MacLife - UK (2020-04)

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Selectively adjust
a backlit subject to
reveal missing shadow
and highlight detail.

Shoot in Live mode
After shooting in Live mode,
hold your finger on a Live Photo to play
a three–second movie. Live Photos can be
edited in the Photos app to choose the
best frame, adjust colors and tones, and
even create animations.

Set a key frame
Tap Edit, then tap the Live icon.
Trim the start and end point of the
Live Photo. Drag the white rectangle to
choose the best frame. Tap Make Key
Photo to display this frame as the Live
photo’s thumbnail.

Adjust clip
Tap the Adjust icon and tweak
colors and tones to make the clip look
its best. Here we have increased the
Vibrance amount to boost the saturation
of the Live Photo’s weaker colors without
oversaturating stronger ones.

HOW TO Edit Live Photos in iOS 13


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FTER SHOOTING A photo or
capturing a clip, you may
need to tweak its color, tone,
and composition to improve it.
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also process footage using the same
tools, helping clips to make the grade.

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Tints and casts
Your iPhone needs to capture
true colors under various lighting
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temperatures of light. Daylight can

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look too warm and orange. Your
Camera app will perform an Auto
White Balance (AWB) operation to
capture cast–free colors. If it can get
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orange casts, the rest of the image
will have cast–free colors too. If your
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can counteract these in the Photos
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icon and swipe to the Warmth slider.
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shot or right to cool down a warm
orange cast. You can also remove

green or magenta color tints using
the Tint slider. Drag it left to
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work with stills or clips.

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Tonal tweaks
In contrasting lighting
conditions, your iPhone may struggle
to capture detail in the shadows and
the highlights (even when shooting
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Get your photos and clips looking their best


Master image/video–editing





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