Apple's Photos app comes with several built-in apps for Mac and iPhone. With basic photo editing tools, you can Edit portrait photos Change color temperature, white balance, and more. Many photo editing apps Third-party apps offer more features, but most are paid or come with a subscription. Meanwhile, the Photos app is good enough for basic editing needs on a Mac and produces images worth sharing. Here's how to edit photos using the Photos app on your Mac.
Quick editing with auto-enhancement
The Photos app comes with an Auto Enhance tool that automatically adjusts the color and contrast in your photos to make them look more vibrant. If you're in a hurry, you can use this tool to quickly enhance your photos before sharing them.
Step 1: turn on Photos application Double click on Image that you want to edit.
Step 2: Click Auto Enhance button In the upper right corner. It looks like magic wand button.
Step 3: Clicking will result in Auto Enhance button To Apply all changesIf you are not satisfied with the results, click Auto Enhance button Again to undo the changes.
Crop, rotate, straighten and flip photos
The Photos app lets you easily adjust the orientation of your photo or crop a part of it. Here's how.
Step 1: Double click Image that you want to edit in the Photos app.
Step 2: Click Rotate button In the upper right corner, tap and hold the option to rotate the image counterclockwise. keyboard To rotate clockwise.
Step 3: To straighten, crop, or flip photos, first tap Edit button.
Step 4: Locate Crop tool From the top of the screen, click on Flip button In the right column, flip the image horizontally. To flip the image vertically, press and hold Option on keyboard and click Flip button.
Step 5: Click and drag on Straighten tool To adjust the angle of the image.
Step 6: To crop an image, first click the Aspect drop-down menu. You can select whether you want to crop the image freehand or to a specific aspect ratio. For example, choosing a square aspect ratio is best for images you plan toShare it on Instagram.
Step 7: Once you select Aspect Ratio To heighten, click and drag on the corners.
Step 8: Click Done button When you are happy with the result.
Use filters to enhance your photos.
The Photos app comes with built-in filters that let you quickly enhance your photos. You can use filters to make colors richer and more toned down, and even use Mono or Noir filters to give your photos an artistic feel.
Step 1: turn on Photos application Double click on the image you want to edit.
Step 2: Click Edit button.
Step 3: Locate Filters tab and you will see List of candidates. Click filters To apply it.
Step 4: When you are satisfied with the image, click Done to save the changes.
Adjust color and white balance, reduce noise, and more.
The Adjustment panel in the Editing Dashboard gives you access to a selection of retouching tools that let you do things like adjust lighting and exposure, reduce noise, increase clarity, and more. First, let's see how you can access these tools:
Step 1: turn on Photos application Double click on Image that you want to edit.
Step 2: Click Edit button.
Step 3: Locate Adjust tab and you will see All tools that you need.
Step 4: After making your changes, click the button. Done to save the changes.
Adjust lighting and exposure
Adjusting the lighting and exposure of your image will help you manage brightness, highlights, and shadows.
Step 1: Open Image In the Photos app on your Mac.
Step 2: In the right column, hover your mouse over Light tool And click Cars To automatically adjust lighting and exposure.
Step 3: To manually set the lighting of your image, click the drop-down arrow next to Light option And drag the slider.
Step 4: to get More precise control , Click Options button. You'll get individual tools to adjust brightness, exposure, highlights, shadows, and more.
Use color corrections
You can use the Color tool to adjust the colors in your photos. You can make them more subdued or make them pop.
Step 1: Open Image that you want to edit in the Photos app on your Mac.
Step 2: From the right column, hover over Color option. Then click "automatic" To apply color corrections to an image.
Step 3: To adjust colors manually, click the drop-down arrow at the top of the color option in the right column and drag the slider to the right to make them brighter or to the left to subdue the colors.
Step 4: For precise control of the color tone, click Options button within Color section. This will give you three more options – saturation, vibrate, and cast.
Use the retouch tool to remove unwanted objects.
To remove unwanted objects from photos, you can use Retouch toolIt's not perfect, but it can help you remove minor blemishes.
Step 1: Open Image that you want to edit in the Photos app.
Step 2: Click Retouch tool To show options.
Step 3: Here, pull on Slider To adjust the brush size.
Step 4: Click and drag over the part of the image you want to remove. For example, let's try removing an extra strand of grass in the image we're using.
Here's what the image looks like with minor imperfections removed.
Reduce noise and sharpen images
If you take a photo in a low-light environment, it will tend to be grainy, and the subject may not be clear. To make things clearer, you can use the noise reduction and shape tools to remove noise and sharpen your image.
Step 1: Open Image that you want to edit in Photos application.
Step 2: Scroll over Noise Reduction Tool In the left column, click Cars To allow the app to automatically reduce noise.
Step 3: Click the tool to show More optionsClick and drag on the Slider To adjust the amount of processing you want.
Remember that pushing the slider to the extreme isn't always a good idea as it will spoil the image in other ways.
Step 4: Likewise, hover over Sharpen tool And click Cars Allow the app to automatically adjust the sharpness.
Step 5: You can click on the tool to reveal more options. You can adjust the parameters Intensity و Edges و Fall off. Play with the sliders and see what gives you the best results.
The photo app is powerful enough.
As you can see, the built-in Photos app has become a photo editor capable of performing basic editing. It's still powerful enough to edit and modify photos stored on your Mac.
