This Useful iPhone Shortcut Made Photo Editing Tasks Easier for Me

Being an Apple Ecosystem Writer, my everyday work involves dealing with a lot ofiPhone screenshotsand images, which I have to combine into a single image. Honestly speaking, it sometimes becomes tedious to move all my screenshots to my MacBook, where I would combine them using a photo editing software like Canva or an app like PhotoScape X. Or, I would switch to a third-party photo editing app for iPhone. It was time-consuming and hampered the overall quality as well.

Well, that was my story until I discovered this super-useful iOS shortcut for combining multiple images into a single one right on my iPhone. So, if you’re also still using third-party apps for such photo editing needs, you need to try this shortcut right now.

Apple Shortcuts is a free-to-use iOS app that helps you automate combine steps to create useful shortcuts to perform specific tasks quicker or automate them with a single tap. Whether you want toenable Low Power mode automaticallyormake the iPhone 15 Pro’s Action button more useful, the Shortcuts app can make your life easier. Coming to the task at hand, let’s see how to create a shortcut to combine photos on an iPhone.

Note:The Shortcuts app comes pre-installed on all iPhone models. In case, you don’t see it on your iPhone, you candownload it for freefrom the App Store.

Step 1: Create the Custom Shortcut

Step 2: Add Actions to Shortcut

Once you’ve created a shortcut, the next step is to add actions to it.

Now, you can easily combine photos on your iPhone using the created shortcut.

For quicker access, you can add this shortcut to your iPhone Home Screen. For this, tap on the three horizontal dots, then tap on theShare iconfrom the bottom, and select“Add to Home Screen”.

Step 3: Run the Shortcut

Once you’ve created this photo-editing iOS shortcut, you can combine multiple photos on your iPhone in a few seconds. All you need to do is to activate this shortcut. Here are the steps to do it:

Tip:While combining multiple images, make sure to select the images of the same size and orientation. If you combine cropped, smaller, or vertical photos with full-size or horizontal photos, the final combined image would look odd.

If you don’t want to go through the hassle of creating this Shortcut from scratch, here is the iCloud link for the Shortcut to combine images on iPhone. Simply tap on it and then tap on Add Shortcut button to add it to your Shortcuts app.

That’s how I utilize the Shortcuts app on iPhone to its maximum potential. This was just an example of what you can achieve with the app to automate your day-to-day tasks. Another quite useful Shortcut that I keep very handy is thisShortcut that helps you eject water from your iPhone.

Also, if you’re looking for any other iPhone shortcut to automate a specific task, feel free to reach out to us in the comments below, and we’ll come up with some handy tricks.

Kanika Gogia

Kanika has been a loyal iPhone user since 2014 and loves everything Apple. With a Master’s in Computer Applications, passion for technology, and over five years of experience in writing, she landed at Beebom as an Apple Ecosystem Writer. She specializes in writing How To’s, troubleshooting guides, App features, and roundups for Apple users to help them make the best use of their gadgets. When not writing, she loves to try out new recipes and enjoy some family time.

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