Photos is primarily designed to work with OneDrive, giving access to all the photos previously uploaded from other PCs and connected devices. (OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud based storage tool).

If the app is already there, it will probably be displaying some personal images if you have already added to some to the Pictures folder or if photos have been uploaded to your OneDrive account. If you can’t see it, you can search for ‘Photos’ in the search box at the bottom. The Photos app should be on the Start menu (click on the Windows icon at the bottom left of the screen) as a tile with a blue background (it’s the tile in the top right corner in this example).

Built-in video editor for light editing.

A share button to send images and videos directly from within the app and upload them to cloud services (storage that is not on your device).

Has a search box so you can find your images.

You can bring in (import) photos from other devices such as cameras, smartphones, etc.

The picture viewer is in a familiar Microsoft format.

You can save edits to the master file or save an edited copy of the file.

Editing tasks like cropping, adjusting and annotating are simple.

No need to install the app as it is already in Windows 10.

Key features and benefits of the Windows 10 Photos app You can use it to make quick edits to photos ensuring your snaps look better than ever. In this guide, we’ve used the free Windows 10 built-in Photos App which makes it easy to organise, find and share digital photos. Editing photos and videos using the Windows Photos appīefore you can begin, you’ll need a photo software program. Below we’ll run through some of the ways you can use the software to do both. With today’s digital photography software, it’s very easy to edit your photos, whether your goal is to correct mistakes or add a creative flourish.

Using microsoft photos to edit video