CAMERAS, PHOTOS, & VIDEO
The Photos app is improved with a new sidebar and Camera gets mirrored selfies
THE CAMERA AND Photos apps >>> don’t get the big upgrade in iPadOS 14 that they did in the previous version. However, there are some very handy additions and improvements.
The most immediately noticeable enhancement is in Photos, which has been redesigned to take advantage of the new sidebar that has been introduced across iPadOS 14. Photos also now allows you to filter photos in collections by favorites, edited, photos, and videos. And you can add captions to both photos and video. In the Camera app, you can now take a mirrored selfie that looks exactly as the image in the camera does on screen when you press the shutter.
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TAKE A MIRRORED SELFIE Talking of taking a selfie that looks like the mirror image you see on the screen… Go to Settings > Camera. In the Composition section, toggle the Mirror Front Camera switch on.
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CHANGE VIDEO QUALITY IN THE CAMERA APP
You can now toggle the frame rate and resolution in the Camera app. Go to Settings > Camera and choose Record Video. Toggle Video Format Control to on and select from the list of options.
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SET KEY PHOTO IN ALBUMS When you create an album in Photos, it automatically sets one of the photos in the album as a key Photo. In iPadOS 14, you can choose your own key photo. Navigate to the album, tap and hold on the photo, and choose Make Key Photo.
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LIMIT THE ACCESS TO YOUR PHOTOS LIBRARY
You can choose which apps have permission to access your Photos Library, even if you’ve already granted them access. Go to Settings > Privacy > Photos,
and you will see a list of apps that either have access or have been refused access. Tap an app and choose an option to change its setting.
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DRAG AND DROP PHOTOS ON TO AN ALBUM
The new sidebar layout makes it easy to add pictures to an album. Locate the photo you want to add in your library, and just tap and drag it on to the relevant album in the sidebar.
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FILTER PHOTOS IN COLLECTIONS If you have thousands of photos, finding the one you want can be a chore, even with the excellent search capability in Photos. To make it easier, albums and some collections, like Favorites and Media
Types, can be filtered. Navigate to the album or collection and tap the More button. Choose Filter and then choose how you want to filter the photos.
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ROTATE PHOTOS IN FILES
You can rotate any image in the Files app in a similar way to how you would in the Mac’s Finder. Simply tap and hold on the image, and then Rotate Left or Rotate Right.
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ADD CAPTIONS TO PHOTOS Adding captions is a great way to add more interest to photos. Navigate to any photo, tap it to view it, and then swipe up over it. You’ll see a caption box appear below it. Tap Add a Caption, type the caption, and press Return.