How do you use Copy and Paste Edits in Photos on the iPhone

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On the new operating systems for iPhone, iPad and Mac, Apple entered " Copy and Paste Edits ” in the application Photos. Isn't it the case that after editing a picture, adding filters and other wonders, it would be simpler if we could automatically apply that edit to other photos as well? That's exactly what it does"Copy & Paste Edits".

After editing a picture in application Photos (native on operating systems Apple), we have the possibility to apply all the changes (edits) made to that image to other images. A super useful option when we need to edit pictures of natural landscapes, cats, dogs, interior pictures or we want to have some interesting pictures for Instagram.

How do you use Copy and Paste Edits in Photos on the iPhone

To copy the effects from one picture to another on the iPhone, it's very simple and you don't need to install any application. The application is enough Photos, which in apinmine offers enough photo editing options.

For this tutorial "Copy and Paste Edits in Photos"I took 4 pictures of my cats (two black cats), and I wanted to copy the effects applied to one picture to the other three.

Edit Photos
Edit Photos

During editing or after you finish editing a picture, you have the possibility to copy everything you edited to that picture. I mean absolutely all brightness settings, contrast, exposure, etc., etc. settings. All you have to do is open the already edited photo on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, then copy the effects. Copy the edicts by going to the circle with the three dots on the top right of the screen, then from the extended menu "Copy Edits". Open the picture from the photo gallery for which you want to apply the copied effects, then from the same menu: "Paste Edits".

Copy and Paste Edits in Photos
Copy and Paste Edits in Photos

All filters copied from the first image will be applied immediately to the selected image. Here is the result:

Easter Photo Effects
Easter Photo Effects

It is not necessary to open each picture separately to apply the copied effect. You can select several pictures from Photos on iPhone, then from the extended menu at the bottom select "Paste Edits". The effects will be applied to all selected photos. The process will take a while, but it's worth it.

Paste Edits to Multiple Photos
Paste Edits to Multiple Photos

This option of "Copy and Paste Edits" or Copy Photo Effects is only available on iOS 16, iPadOS 16 si macOS Ventura or newer versions.

In the same way, you can copy the edit of a picture and apply it to others from the application Photos and on the iPad. The condition is to have it installed iPadOS 16 or later.

Other new features brought to the application Photos on the new operating systems are: Shared Library (option that allows you to share with your friends the new photos and videos taken with the application Camera) and Merge Duplicates (a quite useful tool that will help you identify and automatically delete duplicate pictures and videos).

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