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The iPhone is equipped with various photo modes featuring different aspect ratios. If you're unfamiliar with setting up square photo mode, follow the article below.
1. Capture Square Photos Using the Camera
For iPhone and iPad devices, photo modes are often hidden to maximize screen space for other areas.
Step 1: Open the Camera app on your phone.
Step 2: Next, tap on the More (Arrow) icon to view all the photo capture modes.
Step 3: Then, tap on the 4:3 icon. On iPhone and iPad, 4:3 is the aspect ratio Apple defaults to, but we will adjust it to 1:1 later.
Step 4: After tapping on the 4:3 icon, you'll see a range of different photo capture modes appear.
Here, choose the Square mode to capture photos.
2. How to crop a photo into a square shape after capturing
If you forget to switch to the square photo mode while capturing, don't worry. You can intervene using the Edit feature in Photos.
Step 1: Open the image you want to crop into a square shape and select the Edit option.
Step 2: In photo editing mode, select Edit Rotate/ Crop.
Step 3: To crop the photo into a square shape, choose the Crop tool in the top right corner of the screen.
Step 4: In photo cropping mode, simply select the 1:1 crop ratio, and the image will turn into a square. Then, you can move the image to select the content for the frame.
Step 5: Select Done to save the image to your phone and finish the process.
In this article, Software Tricks guides you on how to capture square photos and crop images into a square shape on iPhone and iPad. Wishing you all a joyful day!
