iOS 10 adds a great feature to the Photos app with Keepsakes. Without you having to do anything yourself, the app makes fun videos from your photos. In this tip, we’ll explain how you can adjust these videos so that they match exactly what your snaps show.
That’s how iOS 10 Keepsakes work
Apple gave the Photos app a thorough overhaul with the arrival of iOS 10. For example, the app now recognizes faces and photos are sorted more intelligently. However, one of the nicest functions is relatively well hidden: with Aandenkens your iPhone makes a video montage with matching music completely independently. To use this function, it is important that your iPhone or iPad runs at least on iOS 10. Memories is also available on your Mac and Apple TV, from macOS Sierra and tvOS 10.
The Keepsakes feature groups your photos based on a number of different characteristics. For example, an album takes into account your location, what can be seen in the photos, which people can be seen on it and whether they were taken on a special day such as a birthday or holiday. This will open the overview with Memories.
- Open the Photos app
- Tap Keepsakes in the bottom menu bar
- An overview will now appear with all available Mementos
By tapping on one of the iOS 10 Memories you get an overview of all the photos that appear in it. By scrolling further down, you can also see the people who appear in the photos and where you took them. To make a video, all you have to do is press the Play button, which you will find in the lower right corner of the top photo.
As soon as you press this button, a new screen will open in which you can edit the video. Here you can choose a different type of music, such as Friendly, Relaxed and Happy. This also affects the way the video is edited. You can also choose from a short, medium or long version.
Tap the three-bar icon at the bottom of the screen for more editing options. Here you can determine the duration of the video to the second, choose the music yourself, give the video a title and manually add or remove photos. Pressing Done after editing will instantly save the video as part of your other iOS 10 Keepsakes.