Are you an Instagram aficionado and swear by the photo app for capturing, editing and sharing photos from your iPhone and iPad. However, here is this built-in photo app on your iOS device that is iPhoto that turns your photos into best looking ones. And not only that, Apple’s iPhoto application is there to stick your edited photos on Facebook Wall, read your friends’ comments on Facebook from iPhoto, share photos via e-mails, view photos from perfectly framed slideshows, create photo-books, create letterpress cards and do a lot more. So, have you tried all these before on iPhoto yet? If you have not, start using iPhoto with your summer vacation photos and here are the quick tips to make the most of the photo app.
Turn Dull Photos into best looking ones         Â
Had you thought Instagram have those filters and effects to turn your plain-Jane photos looking absolutely brilliant, then try iPhoto for these summer vacation photos. The iPhoto on the iPad and iPhone enables users to modify brightness, contrast, exposure, remove red-eye and crop photos to fit to the frame. However, if you do not know how to start with, then use the Enhance feature to let iPhoto brighten dull photos and correct flaws. Likewise, you can experiment with Definition slider, Retouch brush, iPhoto effects tools. In the end, if you do not like changes you made, a single click on ‘None’ will remove all effects and revert your photos to the unedited version.
Facebook enhancements Â
The iPhoto on iPhone and iPad is extremely Facebook friendly. You can share your summer vacation photos on Facebook from the iPhoto after you have edited them on this iOS photo app. The iPhoto app on iPad and iPhone lets you post photos on Facebook Wall or to any existing photo album, glue photos to Facebook profile, read your Facebook friends’s comments and also view all your Facebook photos from iPhoto including those that you uploaded using other application – one single app does it all.
Other reasons why iPhoto could be an Instagram replacement are –
- iPhoto lets you view, share and edit photos in from edge to edge, spanning across the entire screen real estate.
- Â Send your stunning, sun-kissed summer vacation photos from the iPhoto itself, without having to leave the application. A built-in template will place and arrange photos in your chosen template wherein you can rearrange photos with a drag-and-drop, changing size and image mask to the template.
- Create theme based photo slideshows by selecting from Places, Holiday Mobile, Reflections etc.
- Create a professional looking photo books using your photos on iPhoto
- Create letterpress cards by selecting themes such as Letterpress, Holiday, New Baby, Birthday, Builder etc.
