How to Draw on an iPhone Photo

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: February 26, 2023 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to add drawings to an iPhone photo using the Photos app.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone's Photos. Photos is the multicolored pinwheel icon on the Home Screen.
2
Tap an album. You should have several albums listed here, one of which will be "All Photos".
- If Photos doesn't open to the Albums page, tap Albums in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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3
Select a photo to edit.
4
Tap the slider button. It's at the bottom of the screen.
5
Tap .... You'll find it in the bottom right corner of the screen.
6
Tap Markup. Markup is a program that allows you to add drawings to your photos.
7
Tap the pencil icon. It's on the far left side of the row of options at the bottom of the screen.
8
Draw on your photo. To do so, you'll tap and drag your finger over your photo.
- You can change the draw color by tapping one of the colored circles above the pencil icon.
- You can also change the width of the drawing line by tapping the three horizontal lines to the right of the colored circles and then tapping the dot that relates to your preferred size.
- Tapping the Back arrow in the bottom right corner of the page will undo your last drawing.
- The buttons to the right of the pencil icon will let you magnify text or add text (from left to right).
9
Tap Done. It's in the top right corner of your screen.
10
Tap Done in the bottom right corner of your screen. Doing so will save your photo drawings.

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Community Q&A

Question

How to do this on a Mac desktop?

Community Answer

First, double click on a picture. Then, click the marker icon. You then can draw.

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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 79,213 times.

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Updated: February 26, 2023

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Categories: IPhone

Article SummaryX

1. Open a photo in Photos.
2. Tap the slider button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap ...
4. Tap Markup.
5. Tap the pencil icon.
6. Tap and drag your finger across the photo to draw on it.
7. Tap Done twice.

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