Nokia Lumia 820 User Guide

Manage and edit your shots

Shot lots of great photos and videos? Here's how you view, organise, share, and edit them.

Photos hub

The photos you've taken or videos you've recorded with your phone are saved to the Photos hub, where you can browse and view them.

To find your photos and videos easily, mark your favourites, or organise them into albums.

View photos

Relive those important moments – view the photos on your phone.

Tap Photos .

1. To view a photo you've taken, tap Camera Roll and the photo.

2. To view the next photo, swipe left. To view the previous photo, swipe right.

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Mark a photo as a favourite

Would you like to find your best shots quickly and easily? Mark them as favourites, and see them in the favourites view in the Photos hub.

1. Tap Photos > albums , and browse to the photo.

   If the photo is in an online album, save it to your phone first. Tap > save to phone .

2. Tap > add to favourites .

   Tip:

   To quickly mark several photos as favourites, select the album where the photos are, tap , select the photos, and tap .

   Tip:

   You can also mark a photo as a favourite right after taking it. Just swipe right, and tap > add to favourites .

Upload photos and videos to the web

Want to upload your photos and videos to a social networking service for your friends and family to see? You can do that directly from the Photos hub.

1. Tap Photos , and browse to a photo or video.

2. Tap > share... and the service.

3. Tap or .

   Tip:

   To select several photos at once, in the Photos hub, tap the album and , select the photos, and tap .

   Tip:

   To access your photos from all your devices, you can set up uploading to SkyDrive. SkyDrive is then available in the menu when you view your photos.

   To set up the feature, on the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings . Swipe to applications , tap photos+camera > SkyDrive , and select an option.

Change the background in the Photos hub

Have a superb shot that makes you feel good every time you look at it? Set it as the background of the Photos hub.

1. Tap Photos .

2. Tap > choose background .

3. Select the photo, and tap .

   Tip:

   You can also set your phone to periodically change the photo automatically. Tap > shuffle background .

   

Create an album

To easily find photos of an occasion, a person, or a trip, organise your photos into albums according to subject, for example.

If your computer is a Mac, install the Windows Phone app from the Mac App Store.

1. Connect your phone to a compatible computer with a compatible USB cable.

2. On your computer, open a file manager, such as Windows Explorer or Finder, and browse to the folder for photos.

3. Add a new folder, give it a name, and add photos to the folder.

The folder appears as an album in the albums view on your phone.

Copy your photos to your computer

Have you taken photos with your phone that you'd like to copy to your computer? Use your computer's file manager to copy or move your photos.

If your computer is a Mac, install the Windows Phone app from the Mac App Store.

1. Connect your phone to a compatible computer with a compatible USB cable.

2. On your computer, open a file manager, such as Windows Explorer or Finder, and browse to your phone.

3. Open the folder for photos, and select and copy the photos to your computer.

   Tip:

   If your computer's operating system is Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can also use the Windows Phone app. With Windows 7, you can download it from www.windowsphone.com/ .

Edit a photo

You can do quick edits, such as rotate and crop, to the photos you have taken. Or use auto-fix to let your phone fix your photo with just one simple tap.

1. Tap Photos > albums .

2. Tap a photo, and tap > edit and an option.

3. To save the edited photo, tap .