7 Steps To Edit Your Photos In the Mac Photos App

macmost.com/e-2605 There are a lot of adjustments you can make to photos in the Mac Photos app, but to get started learn these 7 simple steps.
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00:00 Intro
00:39 Straighten
01:21 Crop
01:54 Retouch
03:15 Try Auto Adjust
03:40 Adjust the Light
04:36 Adjust the Color
05:49 Try Filters
06:52 Summary
#macmost #mactutorial

[@Burps___]

That Retouch instruction is going to change my life! Thanks Gary!!

[@Larry77777]

Hey Gary: One additional tip for your viewers if they're going to crop: Do your cropping first (so the auto-enhancing tailors itself to the cropped image, not the whole image).

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful video tutorial today. Even I can do this, how fun. As always thanks for the visuals! Thank you, Gary! 👍👏🏻❤️

[@jimmytsjong2352]

Thank you for the kind sharing.... Especially the photoshop edit part. It does really helps me a lot when rushing for certain project but there is some error on the photo. Thanks and keep up the good sharing.

[@7making]

One of your best tutorials Gary. Fast and concise. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@RichBriere]

Thanks for what you do. VERY Helpful! 📸

[@NinPossible]

This tool is more powerful than I (as a beginner) expected. There should be a course for this tool too! At least, it's free! Thanks for the tips!

[@macmost]

I DO have a course for this: courses.macmost.com

[@NinPossible]

@@macmost Thank you. I'll check it out!

[@adelazhary7589]

You are always so helpful and presents useful videos and brilliant tutorials. I have learned a lot. Thank you. 🙏🏻❤️

[@amyj2510]

Thank you very much,when I get my new MacBooks from my daughter I really appreciate it but I was very afraid to get her disappointed because I know it’s a lot challenge for me to use it, when I find a lot of short and simple but very useful tutorials coming from you I feel like my skill in this new laptop have improved rapidly❤ you did very good job with your speaking skills and Mac knowledge 😊you made my english improved 😊

[@lifeisodes7985]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@harryhellerman474]

I learned a bunch of new stuff today, thanks Gary.

[@carolinebarlow4795]

Fantastic video, thank you Gary! Just what i needed.

[@alanmiceli]

Awesome Gary, that was so helpful.

[@MarkHolmes]

Gary, you can also press the M key on the keyboard to see the original view after making adjustments (while in edit mode)

[@hb5318]

YOU ARE AMAZING

[@viragmahorkar7184]

Very useful video Also make a video on how to export photos from photos app to external hard drive and different formats

[@casualtravelers5847]

Really helpful! Thank you!

[@AlexTipz]

thank you,more power to your channel!!👍

[@stuarthartley7428]

Great job Gary, very informative. Just wandering if your photos are shot in RAW ? Thank you for your help.

[@macmost]

Some. I switch back and forth depending on the situation.

[@pauls7056]

Thank you!

[@ErinBrown-bf3mt]

Amazing tutorial

[@paulalderson6920]

Very useful. How do you adjust photo printing size? Making it an 8 x 10 or even up to A4?

[@bySterling]

I had NO idea there was level of editing options! Wow Retouch even

[@MichaelColeman]

I had NO IDEA that all these options existed in Photos!

[@cesarveraserievisionarios]

thank you

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches

[@jihanechaaliart]

Very helpful video. I have a question: how can we save it as jpg ?

[@macmost]

You can export as a jpeg using File, Export.

[@scotsmanmike]

Video looking crisp @1440p Gary, much improved now KZbin is coming through my Apple TV 4K, both improvements make a world of difference from 1080p 👍

[@macmost]

Excellent. I still have a few 1080 videos coming, but plans are to be 100% 1440 by the end of the year. That's the exact resolution of my screen recording anyway, so it makes sense it would look best.

[@jimorlowski5051]

I'm new to your videos - they are great - is there a 'good' photo collage tool for Mac Photo?

