To add images to a "Combine Images" shortcut on your iPhone, you typically build the shortcut to first select the images you want and then pass those selections to the combine action.
Creating a shortcut to combine images involves adding specific actions that handle both the selection and the combination process. The essential steps involve using the Select Photos action to choose the images and the Combine Images action to perform the merging.
Here's a breakdown of the process, integrating the steps from the provided reference:
Steps to Create and Use the Combine Images Shortcut
Building this shortcut in the Shortcuts app allows you to quickly select and merge multiple photos into a single image.
- Open the Shortcuts App
- Find the Shortcuts app on your iPhone and tap to open it.
- Create a New Shortcut
- In the Shortcuts app, tap the '+' icon located at the top right corner of the screen. This action initiates the creation of a new, blank shortcut.
- Choose Images
- You need an action that lets you pick which images to combine each time you run the shortcut.
- Search for "Select Photos" in the action library and add it to your shortcut. This action's purpose is to prompt you to choose images from your photo library when the shortcut is run. You can often configure this action to allow selecting multiple items.
- Combine Images
- Once you have the action to select photos, you need the action that performs the combination.
- Search for the "Combine Images" action and add it after the "Select Photos" action. The Shortcuts app is designed to automatically pass the output of one action (the selected photos) as the input to the next action ("Combine Images").
- The "Combine Images" action offers options such as:
- Arrangement: Combine them side-by-side (horizontally) or stacked (vertically).
- Spacing: Add space between the images.
- Alignment: How the images are aligned when combined.
Running the Shortcut
Once the "Select Photos" action is followed by the "Combine Images" action in your shortcut workflow, running the shortcut will first ask you to select the images you want to combine. After you make your selection, the "Combine Images" action will automatically take those chosen photos and merge them based on the settings you've configured within that action.
This setup ensures that each time you run the shortcut, you can dynamically "add" (select) different images to be combined.
Example Workflow:
- Action 1: Select Photos (Allows multiple)
- Action 2: Combine Images (Configured to combine vertically with 10pt spacing)
- Action 3: Save to Photo Album (Optional, to save the resulting image)
This sequence effectively answers "How to add images to combine images shortcut?" by showing that the images are added to the workflow via the "Select Photos" action, which then feeds into the "Combine Images" action.
