iOS 17 Photos App Features One-Tap Crop Button When Zooming In

[MacRumors]

With the iOS 17 Photos app, Apple is making it easier to crop your photos to your specifications. When you zoom into an image, there's a new "Crop" button that appears in the upper right.

Tapping the Crop button brings up the crop interface with the zoom level that you've selected, so you can crop into the part of the image that you prefer with just a couple of taps. If you like your crop, tap on Done, and if you want to change anything, the full editing interface is available.

In iOS 16, cropping involves tapping into the Edit interface, choosing the crop tool, and adjusting the crop from there with either pinch zoom gestures or by dragging the corners of the cropping tool. You can still edit images in this way, but it's quicker to use the new zoom crop feature.


Article Link: iOS 17 Photos App Features One-Tap Crop Button When Zooming In

 

[klasma]

In iOS 17, cropping involves tapping into the Edit interface, choosing the crop tool, and adjusting the crop from there with either pinch zoom gestures or by dragging the corners of the cropping tool. You can still edit images in this way, but it's quicker to use the new zoom crop feature.

iOS 16?

 

[munpip214]

How about giving us back the rotate button that doesn’t require us to go in to edit and then crop rotate?

 

[Duke24]

That was my reaction to the Vision Pro price too.

 

[klasma]

That cat though.

 

[HorstBockman]

It really mangled the cat's eyes.

 

[anthogag]

Perhaps in iOS 18 they'll work on great new picture and video editing features.

Cropping needs right and left rotation.

Cropping, then using the handles to 'pull back' and make white space around the crop, would be a good feature.

How about 1 tap of a button and the background is removed. Then inserting another background. Why isn't this in picture editing. I can do it now on my iPhone but it requires Adobe apps.

Third party apps need to have all of their functions available in Apple Photos->Edit->"..." (Options)

 

[zakarhino]

Yeah and the first thing I tried to find was the setting to disable this button. It's irritating to look at when zooming into a photo.

 

[svish]

Useful. Improvements to iOS 17 in general are good.

 

[Ctrlos]

Does it still default to an aspect ratio instead of the free crop Google Photos does?

 

[Hank001]

Does it still default to an aspect ratio instead of the free crop Google Photos does?

Actually, it doesn't. It default to free AR cropping unfortunately. I'd rather see it keeping the 4:3 and have free AR as an option.

 

[CarAnalogy]

That was my reaction to the Vision Pro price too.

Was really hoping they were pulling the old iPad trick and leak a higher price so they could come in under. Instead they were like "no actually tack $500 more on to that."

They should have counter-leaked an even higher price.

 

[wethebestmusic123]

Actually, it doesn't. It default to free AR cropping unfortunately. I'd rather see it keeping the 4:3 and have free AR as an option.

Long-press the button

 

[Hank001]

Long-press the button

Whcih button? I tap (top left) edit, (bottom) crop/rotate, (top right) Aspect Ratio and it defaults to freeform, so need to tap (bottom left) Original. Can't find a quicker way, even when long pressing a button.

 

[wethebestmusic123]

Whcih button? I tap (top left) edit, (bottom) crop/rotate, (top right) Aspect Ratio and it defaults to freeform, so need to tap (bottom left) Original. Can't find a quicker way, even when long pressing a button.

The new crop button

 

[Hank001]

The new crop button

Ah, thanks! (totally missed that)

 

[_Spinn_]

Small but useful feature.