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Take and edit photos or videos in Messages on iPad

You can capture photos and videos directly in the Messages app. You can also modify the photos and videos before you send them by editing the image, marking it up, or adding effects.

Note: Your carrier may set size limits for attachments; iPad may compress photo and video attachments when necessary.

Photo editing within Messages.

Take and edit a new photo or video

  1. Go to the Messages app on your iPad.

  2. Open a conversation or start a new message, tap the Apps button, then tap Camera.

  3. To change the camera mode, tap Slo-Mo, Video, Photo, Square, or Pano. (You may have to swipe up or down.)

  4. To add camera effects to your photo or video—such as filters, stickers, labels, and shapes—tap the Effects button, then tap a button, such as the Filters button or the Memoji button. Choose an option, then tap the Close button to add the effect to your image.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • Take a photo: Frame the shot in the viewfinder, then tap the Take Picture button.

    • Take a video: Tap the Record Video button to begin recording and the Stop Recording Video button to stop.

  6. Tap Done to add the photo or video to the message bubble, add a comment, then tap the Send button to send your message. (Or just tap the Send button to send the photo or video without adding a message.)

You can also send a photo or video with a Digital Touch effect or record a video message in the FaceTime app.

Note: You can have your (or a family member’s) iPad receive warnings about sensitive content and warn you before it’s sent or received. See Receive warnings about sensitive content or Turn on checking for sensitive images and videos in communications on a family member’s iPad.

Add and edit an existing photo

You can edit or mark up an existing image from your photo library before you send it in a Messages conversation.

  1. Go to the Messages app on your iPad.

  2. Open a conversation or start a new message, tap the Apps button, then tap Photos.

  3. Swipe up to search, browse through all photos, or change albums, then tap the images you want to send.

  4. To alter a photo, tap the photo in the message bubble, then do any of the following:

  5. Add a comment (optional), then tap the Send button to send the photo.

To remove a photo or video from the message bubble before sending it, tap the Remove Photo button.

Note: Attachments you send over iMessage (such as photos or videos) may be uploaded to Apple and encrypted so that no one but the sender and receiver can access them. To improve performance, your iPad may automatically upload attachments to Apple while you’re composing a message. If you decide not to send your message, the attachments are deleted from the server after several days.

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