Droid X: The Missing Manual

Editing Photos, Sharing Photos, and More

You can do a lot more with photos on the Droid X than just view them or create slideshows with them. You can use a surprisingly powerful built-in photo editing tool, share photos with others, and more. To do any of this, when you’ve viewing a photo, press the Menu key, and you’ll find these options:

• Camera. Launches the Camera app so you can take photos. See Taking Still Photos for details.

• Quick Upload. If you share photos with others via a social networking site such as Facebook, or use an online photo service such as Photobucket or Picasa, you can upload photos to it using this option. If you haven’t yet set up the service to work with your Droid X, you’ll have to do that. Just follow the instructions on the website. When you choose this option, the entire album of photos you’re viewing will be uploaded, not just one.

  Tip

  When you’re in the Gallery looking at a collection of photos, hold your finger on a photo, and you come to a screen that has all these same options.

• Share. Here’s another way to share photos with others. Unlike the Quick Upload option, this one shares only the photo you’re currently viewing. You can share it in many different ways, including email, a Bluetooth connection, social networking sites, and photo-sharing sites. Tap the sharing method you want, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

• Edit. When you use the Droid X, ...