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Photography | Camera skills and editing tips

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Camera skills and editing tips. This chapter of our iPad guide has 20 step-by-step tips. Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.

  1. Find your way around the Camera app and its hidden settings
  2. Customize the layout of the Photos app
  3. Master the built-in photo editing tools
  4. Trim, cut, and edit video clips
  5. Remove the background from any photo with a tap
  6. Edit the length and key frame of a Live Photo
  7. Try these underrated Live Photo effects
  8. Manually control focus and exposure
  9. Straighten photos using the hidden camera spirit level
  10. Shoot stunning images with Portrait Mode
  11. Light up your portraits with Portrait Lighting
  12. Shoot sweeping panoramic photos
  13. Photograph fast action with Burst Mode
  14. Create smooth time lapse videos
  15. Edit or remove the metadata saved in your photos
  16. Search your photo library with smart filters
  17. Ask Photos to stop surfacing someone in Memories
  18. Back up and sync your photos with iCloud
  19. Set up and use a Shared Photo Library with family or friends
  20. How to delete photos – and recover them if you change your mind