How the Photos app works in iOS 9

The iOS Photos application is quite intuitive, but there are always things that we can escape. In iOS 9 there are some novelties, such as the possibility of selecting several without the need to lift the finger or the folders that are created automatically when we take a selfie or take a screenshot. So that you do not miss any details, in this guide we will try to explain How the Photos app works in iOS 9.

In the iPhone settings, in the Photos and Camera section, we have the option to activate the iCloud Photo Library. If we activate this option, all the photos will be in iCloud and available on any device that uses the same Apple ID. I advise against its use, but I advise having the streaming photos option activated. If we activate the iCloud Photo Library, the normal reel we are used to will not appear. What I explain next is with the ICloud Photo Library disabled.

The first thing we will see when entering the Photos application are three tabs:

• In the Photos tab we will see our moments. These moments are separated by years and collections. If we touch the thumbnails of the images, we will advance from years to collections and from collections to moments. If we have geolocation activated, we can also touch on the name of the town, which will open a thumbnail of the map and put the photos on it with a blue balloon indicating how many photos we have taken in each area.

• In the Shared The photos that we share or that our contacts share with us will appear. I do not have it activated, but images can be shared by tapping on "Start sharing", creating an album and indicating a valid Apple ID.
• In the Álbumes is where we can say that the normal reel with all our folders is.

In the Albums tab we will have:

• Reel. In this folder all the photos that we have on our iPhone are put.
• My photos in streaming. If we have it activated from the iPhone settings, the last 1000 photos or those of the last 30 days taken with any device that uses the same Apple ID and has streaming photos activated will be added here.
• Videos. In this folder all the videos that we make or that we download will be put.
• Favorite. We can mark a photo as a favorite if we touch the heart that appears below each of them. This comes in handy to have the photos that we like the most in the same folder.
• Screenshots. It is a new option in iOS 9 in which all the screenshots will be entered. It is something that comes in handy if we take many captures a day since, if we wish, we can erase them all at once.
• Self-portraits. It is also new in iOS 9 and all the photos taken with the FaceTime camera will go in this folder.
• Removed. All photos and videos will go to the "deleted" folder and will be there for 30 days, unless we delete them manually. Be careful with this, that many users end up complaining that they lack space and it is occupied by this folder.

If we want to create an album, we will touch on the plus symbol, we will enter a name and then we will touch OK. But if what we want is to create a folder that can contain albums inside, we will press and hold the plus symbol (+) for a second and then we will touch on Create folder.

Select multiple images

In iOS 9 we can select several images without having to lift the finger. To do this, we simply touch one and we slide to the right or to the left. When the selection marks start to appear, we can now slide up or down to select faster. If we slide up or down from the beginning, what we will do is move all the images.

Edit images with the Photos app

The most common is to resize the image by cropping it or rotating it. Once we have touched on edit, which is at the top right, at the bottom we will see three tabs. The first (next to cancel) is to crop, rotate or change the format.

• For crop an image we just have to move the corners to the point we want. Then tap OK.
• For rotate an image, we will simply touch on the icon that is marked in the previous screenshot. It will always turn to the left.
• For change format, in case we want to leave it in 16: 9, for example, we will touch the button that I have marked in the capture and then we will choose the desired format.

• By tapping on the three points in the upper left we can open another photo editor, like Pixelmator or Skitch.
• If we touch on the Wand, the application will try to improve all parameters to make it look its best, all automatically.
• If we choose the top icon in the middle, we can remove red eyes. I have tried it with a photo that I had of my brother's puppy that were not very red, but something has taken away the shine.

• We also have available various filters They are accessible by touching the icon in the middle, which is like three points in the shape of a triangle. We just have to choose the one we like the most.
• In the icon that looks like a wheel to increase or decrease the volume, we can modify the light, the color and make it black and white.

Do not hesitate to comment if I have left something or there is something you do not know.