12 Useful iPhoto for iOS Tips [Video]

7. Copy and paste effects onto other photos

• Select a photo whose effect you want to copy.
• Tap the Gear icon in the lower right.
• Touch the button labeled Copy Effect.
• Tap the photo onto which you want to transfer the desired effect.
• Alternatively, you can tap and hold several thumbnails to select multiple photos. You can also tap the Gear icon in the lower right and then tap Select Multiple….
• Tap Done after your selections are made from the grid of thumbnails.
• Tap the Gear icon again. Select “Paste exposure, color and effect.”

8. Undo edits

Undo all edits on a photo:

• Select an edited photo which you want to revert back to its original state.
• Tap the Gear icon. If you don’t see the icon, tap the Edit button in the upper right corner.
• Tap the button labeled Revert To Original.

Undo specific effects on a photo:

• Select an edited photo that you want to revert to a previous state.
• Tap any of the icons in the lower right that you used to edit. A light on top of those icons will highlight that effect.
• Tap the Gear icon in the lower right.
• Tap the appropriate button to remove the edit.

Bonus tip:

• Touch the Eraser in the lower left to spot-erase brush effects.

9. Compare your edited photo against the original

Tap the Show Original icon (beside the Edit button in the upper right). An overlay of the original photo will appear on top of the edited one as long as you’re touching the icon.

10. Share photos via email, Facebook, Flickr or Twitter

• Select the photo you want to share, or tap and hold several thumbnails to select multiple photos. You can also tap the Gear icon and hit Select Multiple… . Tap Done after your selections are made from the grid of thumbnails.
• Tap the Share icon in the upper right.
• Choose the particular account where you’d like to share the photo from the drop-down menu.
• Connect iPhoto, if you haven’t already, to the account where you’re sharing the photo.
• Tap the Share button to post or send the photo(s).

11. Share photos using Beam

• Select the photo you want to share, or tap and hold several thumbnails to select multiple photos. You can also tap the Gear icon and hit Select Multiple… . Tap Done after your selections are made from the grid of thumbnails.
• Tap the Share icon in the upper right.
• Tap the Beam option from the drop-down menu.
• iPhoto detects nearby iDevices using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, as long as both iPads have the iPhoto app open.

12. Create a Photo Journal in iPhoto

• Tap the album cover where the photos you want to include in your Photo Journal are housed.
• Choose the photos you want to include, by tapping and holding several thumbnails to select multiple photos.
• Tap the Share button in the upper menu bar and select Journal from the drop-down menu.

Photo Journal layout

• In the resulting window, you’ll see an option to create a new Journal or add photos to an existing Journal.
• Give your new Journal a name, choose a preset layout, and tap the Create Journal button below.
• To add photos to an existing Journal, tap Journal, then the name of the appropriate Journal.
• Choose how you want to add new images—to Page 1, a new page or automatically.
• Next, tap Add To Journal.
• Inside the Photo Journal interface, tap the Edit button located in the upper right.
• Tap a photo you want to move, enlarge, edit (using iPhoto) or remove from your Journal. Elements within the Photo Journal are automatically snapped to a grid, so you don’t have full rein over the arrangement of the items.
• Drag the blue handles that appear to enlarge the selected photo, or simply pinch outward to enlarge a photo (or inward, to make it smaller).
• To add a caption, tap a photo, then touch Add A Caption at the bottom. A keyboard and text box appears.
• Add other attributes to your Journal by tapping the + button in the top right. The following window lets you select from several items to add: another header, text, a note, another page, a quote, etc.
• You also can add such distinctive items as a calendar date for when the photos in the particular journal were taken, a weather widget to note what the conditions were like that day, a map to display where the photo was taken, etc.

How to publish a Photo Journal

• Tap the Edit button, then tap the Share button next to it.
• Select iCloud to publish your Photo Journal online. In the next window, toggle on Publish To iCloud. IPhoto processes your photos for optimal viewing, then generates a URL on iCloud for the Photo Journal.
• Touch the Share icon and tap either Tell A Friend or View In Safari to visit the iCloud URL.

Bonus tip:

• Before publishing, you can flip the switch on “Add to home page,” which lets visitors use the home page to view multiple journals that you made. You can then share the unique URL with friends or view it in Safari.

iPhoto for iOS Intro and Video Tutorial

• Tips 1-6
• Tips 7-12