Starting today, users on OneDrive can crop, rotate, and
adjust the light and colour on their photos directly from OneDrive.
Apart from the photo editing features that was announced today
in blog posts, OneDrive is also
launching new ways to organise and view your photos on the OneDrive Android
app.
Microsoft stipulates that this feature will not work on RAW
files and is only supported on JPEGs and PNGs.
Light adjustments feature basic functions, like brightness,
exposure, contrast, highlights, and shadows, while color can be modified with
saturation, warmth, and tint sliders. Once finished, users can also preview the
before and after by tapping and holding the cursor on the image.
Microsoft explains that the edited photo can be saved either
as a new file or it can overwrite the original. However, if users accidentally
choose to overwrite, the action can be reversed with the use of version
history.
These editing features have been introduced to OneDrive for
Web and OneDrive for Android but the company expects to bring them to OneDrive
for iOS later this year. The editing features are available for OneDrive
personal accounts, with OneDrive for work and school accounts to follow later
this summer.
An additional feature introduced in this update includes
Chromecast compatibility, which allows users to cast their images and videos to
their TV. To do this, users have to connect their phone to a Chromecast-enabled
device, open the OneDrive for Android app, and tap on the upper right corner of
the OneDrive home tab.
This feature will automatically add images from each
corresponding source to their respective folders. Users will also be able to
organize and group images by date. Microsoft expects to ship its feature within
the next two months on OneDrive for Android.
However, users can already access file filter options that
show images from particular folders. This new option can be found in the top
right of the Photos tab on OneDrive for Android and the photos area on OneDrive
for Web.
These updates are a part of series of new enhancements that
the company is set to deliver over the next year. Microsoft also points out
that the company still remains committed to securing users’ privacy and doesn’t
scan any photos, files, or personal content to target ads to users nor does it
share data without permission.