How to Draw on an iPhone Photo

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This wikiHow teaches you how to add drawings to an iPhone photo using the Photos app.

How to Draw on Your iPhone Photos

Open your Photos app and navigate to the photo you want to draw on. Tap the Edit button in the upper-right corner, then tap the Markup icon. You can use the pencil, pen, or highlighter to draw on your photo.

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    Photos is the multicolored pinwheel icon on the Home Screen.
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    You should have several albums listed here, one of which will be "All Photos".
    • If Photos doesn't open to the Albums page, tap Albums in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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    It's at the bottom of the screen.
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    . You'll find it in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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    Markup is a program that allows you to add drawings to your photos.
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    It's on the far left side of the row of options at the bottom of the screen.
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    To do so, you'll tap and drag your finger over your photo.
    • You can change the draw color by tapping one of the colored circles above the pencil icon.
    • You can also change the width of the drawing line by tapping the three horizontal lines to the right of the colored circles and then tapping the dot that relates to your preferred size.
    • Tapping the Back arrow in the bottom right corner of the page will undo your last drawing.
    • The buttons to the right of the pencil icon will let you magnify text or add text (from left to right).
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    Doing so will save your photo drawings.
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      1. Open a photo in Photos .
      2. Tap the slider button at the bottom of the screen.
      3. Tap ...
      4. Tap Markup .
      5. Tap the pencil icon.
      6. Tap and drag your finger across the photo to draw on it.
      7. Tap Done twice.

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