[@macmost]

There might be. Check the App Store. I don't use one myself.

[@richardcooper9918]

Thanks Gary. One problem I have is croping a photo to a specific size such as 4 x 6. How do you do that?

[@macmost]

Go to Crop, then on the right choose Custom under aspect ratios and set it to 4:6.

[@user-sv7bx6gn8n9]

Is there any way to adjust saturation/exposure/contrast for bulk images at once?

[@emmgeevideo]

An easy way to reset a slider is double-click on the vertical slider line. If the tool has multiple adjustments (e.g., Light has 7 sliders), the undo function will set everything back to default, which isn't want you want to do if you want to reset just one setting.

[@gbsailing9436]

Hi Gary, when I open my photos library I do NOT get the "Crop, Fliter, or Adjust' options tabs at the top of the screen...Why is this? I'm running a 15" MacPro with 12.0.1 Monterey. Photos: Version 7.0 (411.0.120)

[@bauYPvNVuwbWQHMU]

Wish the photos app would be as powerful on iOS as well.

[@deltaphi7686]

How can we adjust aperture or focus on a photos taken with portrait mode from iPhone?

[@macmost]

View it, tap Edit, then look at the bottom for Portrait and select that. Then you should have a depth slider above it.

[@richardchaitt774]

This video should be "mandatory" for anyone starting out. The only other tool I use is perspective correction.

[@KittyTriboli]

Question: in this program can I lighten just one area of the photo? I have a photo of a man and his black lab dog. Half of the face of the dog is in shadow. How can I lighten just the dog's face?

[@macmost]

Not with Photos alone. But you can use the ability to edit in an an external editor from Photos and make the change in that external editor, saving it back to Photos. Preview will do it if you are patient in selecting the area, but an app like Pixelmator Pro or Photoshop can do this easily if you have the skills.

[@dawnbrown1601]

Hi Gary, is there a workaround to access images in photos. So, when I need to upload a photo to an app or document I have to shift the image from photo and into one of the finder folders. It is really cumbersome

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. Can you describe what you are trying to DO? Just "upload a photo?" Use the media browser to access the images directly. Or, often drag-and-drop works.

[@eileencaddy.thefoundations9702]

@@macmost Thanks for your prompt response. If I upload photos to canva or IG o can’t access the iPhoto app only finder photos.

[@macmost]

@@eileencaddy.thefoundations9702 If you have the opportunity to select a file, you should be able to select media as well. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4OWe52ei9-lZqs, though it is an older video.

[@eileencaddy.thefoundations9702]

@@macmost when I try and upload to canva and IG for example there is no option to access images from iPhoto only from pictures in Finder

[@macmost]

@@eileencaddy.thefoundations9702 Are you using special apps, or just Safari? If Safari, then it should allow you to select a media file.

[@shakedshanas1]

When I want to use the pictures (raw files) I edited , I export the pictures but get the originals without the editing that I did. How do I export or save the edited pictures from Photos?

[@macmost]

You have two export options from Photos: one is the edited version, the other is "unmodified originals."

[@AbeRogland]

After editing my photo & cropping etc I save it to my desktop. The photo looks fine but when I send it via email, etc there is a header/top boarder that says JPEG #. I can't crop it out so every photo I send has this header. Can this be eliminated so all you see is the photo? Thanks

[@macmost]

I don't know what you mean by that. I can't imagine what a border at the top of your photo would be doing like that. Are you sure it wasn't just the window you were using to view the photo that showed that?

[@sa758]

can i copy and paste adjustments?

[@macmost]

Yes. Image, Copy Edits. Image, Paste Edits.

[@dr.0ne322]

Can you merge 3 photos to make hdr?

[@macmost]

Not in Photos. I'd assume you'd need to do something in Photoshop or a pro app to do that. No experience there.

[@Annalorraine67]

In cropping can you hold shift so don’t strech it?

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. Cropping doesn't stretch anything, it just defines the area.

