What’s the deal with that icon that looks like a bottle of nail polish sliding down a hill? Hit the “?” and all is revealed. Would you know that holding two fingers on an image in the Edit view brings up a handy magnifying loop? With help, you quickly find out. It’s not quite accurate to call iPhoto intuitive, but it quickly becomes easy to use thanks to the contextual help function: tap the “?” button and explanatory labels pop up all over the current screen, with some leading to more in-depth explanations. Using iTunes file sharing has the added advantage of letting you delete images from within iPhoto. Photos synced through iTunes may still be downsized depending on source resolution and target device you need to use iTunes file sharing to import the higher-resolution images directly into the app. Other iOS devices remain limited to 19 megapixels (and unfortunately, the original iPad and pre-4 iPhones aren’t invited to the iPhoto party at all). IPhoto can now handle 36.5 megapixel images on the third and fourth-generation iPads and the iPhone 5, enough to satisfy everyone but users of medium format backs and the Nokia 808. The month-by-month display helps you home in on the shot you’re looking for. IPhoto’s “Power Scrolling” feature makes zipping though large collections of images much easier than in Apple’s native Photos app. Exported images retain the tags as widely readable IPTC keywords. It takes a certain kind of personality to scrupulously label photos like this, but iPhoto simplifies reusing tags and it makes finding images later much easier. More flexibly, iPhoto can add custom tags to images. You can mark photos as favorites or simply “flagged,” useful for marking keepers. Double-tapping a shot in a series of similar images automatically selects all of them, a thoughtful detail that reflects the general polish of the app. It speeds sorting wheat from chaff by letting you compare multiple images side by side, including the ability to zoom in to check details. Unlike many apps in this category, iPhoto helps organize images as well as edit them. Works with iPad 2 and later, iPod 4th gen and later, and iPhone 4 and later (tested on 3rd gen iPad).Support for 36.5 megapixel images (device specific).Strong browsing and organizing features. Full-featured, touch-centric photo editing tools.iPhoto also goes beyond image optimization, packing in impressive browsing, organizing and sharing facilities. You can accomplish a lot by interacting directly with the image rather than poking at sliders, which is as it should be. More than just an editor, Apple’s iPhoto offers features to help identify and organize your “keepers.”Īpple’s iPhoto for iOS has something surprisingly rare in the mobile photo editor space: an interface that leverages touch at every opportunity.
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