How to Use Photographic Styles on iPhone 13 and 13 Pro

Photographic styles is a new feature exclusive to the iPhone 13 range. It allows you to customize the look of your photos by selecting one of the five presets available in the Camera app. The configurations combine various Your and Heat settings allowing you to take spectacular photos!

iPhone 13 Photographic Styles

iOS 15 allows five preset shooting configurations for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro:

• 1. Standard style (tone: 0 | Heat: 0)

  This is the default realistic appearance that is naturally produced by the iPhone’s camera. It’s balanced, which means the tone and heat have 0 settings.

• 2. Rich contrast style (tone: -50 | Warmth: 0)

  This setup favors darker shadows, richer colors, and stronger contrast. It is recommended if you want to achieve a dramatic look.

• 3. Vibrating style (tone: +50 | Heat: 0)

  A preset that promotes wonderfully bright and vivid colors. You should use it if you want to create a shiny yet natural look.

• 4. Warm style (tone: 0 | Warmth: +50)

  This photographic style for iPhone 13 adds a warm look to your photo with the help of golden undertones.

• 5. Cool style (tone: 0 | Heat: -50)

  If you want to get chilled photos from your iPhone 13’s camera, you have to choose this preset which uses blue undertones.

How to define a photographic style

The first time you open the Camera app after setting up your iPhone 13 or iPhone 13 Pro, you are prompted for new photographic styles. You can press Choose the style and browse through the five available presets or opt for Configure later

If you were in a hurry and skipped the start screen, you can activate Photo Styles from the camera home screen:

Tap the overlapping sheets icon available in the upper right corner next to the Live Photo icon (in Portrait orientation).

Swipe left or right to cycle through the five available styles.

Tap the same Photo Styles icon to close options view, when you’re done choosing.

How to change photographic styles

You can also modify the predefined styles. In the photo style selection window, long press TONE or WARMTH. Slide your finger left or right to increase or decrease the values.

Made: If you go too far in one direction, the style name changes because you hit a value that matches one of the other presets.

Are you using photographic styles on your iPhone 13? What do you think of this new feature? You have questions ? Use the comments section to share your comments.

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