[@Liam_Maddog]

@@macmost Probably means keep the aspect ratio.

[@macmost]

@@Liam_Maddog In that case, just select Original under Aspect on the right to lock that ratio while cropping.

[@Annalorraine67]

Oh thats right! thanks. Do you have a a starter for this Mac photo app. And does it have filters like PS? I am ok with photo shop. Looking to use all Mac stuff What do you recommend

[@macmost]

@@Annalorraine67 Photoshop is a huge powerful image editing app. Photos isn't like that. It is closer to Lightroom, not Photoshop. I have lots of videos on this channel on Mac Photos, and an intro course over at courses.macmost.com too.

[@RhishiMadhuOfficial]

I can find edit option in my MacBook Air m2

[@AbeRogland]

I've spent hours but can't fix this. When I have saved my pic to my Desktop and open it I have a top header that I can't remove or crop out. It says "Jpeg 1...How do I crop this out and just have a clean photo to save or send. Can't find this anywhere.....please help...

[@RedRocket415]

How do you access photos that have been edited to export via something like Whatsapp? It seems now that images aren't stored as individual files the way they were in the past versions. Seems inconvenient to export every photo imported from an iPhone. What is the easiest way to manually copy images to an external drive for safe backup if you can't access individual files?

[@macmost]

Photos has always stored images inside a library. I don't use WhatsApp on a Mac, but in most apps you can drag a file from Photos to the app, or in the app you can select their "choose a photo" function and then select Photos in the left sidebar. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4OWe52ei9-lZqs

[@RedRocket415]

@@macmost Very much appreciate the response. It IS a generic access question, and your video does the trick. Maybe I just can't locate the files. Back in the day, individual image files would be stored in folders labeled by date under "photos". The files don't seem to be individually stored in a tree structure anymore, so manual selection and drag-and-drop via Finder doesn't seem possible.

[@macmost]

@@RedRocket415 The idea of a library is you access the photos inside the app. The "photos" are more than just the image file, but also data like editing info, tags, titles, etc. Thus a library rather than plain files.

[@Stilicho19801]

Old color photos are my problem. I want to scan them and add them to Photos, but they are faded and have a yellow tinge. Can Photos help?

[@macmost]

Somewhat. Scan some in and try using these tools. You'll need to practice to get good results.

[@agalIam]

my 3 yr old imac. now suddenly always has ! sign when i try to edit . its making me crazy. even reboot desnt help

[@macmost]

Call Apple Support.

[@agalIam]

how after i edit, can i put them onto my desktop?? it wont work after over a decade of doing it that way.. i dont know why its not working help?

[@macmost]

You can just export them. Drag and drop too. But what is your goal? Why do you want them on your desktop?

[@agalIam]

@@macmost hi , it seems all i had to do was restart! oh my! i put them in folders on my desktop, its the business i am in. i edit then pop them onto the desktop and into a folder after i number them

[@CryptoInvest-LunaticCapital]

how to save after doing all of that?

[@macmost]

Save? There's no "save" button if that is what you mean. Changes are applied as you go.

[@ramichehab4797]

how to save the edited photo?

[@macmost]

There is no Save step, it is automatically saved.

[@patrickpghfan]

I'd like to know how to add borders to my pic.

[@macmost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWqrfKSFh5mGkKc

[@patrickpghfan]

@@macmost definitely want to try this out. A member on a photography fb did one for me with Photoshop but certainly want to try with others. Especially good if I'm using a service like Shutterfly (without borders it cuts off a good portion of the photo...) BTW: thankyou

[@polocash11]

I don't get the menu to change saturation etc.

[@macmost]

Which version of macOS?

[@polocash11]

@@macmost is it because I changed a pdf to a jpeg first? I have latest version.

[@macmost]

@@polocash11 Don't know why that would make a difference. Is it just that one photo that has a problem then?

[@Naludaking819]

I …. Wanna draw you😶

[@pocopico7409]

And of course, everything works the same way on iPhone and iPad.