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iPhone User Guide

Edit photos and videos on iPhone

After you take a photo or video, use the tools in the Photos app to edit it on your iPhone. You can adjust the light and color, add a filter, and more.

When you use iCloud Photos, any edits you make to your photos and videos are saved across all your devices.

Edit the light or color of a photo or video

Adjust light and color settings to make your photos and videos look their best.

👁 The Edit screen with a photo in the center. At the bottom of the screen, from left to right, are the Styles, Portrait, Adjust, Crop, and Clean Up buttons. The Adjust button is selected and there is a slider to adjust the Brilliance levels of the photo. The Cancel button is in the top-left corner of the screen and the Done button is in the top-right corner.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap a photo or video to open it, then tap 👁 the Edit button
    .

  3. Tap Adjust.

  4. Swipe left under the photo to view the settings you can adjust—for example, Exposure, Brilliance, or Highlights.

  5. Tap a setting, then drag the slider to make precise adjustments.

    The outline around each button indicates the level of change for that setting. Tap the button to compare the edited version to the original.

  6. Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.

Tip: Tap 👁 the Enhance button
to automatically enhance the light and color.

Edit the Photographic Style of a photo

On models that support Photographic Styles, you can edit the Photographic Style or apply a new style to photos in your library.

Note: To edit Photographic Styles in the Photos app, Camera needs to capture photos with High Efficiency image capture. To turn on High Efficiency, go to Settings 👁 Image
> Camera > Formats, then tap High Efficiency.

👁 The Edit screen with a photo in the center. At the bottom of the screen, from left to right, are the Styles, Adjust, Crop, and Clean Up buttons. The Styles button is selected. Below the photo are the different style options; Dramatic is selected. The Cancel button is in the top-left corner of the screen and the Done button is in the top-right corner.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Open a photo taken with a Photographic Style, then tap 👁 the Edit button
    .

  3. Tap Styles, then do any of the following:

    • Choose a new style: Swipe left or right on the style choices below the image.

    • Adjust the tone, color, and intensity: Tap 👁 the Styles Chooser
      ,       then drag your finger on the square to simultaneously adjust the tone and color. Drag your finger left or right on the slider below to adjust the intensity level. When you’re done making adjustments, tap the image.

      Note: As you make adjustments, the values for tone, color, and intensity are shown at the top of the screen. Tap 👁 the Reset button
      to reset these values.

  4. Tap Done.

Apply filter effects to a photo or video

Apply filter effects to change the tint of a photo or video.

Note: On iPhone 16 models or later, use Photographic Styles instead of filters to give your photos a customized look. Filter effects are available on these models if you haven’t turned on Photographic Styles.

👁 The Edit screen with a photo in the center. At the bottom of the screen, from left to right, are the Adjust, Filters, Crop, and Clean Up buttons. The Filters button is selected. Below the photo are the different filter options. Dramatic Warm is selected and there is a slider to adjust the intensity of the filter. The Cancel button is in the top-left corner of the screen and the Done button is in the top-right corner.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Open a photo or video, then tap 👁 the Edit button
    .

  3. Tap 👁 the Filters button
    to apply filter effects such as Vivid or Dramatic.

    To remove a filter that was applied when you took the photo, tap Original.

  4. Tap a filter, then drag the slider to adjust the effect.

    To compare the edited photo to the original, tap the photo.

  5. Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.

Copy and paste edits to multiple photos

You can copy the edits you made to one photo (or video) and paste them onto another photo, or a batch or photos, all at the same time.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Open the photo or video that contains the edits you want to copy.

  3. Tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Copy Edits.

  4. Review and turn off any edits you don’t want to copy, then tap Copy.

  5. Tap 👁 the Back button
    to return to your library.

  6. Tap Select, then tap the thumbnails of the photos you want to paste the edits onto, or open a single photo or video.

  7. Tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Paste Edits.

Note: Photos automatically adjusts the white balance and exposure of the edited photos to create a better match and make the photos look even more similar.

Add stickers, text, and more

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap a photo to open it.

  3. Tap 👁 the Edit button
    ,     then tap 👁 the Markup button
    .

  4. Tap 👁 the Add Annotations button
    to add stickers, captions, text, shapes, or even your signature.

  5. Tap 👁 the Done button
    to save your edits.

Set the background color of Edit mode

By default, the background of Edit mode matches the light or dark appearance of your iPhone. You can change the background color of Edit mode—for example, set it to always appear dark if you prefer to edit photos against a dark background.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap a photo or video to open it, then tap 👁 the Edit button
    .

  3. Tap 👁 the More button
    ,     tap Appearance, then do one of the following:

    • Match Edit mode to the light or dark appearance of your iPhone: Tap System.

    • Make Edit mode always appear dark: Tap Dark.

    • Make Edit mode always appear light: Tap Light.

Remove distractions using Apple Intelligence

With Apple Intelligence,* you can use the Clean Up tool to help identify and remove distracting objects in a photo. See Remove distractions from your photos.

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