How to edit videos using Photos app on your iOS device or Mac

Apple is known for it’s built in functionalities which help you perform many tasks without using any third party utilities on your iOS device or Mac. If you have recorded any video using your device camera and now want to make some changes in it. Now, you may easily trim your recorded video and add effects in it using Photos app. With Photos app, you may change the length of your video or slow it down directly from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Let’s learn how to do that.

How to edit video on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch?

If you want to trim the video for sharing it via Mail or Messages, you may trim the video by following the below given steps:

• On your iOS device, launch the Photos app and tap the video that you want to edit.
• Tap “Edit” and then move the sliders on both sides of the video timeline to modify the start and stop times.
• Now, tap the “Play button” to preview your video.

• When you are done with the changes, tap “Done” and then “Save as New Clip.”
• Now, you may find the edited video as a new clip in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

How to edit video using Photos app on your Mac?

To edit the video in Photos app on your Mac, follow these steps:

• On your Mac, launch the Photos app and double-click the video that you want to edit.
• Hover over the video, click “Cog icon” and then select “Trim.”
• Now, move the yellow sliders on both sides of the video timeline to modify the start and stop times.
• Click “Play button” to preview the video and then click “Trim.”
• In case, you want to reverse the changes, open the video, click “Settings” and then select “Reset Trim.”

This is how you may easily edit videos using Photos app on your iOS device or Mac.  And then share the edited videos via Mail or Messages.

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