If you’re like most people, you probably take photos of things in your life with your iPhone’s camera. But if you’re like me, you probably don’t take photos with a straight edge. That’s because when you take a photo with a straight edge, the camera tries to make the photo look like it’s been taken from a certain angle. It can make the photo look crooked or even fake. But there’s an easy way to fix this problem in iOS’ Camera, and it’s called “grid.” To enable grid in your Camera, open up the Camera app and select “Settings.” Then under “General,” select “Grid.” Now every time you take a photo, the camera will try to make the photo look like it was taken from a certain angle using grid.
If you like to use your iPhone’s camera for than mere selfies and portraits, then you probably want to make sure you frame everything as straight as possible. This is much easier if you enable iOS’ camera grid.
A grid is a fairly typical feature on most digital cameras and phones. It simply overlays a grid over the top of the display, which then lets you better line up your photos so they’re straight, thus saving you time later straightening them in post-processing (if you even get around to that).
For example, if you want to take a photo of a sweeping vista with a distant horizon line, it can often be difficult to get it lined up perfectly straight. With a grid enabled, however, you can align up the horizon with one of the grid’s lines, guaranteeing a straight photo.
Unfortunately, turning the grid on and off in iOS isn’t exactly intuitive. In fact, it’s kind of inconvenient, since it isn’t even in the Camera app itself–it’s in iOS’ Settings.
To start, open the Settings app and scroll down to Photos & Camera.
Tap into the Photos & Camera settings, thenscroll down to the Camera section and tap on the Grid switch.
Now just exit the settings, open the camera app, and you will now have a simple 3×3 grid that allows for easier framing.
If you decide later you would rather not use the grid, then simply repeat the steps above and turn it off.
Suffice to say, it would be nice to be able to just enable or disable the grid on your iPhone with a simple button press from the actual Camera app. This is one of those things that is oddly harder than necessary, but at least the feature exists, and you can kiss crooked photos goodbye.
