Organize photos and videos, 87 organize photos and videos – Apple iPhone iOS 8.4 User Manual

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Chapter 11

Photos

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View by location. While viewing by year or by collection, tap . Photos and videos that include

location information appear on a map, showing where they were taken.

While viewing a photo or video, tap to show and hide the controls. Swipe left or right to go

forward or backward.
Search photos. From Albums or Photos, tap to search by date (month and year), or place (city

and state). Search also keeps your Recent Searches on hand and gives you a list of suggested

searches.
Zoom in or out. Double-tap, or pinch a photo. When you zoom in, you can drag to see other

parts of the photo.
Play a video. Tap . To toggle between full screen and fit-to-screen, double-tap the screen.
Play a slideshow. While viewing a photo, tap , then tap Slideshow. Select options, then tap

Start Slideshow. To stop the slideshow, tap the screen. To set other slideshow options, go to

Settings > Photos & Camera.

To stream a slideshow or video to a TV, see

AirPlay

on page 41.

Organize photos and videos

The Album tab includes albums you create yourself and some albums that are created for you,

depending on how you use Photos. For example, videos are automatically added to the Videos

album and you see a My Photo Stream album if you use that feature (see

My Photo Stream

, next).

All your photos in iCloud are in the All Photos album if you use iCloud Photo Library (see

iCloud

Photo Library

on page 88). If you don’t use iCloud Photo Library, you see the Camera Roll album

instead, which includes photos and videos you took with iPhone and from other sources.

Note:  If you use iCloud Photo Library, albums are stored in iCloud and are up to date and

accessible on any iOS 8.1 or later device, Mac with OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 or later, and on

iCloud.com

using the same Apple ID. See

iCloud Photo Library

on page 88.

Create a new album. Tap Albums, tap , enter a name, then tap Save. Select photos and videos

to add to the album, then tap Done.
Add items to an existing album. While viewing thumbnails, tap Select, select items, tap Add To,

then select the album.
Manage albums. While viewing your album list, tap Edit.

Rename an album:  Select the album, then enter a new name.

Rearrange albums:  Drag

.

Delete an album:  Tap .

With iCloud Photo Library, you can manage all your albums from any iOS 8.1 or later device set

up with iCloud Photo Library.
Mark your favorites. While viewing a photo or video, tap to automatically add it to the

Favorites album. A photo or video can be part of another album as well as Favorites.
Hide photos you want to keep but not show. Touch and hold a photo, then choose Hide. The

photo is moved to the Hidden album. Touch and hold a hidden photo to Unhide it.
Remove a photo or video from an album. Tap the photo or video, tap , then tap Delete Photo.

The photo or video is removed from the album and from the Photos tab.

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