Photos hub
The photos you've taken or videos you've recorded with your phone are saved to the Photos hub, where you can browse and view them.
To find your photos and videos easily, mark your favorites, or organize them into albums.
View photos
Relive those important moments – view the photos on your phone. Tap Photos.
1. To view a photo you've taken, tap Camera Roll and the photo.
2. To view the next photo, swipe left. To view the previous photo, swipe right. Zoom in or out
Place 2 fingers on the screen, and slide your fingers together or apart.
Tip: To quickly zoom in or zoom back out, tap the photo twice. Mark a photo as a favorite
Would you like to find your best shots quickly and easily? Mark them as favorites, and see them in the favorites view in the Photos hub.
1. Tap Photos > albums, and browse to the photo.
If the photo is in an online album, save it to your phone first. Tap > save to phone.
2. Tap > add to favorites.
Tip: To quickly mark several photos as favorites, select the album where the photos are, tap
View your favorites
In the Photos hub, swipe to favorites.
Upload photos and videos to the web
Want to upload your photos and videos to a social networking service for your friends and family to see? You can do that directly from the Photos hub.
1. Tap Photos, and browse to a photo or video. 2. Tap > share... and the service.
3. Tap or .
Tip: To select several photos at once, in the Photos hub, tap the album and , select the photos,
and tap .
Tip: To access your photos from all your devices, you can set up uploading to SkyDrive. The
SkyDrive album is then available in the Photos hub when you view your photos. To set up the feature, on the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings. Swipe to
applications, tap photos+camera > SkyDrive, and select an option. Change the background in the Photos hub
Have a superb shot that makes you feel good every time you look at it? Set it as the background of the Photos hub.
1. Tap Photos.
2. Tap > choose background.
3. Select the photo, and tap .
Tip: You can also set your phone to periodically change the photo automatically. Tap >
Create an album
To easily find photos of an occasion, a person, or a trip, organize your photos into albums according to subject, for example.
If your computer is a Mac, install the Windows Phone app from the Mac App Store.
1. Connect your phone to a compatible computer with a compatible USB cable.
2. On your computer, open a file manager, such as Windows Explorer or Finder, and browse to the
folder for photos.
3. Add a new folder, give it a name, and add photos to the folder.
The folder appears as an album in the albums view on your phone.
Tip: If your computer's operating system is Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can also use the
Windows Phone app. With Windows 7, you can download it from www.windowsphone.com.
Delete an album
When you delete an album from the phone, the photos in that album are also deleted. If you've copied the album to your computer, the album and the photos in it remain on your computer.
Tap Photos > albums. Tap and hold an album, and tap delete. You cannot delete online albums from your phone.
Copy your photos to your computer
Have you taken photos with your phone that you'd like to copy to your computer? Use your computer's file manager to copy or move your photos.
If your computer is a Mac, install the Nokia Photo Transfer for Mac app from www.nokia.com.
1. Connect your phone to a compatible computer with a compatible USB cable.
2. On your computer, open a file manager, such as Windows Explorer or Finder, and browse to your
phone.
Tip: Your phone is shown under portable devices as Windows Phone. To see the folders of your
phone, double-click the name of the phone. There are separate folders for documents, music, photos, ringtones, and videos.
3. Open the folder for photos, and select and copy the photos to your computer.
Tip: If your computer's operating system is Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can also use the
Windows Phone app. With Windows 7, you can download it from www.windowsphone.com.
Edit a photo
You can do quick edits, such as rotate and crop, to the photos you have taken. Or use auto-fix to let your phone fix your photo with just one simple tap.
1. Tap Photos > albums.
2. Tap a photo, and tap > edit and an option.
Tip: If you have downloaded photo editing apps from Store, they are listed here as editing
Show your photos on your friend's screen
Want to show your best shots to your friends? Use the PhotoBeamer mobile projector, and show your photos on your friend's screen, without any wires.
1. On the device you want to use to show the photos, go to https://www.photobeamer.com (in
English).
2. On the start screen of your phone, swipe left, and tap PhotoBeamer. 3. Tap the photo you want to show on the screen.
4. On the PhotoBeamer web page, scan the QR code with your phone.