How to Make a Photo Brighter in the iPhone Photos App: Step-by-Step Guide

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A simple and easy guide to brightening pictures on an iPhone
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Do you have a photo on your iPhone that is a little bit difficult to see? While you might worry you need to transfer the photo to a computer to edit it, there is thankfully a way to adjust your photo's brightness directly in your Photos app. This wikiHow teaches you how to make an image look brighter or darker using the editing mode in your iPhone's Photos app.

Things You Should Know

  • You can edit the brightness of your photo directly in your iPhone's photo app.
  • After tapping the Edit button, scroll through the editing tools to find Brightness and move the dial to the left or right to change the brightness.
  • You can also adjust Exposure and Brilliance to brighten your photo.

Steps

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    The Photos app looks like a colored pinwheel icon on your Home screen.
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    This will open the photo in full-screen mode. You can open and edit any image from your Moments, Memories, iCloud pictures, Camera Roll, or from an Album.
    • If the Photos app opens up to an image in full-screen mode, tap the back button in the upper-left corner to browse all your photos.
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    This button looks like three horizontal slider lines next to the Trash icon at the bottom of your screen. It will open your photo in editing mode . [1]
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    This button should be auto-selected when you first enter the editing screen.
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    The Brightness editing slider will appear below the image at the bottom of your screen.
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    This will increase the brightness of all shadows and highlights in your image. Your photo will look brighter overall.
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    This will decrease your image's brightness in all shadows and highlights. Your photo will look darker and dimmer than it originally was.
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    Scroll to Exposure or Brilliance for further editing. You can increase or decrease the brightness of your photo by using Exposure or Brilliance instead of or in addition to Brightness .
    • You can play with all of the editing options to see which combination makes your photo look the best.
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    This is the yellow button in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will save all the edits you've made to this image.
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      References

      1. ↑ support.apple.com/guide/iphone/edit-photos-and-videos-iphb08064d57/

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      1. Open your iPhone's Photos app.
      2. Tap on a photo.
      3. Tap the three sliders icon at the bottom.
      4. Tap the dial knob at the bottom.
      5. Tap the arrow icon next to Light .
      6. Tap Brightness .
      7. Swipe left to make the image brighter.
      8. Swipe right to make the image darker.
      9. Tap Done .

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