Viewing photos and videos in Gallery

Reminisce about good times. Use Gallery to view all your photos and videos. View them by time, album, or location. When viewing your photos and videos, the onscreen navigation buttons will be hidden. Tap anywhere on the screen to see Gallery controls and onscreen navigation buttons.

Viewing photos and videos organized by time

Switch to Timeline view when you want to view your photos and videos according to when they were taken.

1. From the Home screen, tap , and then find and tap Gallery.
2. Tap > Timeline to switch to Timeline view.

   You'll then see tab icons for switching between different layouts.

3. Tap to see your photos and videos individually arranged in a feed.
4. Tap to see your photos and videos in a grid layout.
5. Tap to see your photos and videos organized by events.
6. Tap to see your photos and videos organized by year, then tap a month to see the shots you've taken at that time.
7. Tap a photo or video to see it in full screen.

Tip: You can also slide two fingers together or apart on the screen to scroll through the Timeline, feed, grid, and year layouts.

Viewing photos and videos by album

1. From the Home screen, tap , and then find and tap Gallery.
2. Tap > Albums.
3. Tap a tile to open an album.
4. Tap a photo or video to see it in full screen.

Viewing your favorite photos

Easily see all your favorite photos in one place. You can add photos to the My favorites album.

• To add a photo, find and view the photo in full screen, tap the photo, and then tap > Favorite.
• To view these favorite photos, open the My favorites album.
• To remove a photo from the My favorites album, press and hold the thumbnail and then tap Remove.

Showing or hiding albums

Have too many albums cluttering up Gallery? You can choose to show or hide albums.

1. In Gallery, tap > Albums.
2. Tap > Show/hide albums.
3. Choose which albums you'd like to show or hide.

Renaming an album

If you have created albums to organize photos, you can rename these albums.

1. In Gallery, tap > Albums.
2. Press and hold the album that you want to rename.
3. Tap Rename.

Note: Some albums, such as Camera shots and Screenshots, cannot be renamed.

Viewing photos by location

Using Map view, you can view photos according to location.

Important: Only photos with geo-tag info appear on the map.

1. From the Home screen, tap , and then find and tap Gallery.
2. Tap > Locations to switch to Locations view.

   You'll see tiles of photos taken at specific locations, with numbers that indicate how many photos were taken in each location.

3. Tap to display Map view.
4. Zoom out or pan across the map until a numerical location indicator appears.

   The number in the location indicator shows how many photos were taken in that area.

5. Tap the location indicator to see the photos taken in that area.

Tip:

Want to know where you took a particular photo? While viewing the photo in full screen, tap anywhere on the screen, and then tap > Show on map. (Show on map is available when you've enabled Geo-tag photos in Camera.)

Adding location information

Want to specify more than just the city? You can add names of points of interests (POI) to your photos too.

1. In Gallery, tap > Locations.
2. Tap a tile to open it.
3. Swipe to the Places tab.
4. Tap Tap to edit location > Add a new place.
5. Tap a point of interest to add a POI from the list or tap New place to manually enter a new name.
6. Tap Save.

Changing location information

1. In Gallery, tap > Locations.
2. Tap a tile to open it.
3. Swipe to the Places tab.
4. Find the grouping you want to rename, then tap and try one of the following:

   Selecting another POI	Tap Edit location > Tap to edit location. Tap a point of interest or tap New place to manually enter a new name. Tap Save.
   Renaming the location	Tap Rename this place. You'll only see Rename this place if the name is stored on HTC Desire 628 . Enter a new name. Tap Save.

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