How to combine pictures on iPhone and iPad using shortcuts

There are times when it is necessary to combine or join two images side by side to share them on social networks or to compare them. You don't need an app to do this. Next, We show you how to combine images on your iPhone or iPad using shortcuts.

Shortcuts is a built-in automation tool on your iPhone and iPad. Allows you to create automations by joining a series of actions. These can be simple or complex (you can even create shortcuts that use variables).

But you don't need to worry about all that, because you can easily import and use third-party shortcuts that have been created by the community. Think of it like installing a plugin in an app or an extension in a browser.

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“Merge images” is one of those community shortcuts that you can download from the internet. Allows you to combine images from the Photos app horizontally or vertically, or even as a grid. The good thing about this shortcut is that it allows you to define the order of the images, as well as the spacing between them.

If you are new to using shortcuts, you must first enable the untrusted shortcuts feature from the application “Setting”.

Now, open the Merge Image Shortcut Page in the mobile browser of your iPhone or iPad and tap the “Get shortcut”.

This will open the Shortcuts app. You will see a detailed view of the Merge Images shortcut. Here, select the application “Add untrusted shortcut”.

Now, go to tab “My shortcuts” in the app “Shortcuts”.

Tap the shortcut “Merge images”.

First, shortcut will need access to your photo library. In the pop-up window, touch the button “To accept”.

You will be asked to select the photos you want to combine. You can also switch to album view or browse photos. Select the photos you want to merge and tap the “Add”.

The shortcut will now ask you for the order. You can choose from the options “Chronological” O “Reverse chronological”. The chronological order will combine images starting with the oldest image. Reverse chronological order will start with last image first.

Later, enter the space between images (if required). Later, touch the button “Ready”.

Select how you want to combine the images. You can choose from the horizontal options, vertical or grid. For this example, let's go with the option “Merge images horizontally”.

The shortcut will do its job and you will see the resulting image on the screen. If you are satisfied with it, touch the button “Ready”.

You will be asked if you want to save the image in the Photos app. Here, touch the button “Save to camera roll”.

Open the app “Photos” and go to the album “Recent” to find the newly saved merged image.

And that's it, your combined image is ready. You can use the shortcut to combine more images.

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Normally, you must use the Shortcuts app to start a shortcut. But did you know that you can launch shortcuts by simply tapping on the back of your iPhone?

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