up) and share it to Facebook and Twitter, or via email or iMessage.