Zoom in or out on a photo: Click or drag the Zoom slider. Select a photo or video thumbnail, then press Return. In the Photos app on your Mac, do one of the following:ĭouble-click a photo or video thumbnail, then click Edit in the toolbar. If you want to give a photo or video a unique look that appears in only one version of the item, first duplicate it and work on the copy.

When you change a photo or video, Photos keeps the original so you can always undo your changes and revert to the original look.Ĭhanges you make to a photo or video appear everywhere it appears in your library-every album, project, and so on. See Change and enhance a video and Change a Live Photo. You can also enhance and change videos and Live Photos.

See Apply levels adjustments to a photo and Apply curves adjustments to a photo.

To make more advanced adjustments, you can use Levels and Curves controls to alter brightness, contrast, and tonal range in different areas of a photo. You can also use over a dozen sophisticated adjustments to change exposure and color, remove marks or blemishes, eliminate red-eye, change white balance, and more. You can use the Photos editing tools to easily make simple changes to your photos, such as rotating them or cropping them to get the best framing.

Change where photos and videos are stored.

Export photos, videos, slideshows, and memories.

Share photos using other apps and websites.

Add, remove, and edit photos in a shared album.

Add or remove Shared Library participants.

Change the lighting of a Portrait mode photo.

Adjust a photo’s light, exposure, and more.

View photos others have shared with you.

Use Visual Look Up to learn about a photo.

Interact with text in a photo using Live Text.

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