{"id":73834,"date":"2018-01-26T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=73834"},"modified":"2018-01-26T08:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T16:33:07","slug":"master-photos-3-0-for-macos-high-sierra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/master-photos-3-0-for-macos-high-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Photos 3.0 for macOS High Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photos<\/p>\n

With macOS High Sierra, Apple made it easier to find and edit your photos. In this guide, we explore the new features in Photos 3.0, which\u00a0enable you to loop Live Photos, filter a feed\u00a0to display only those items you\u2019ve edited, adjust individual\u00a0colors, and more.<\/p>\n

Filter photo feeds<\/h3>\n

The Photos sidebar is now tidier. At the top, Library<\/strong> houses major categories, including previous imports, which are arranged by date. Shared<\/strong> is where you find iCloud albums. Below that, Albums<\/strong> has a Media Types<\/strong> folder that provides fast access to specific shot types, such as selfies, Live Photos, and long exposures.<\/p>\n

\"Filter<\/p>\n

When viewing a standard photo feed, there\u2019s now a Showing<\/strong> menu at the right-hand side of the window. It defaults to All Photos<\/strong>, but click it to access options for filtering the current\u00a0feed to one or more of Favorites<\/strong>, Edited<\/strong> items, Photos<\/strong>, Videos<\/strong>, or items that match keywords you\u2019ve defined in the Photos\u00a0Keyword Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Edit Live Photos<\/h3>\n

Live Photos combine still imagery and video, coming alive when pressed on iPhone, or when the cursor hovers over them on a Mac. Photos for macOS Sierra could perform minor edits to such images, but Photos 3 for macOS High Sierra takes things further.<\/p>\n

Double-click a Live Photo, and click Edit<\/strong> to enter the Edit view. Using the many sliders in the sidebar, you can apply various adjustments to your image, but we\u2019re interested in other settings.<\/p>\n

The two buttons at the bottom left are Turn Off Live Photo<\/strong>, and Turn On Mute<\/strong>; respectively, these transform the Live Photo into a standard still image, or just remove the audio.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

The film strip to the right is more interesting for editing, and has a dual purpose. Click anywhere on the strip and then click\u00a0Make Key Photo<\/strong>\u00a0to define a new still image to represent the Live Photo in a feed. And to tweak the video portion of the Live Photo, simply drag the handles at the start and end of the strip.<\/p>\n

To the right of the film strip\u00a0is a menu that initially has the value of Live<\/strong>, which denotes what you\u2019re looking at is a Live Photo. But you can instead choose one of the following settings:<\/p>\n

Loop<\/strong> endlessly repeats the video portion of the Live Photo. Where possible, Photos makes the loop seamless, and stabilizes the image, to smooth it out.<\/p>\n

\"Loop<\/p>\n

Bounce<\/strong> endlessly runs the footage back and forth. This can make for comedic repeating videos \u2013 people jumping into a swimming pool and the footage then running in reverse. It has less obvious practical usage, however.<\/p>\n

Long Exposure<\/strong> is designed to fake a long exposure shot. For example, a Live Photo of a waterfall will have the water blur, as if it was a still image captured over several seconds.<\/p>\n

Tweak your Curves<\/h3>\n

The Curves tool in Photos is like the ones you\u2019ll find in professional\u00a0photo editors. You drag the line to adjust the tones in your image \u2013 shadows being represented to the left, and highlights to the right.<\/p>\n

To edit the curve click to add a point and then drag to move it. You can add multiple points. If you no longer want one of them, simply select it and press the Delete<\/strong> key.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

A common curve used in photo editing is a shallow S. This makes an image pop through darkening the blacks and making the whites crisper. Dragging from the center of the diagonal line to make it bulge upwards is another useful trick, brightening up dull images.<\/p>\n

For more nuanced editing, you can target individual color channels from the RGB<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n

Use Selective Color<\/h3>\n

The Selective Color tool makes it possible to select a color and then adjust its hue, saturation, and luminance. For example, you can use it to make a blue sky bluer, or remove the\u00a0selected color from an image entirely by setting\u00a0Saturation<\/strong> to the lowest possible value.<\/p>\n

To get started, click one of the hue options, or select a custom color by clicking the eyedropper and then your photo. Use the three sliders to make your adjustments, and Range<\/strong> to define\u00a0the color range your settings target. In the example image below, green grass and leaves have been turned yellow.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Be mindful that Selective Color is restricted to one color in any given picture. So you can use it to tweak a sky, or remove a color cast, but not to make several such edits within the same shot. You can get around this limitation by duplicating the image and performing Selective Color again on the copy.<\/p>\n

Revert changes<\/h3>\n

Note that all of the editing options and settings outlined above are non-destructive. They can be changed individually, or you can reset a photo back to how it was before you started editing by clicking Revert to Original<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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