Help and How To | People of Action Photo Editor

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Getting Started

How to use the App - Basic

– Go to https://poaphotos.app or click the Photo App button on the top bar.

– Open a Photo or use a sample.

– Select Templates (the Rotary wheel icon)

– Select which Branch; Rotary, Rotaract, Interact, or the current Rotary Presidential Theme

– Select the People of Action theme

The overlay will be added to your photo where you can reposition and resize the theme.

Good Practice information:

Center the overlay in the image,

Try not to cover faces.

Don’t overpower the image with the theme, the most important thing is to show the content of the photo.

– Once you have the theme where you want it, click the Apply button.

– If you are done editing the image, click Merge. This will combine the layers in the image.

– Click Save. This will download the image to your device.

– To start over, click Open -> Background Image or reload the app (F5).

Other functions that you may want to use before you apply the POA theme:

– Crop

– Rotate

– Filters, change the photo coloring.

To add your Rotary Club logo, click Open -> Overlay Image and select your logo, move and resize the logo, keeping in mind the Good Practice Information above.

General

iOS 11 - High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIC/HEIF)

iOS 11 introduced a default image format when taking pictures, which is HEIC and HEIF.

These images will not work with the POA Photos App. The only file extensions you will be able to upload are jpg, jpeg, and png.

The other option is to disable HEIC if you’re facing problems. This will force iOS to store all images as JPEG. You can disable HEIC from settings > camera > formats.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format

* High-Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF)is a file format for individual images and image sequences. It was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and is defined by MPEG-H Part 12 (ISO/IEC 23008-12). The MPEG group claims that twice as much information can be stored in a HEIF image as in a JPEG image of the same size, resulting in a better quality image.

Photo Editor

Android Mobile

iPhone

Add Your Logo

You may add your logo to the POA Editor in two ways:

Add Image Logo

After you have completed editing your photo and adding the template,

Select Open [icon name=”angle-right” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Overlay Image
Select your logo
Drag and place the logo where you desire.

Add Masterband and Text

After you have completed editing your photo and adding the template,

Select Templates [icon name=”angle-right” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Masterband
Select the appropriate Masterband Signature
Drag and place the logo where you desire.
Click Apply, Close.
Select Text, Add text [icon name=”plus” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]
Change the font to Open Sans Condensed (sans serif)
Click the color choice
Type in your Club name.

Facebook Browser and Saving Images

The Photo App does not work in in-app browsers, including: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. You will be able to edit your photo, but when trying to save and download, you will receive a “Page can’t be loaded” error.

Disable Facebook In-App Browser

By default, Facebook for Android opens the link in the in-app browser.

If you want to open the link in your default browser instead of the in-app browser, then you need to disable Facebook in-app browser and here are the steps:

Open the Facebook app.
Tap Hamburger icon [icon name=”bars” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] at the top.
Hit Settings & Privacy > Settings > Media and Contacts.
Now, you can see “Links open externally” option. Tap on it.

That’s it. The Facebook in-app browser is disabled successfully, and from now on, the link will be opened in your default browser.

In case, if you want to enable Facebook in-app browser, follow the above steps.

Clear Cache & Cookies

Computer

In Chrome

On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top right, click More [icon name=”ellipsis-v” class=”” unprefixed_class=””].
Click More tools [icon name=”angle-right” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Clear browsing data.
At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
Next to “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files,” check the boxes.
Click Clear data.

Learn how to change more cookie settings in Chrome. For example, you can delete cookies for a specific site.

In Safari

In the Safari app [icon name=”safari” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] on your Mac, choose History > Clear History, then click the pop-up menu.
Choose how far back you want your browsing history cleared.

In Firefox

Click the menu button [icon name=”bars” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] and choose Options
Select the Privacy & Security panel.
In the Cookies and Site Data section, click Clear Data
Remove the check mark in front of Cookies and Site Data.
- For more information about managing site data, see Manage local site storage settings.
With Cached Web Content check marked, click the Clear button.
Close the about:preferences page. Any changes you’ve made will automatically be saved.

Android

In the Chrome app

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app .
At the top right, tap More [icon name=”ellipsis-v” class=”” unprefixed_class=””].
Tap History [icon name=”angle-right” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Clear browsing data.
At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
Next to “Cookies and site data” and “Cached images and files,” check the boxes.
Tap Clear data.

Learn how to change more cookie settings in Chrome.

iDevice

To clear your history and cookies, go to Settings > Safari, and tap Clear History and Website Data. Clearing your history, cookies, and browsing data from Safari won’t change your AutoFill information.
To clear your cookies and keep your history, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data, then tap Remove All Website Data.
To visit sites without leaving a history, turn private browsing on or off.

When there’s no history or website data to clear, the setting turns gray. The setting might also be gray if you have web content restrictions set up under Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time.