Photos and Camera for iOS 14: QuickTake Shortcut, Mirrored Selfies, Photo Captions, and More


The Home Screen, the App Library, the redesigned lightweight interface for phone calls and Siri, Picture in Picture, the Translate app, and updated privacy safeguards are the main improvements for iOS 14, but Apple has also revamped many of its current apps to incorporate new functionality and features.


The Photos and Camera apps didn't get new designs, but received some notable changes like captions, navigation improvements, new shortcuts for capturing images, and more, with all of the new additions to the two apps outlined in the guide below.

Camera Performance and Shooting Speed

In iOS 14, Apple introduced improvements in speed and efficiency to the Camera app. At up to four frames per second, you can capture images up to 90 percent faster. After launching the camera, the time it takes to get your first shot is now 25 percent faster, and taking portraits is 15 percent faster.


In the Camera section of the Settings app, there is also a new "Prioritize Faster Shooting" toggle that adapts the image quality when the shutter is quickly pressed so that you can ensure that a shot is not missed due to loading times.

Expanded QuickTake Video Support

QuickTake is now available for iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max on iOS 14. It was previously limited to iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, and SE (2020), respectively. When in photo mode, QuickTake lets you hold down the shutter button to catch a video without having to swipe over to video mode.


Volume Up/Down Burst Mode and QuickTake

When the Camera app is open, it has long been possible to press the volume buttons to snap a picture, but in iOS 14 this shortcut feature is extended. You can take a series of images in fast succession, known as Burst Mode, if you push the Volume Up button for a long time.

You can enable QuickTake to capture video if you press and hold the Volume Down button, without having to take the time to enter video mode.

Video Mode Toggles

There are information on video quality in the upper right corner of the Camera app and frames per second when in video mode. In iOS 14, instead of having to open the Settings app to do so, you can tap the corner to change the video mode. In video mode and Slo-Mo mode, this works.


This was previously available on the ‌iPhone 11‌ and 11 Pro, and in ‌iOS 14‌ has expanded to all iPhones.

Exposure Adjustment and Night Mode Improvements

If you tap on "Preserve Settings" in the Camera section of the Settings app, you can find a new "Exposure Adjustment" toggle. Exposure Adjustment retains any tweaks you have made to exposure instead of resetting it from shot to shot so that you can continue to take pictures with your desired exposure settings.


Toggling on Exposure Adjustment also ensures that the exposure adjustment indicator remains visible.

Apple is developing Night Mode for the ‌iPhone 11‌ and ‌iPhone 11‌ Pro, and when you take a ‌Night Mode‌ shot, the camera uses the gyroscope to give up a guidance indicator to help you keep the iPhone steady. Instead of having to wait for the capture to stop, there is also a new option to cancel mid-capture.

Selfie Mirroring

It flips the image while taking a selfie with an iPhone using the Camera app so that it is the opposite of the mirror image shown in the preview, which can be confusing. Since most social networking apps use mirrored selfies, many individuals are more used to mirroring features than the flipped selfies used by the iPhone.

Photo Captions and Filtering

With the details you add synchronised across iOS and Mac, the Photos app in iOS 14 supports captions so that you can add more background to your photos.

To add a caption to an image in the Photos app, simply swipe up to see additional info on every single picture you are looking at and then press "Add a Caption" and type whatever you want.

at to see additional details and then tap on "Add a Caption" and type in whatever you want.


In iOS 14, you can use the new "Mirror Front Camera" toggle to allow the Camera app to take mirror image selfies where the finished product looks like the image preview. To allow the feature, open the Settings app, select the Camera, and press 'Front Camera Mirror.'

Album Sorting and Hidden Album

In any album in the Images app, you can tap the three dots in the display's right hand corner to get options for sorting and filtering. Filter options work as above, but to make it easier to find what you're searching for, the sort option lets you sort by oldest photos or newest photos.


As for the secret song, a new option is available to hide it from the list of albums. Toggle on "Hidden Folder" in the "Images" section of the Settings app. The album will not be available in the "Photos" app, but when you use the picture picker in other applications, you will always see it.

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Streamlined Navigation

In the Albums, Favourites, Media Styles, and Shared Albums parts of the Images app, pinch gestures to zoom in and out now function so that you can quickly zoom in and out to see anything in a given place. The pinch zoom motion to see more images or photos that are larger in iOS 13 was limited to the main section of 'Photos.'


Memories and Live Photos Improvements

In iOS 14, Apple has enhanced the Memories feature to show more relevant photos and videos, and with photo slideshows, there are a greater number of music tracks available to watch. When switching between horizontal and portrait orientations for better transitions, Apple says that the framing has also been enhanced.


Redesigned Image Picker

In iOS 14, wherever you use iOS to insert a picture into another programme, there is a new image picker. The new version allows you to pick from albums or search for individuals, locations, or photo material, making it easier to find the exact photo you want to use.


Better Zoom

In ‌iOS 14‌ you can use the pinch to zoom feature to zoom much further into photos than was possible in iOS 13, so you can see more of the detail in a photo.

Limited Photos Permissions

If you don't want to give a blanket permission for an app to access your entire camera roll, applications that ask permission to access photos can now be granted access to a restricted number of pictures.


With the limited photos option, you can continually update the photos that are shared with the app, selecting just a couple at a time that you want to upload or edit.


Whenever an app requires permission to use images, you will be asked about restricted access to photos, and you can monitor which apps have access to all your photos, limited photos, or no photos in the Privacy section of the Settings app under 'Photos'.


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