How do you quickly and easily fix lighting and color issues, or make your photos black and white? With smart adjustments!
Smart adjustments in Photos let you enhance your images, either automatically, intuitively, or precisely. Magic wand is still there, of course, but you can also change light, color, and black and white with a swipe, or dive down into brightness, warmth, and other details. Crank it up, crush it down, or go gray. It's all up to you!
- How to enhance images in Photos
- How to change lighting with smart adjustments in Photos
- How to change color with smart adjustments in Photos
- How to convert to black and white with smart adjustments in Photos
- How to fine tune smart adjustments in Photos
- How to revert back to the original in Photos
How to enhance images in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on the Auto-Enhance button — it looks like a magic wand.
- You can toggle between Auto-Enhance by tapping on it again. This gives you a good idea of before and after.
Tap on Done, If you like the improvements the Auto-Enhance feature made.
How to change lighting with smart adjustments in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on the adjustments button in the bottom navigation — it looks like a dial with dots around it.
- Tap on Light.
Swipe left and right to move the slider to make changes to your photo. Lift up your finger when the photo looks as you would like it to.
- Tap and hold on the photo to view the original in order to compare it to your edited version.
Tap on Done in the bottom right hand corner and your changes will be saved.
How to change color with smart adjustments in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on the adjustments button in the bottom navigation — it looks like a dial with dots around it.
- Tap on Color.
Swipe left and right on the slider to make changes to your photo. Lift up your finger when the photo looks as you would like it to.
- Tap and hold on the photo to view the original in order to compare it to your edited version.
Tap on Done in the bottom right hand corner and your changes will be saved.
How to convert to black and white with smart adjustments in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on the adjustments button in the bottom navigation — it looks like a dial with dots around it.
- Tap on B&W.
Swipe left and right on the slider to adjust the black and white. Lift up your finger when the photo looks as you would like it to.
- Tap and hold on the photo to view the original in order to compare it to your edited version.
When you're happy with the results, tap on Done in the bottom right hand corner and your changes will be saved.
How to fine tune with smart adjustments in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on the adjustments button in the bottom navigation — it looks like a dial with dots around it.
- Tap on the dropdown arrow next to Color, Light, or B&W.
Tap on the name of the adjustment that you'd like to make.
- Swipe left and right to move the slider from left to right in order to make an adjustment.
- Tap and hold on the photo to view the original in order to compare it to your edited version.
Tap on Done in the bottom right hand corner and your changes will be saved.
How to revert back to the original image in Photos
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the photo you'd like to enhance and tap on it to open it.
Tap on the hamburger button in the lower menu at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on Revert in the bottom right hand corner.
Tap Revert to Original in the popup menu.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about photo editing, let me know in the comments!
Reader comments
How to use adjust light, color, and B&W in Photos for iPhone and iPad
Very helpful and well written. Directions are very easy to follow.
Oh wow. Can't wait for my update to finish!
Some great tips to go with a great camera.
A more button doesn't come up on mine?
It won't show up if you don't have any apps that yet support photo extensions. When you see it, that means you have something that supports it : )
Hope that makes sense!
This site is amazing. I love the layout and clear easy to use instructions with videos to back them up. Definitely makes switching from Android feel much more comfortable! Love this site and keep up the great work!
Thanks for the nice article. Really a pity that this wonderful app and all the efforts you put editing you pictures will be LOST if you sync your iphone with your mac. Did you notice iPhoto and Aperture won't accept those edits and import the original photos only?
Very helpful guide. Will there be changes in iOS9?
Now I know thank you iMore.
Isaiah Heart.