Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Create an Animated Photo in Gallery App in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Gallery app in Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge has a feature called animate which will let you put some photos together and then turn them into a gif animated photo, in other words, this feature lets you create a beautiful photo animation from some static photos .

How to create an animated photo in the Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the Gallery app.
2. Tap the album where photos you want to turn into an animated photo are saved in.
3. Select the required photos you want to create as an animated photo. 
4. Tap More at the top right and then select Animate.
   
   
5. You'll be brought to the screen where you can edit your animated photo. Here, you can do the following actions:
   
   • Remove a photo from the animated photo: tap in the required photo you want to remove.
     
     
   • Add more photos to the animated photo: tap and then select the required photos you want to add.
     
     
   • Rearrange photos within the animated photo: drag and drop photos to rearrange their order.
     
     
6. By default, your phone will use default ratio for your animated photo. But, you can change it when needed by tapping Ratio and then select the required ratio you want to use. There are 6 options available:  (it's the default ratio and selected by default), 1:1 ,4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16.
   
   
7. If needed, you can adjust the speed of your animated photo by tapping Speed and then select the required speed you want to use.
   
   
8. You can review your animated photo before saving it by tapping  . If you're satisfied with the result, tap Save button to save your animated photo as .gif file.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Create a Photo Collage in Gallery App in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

When you want to share some great photos to your family and friend via social media but you have limited data and time, you can save yourself from this problem by using the photo collage feature in the Gallery app in your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to put some photos together into a beautiful photo collage so you can share multiple photos at once.


How to create a photo collage in the Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the Gallery app.
2. Tap an album where photos you want to collage are saved in.
3. Select the required photos you want to collage. 
4. Tap More at the top right and then select Collage.
   
   
5. If needed, you can add more photos to your collage by tapping Add and then select photos you want to add. Tap Done button to add the selected photos to the collage.
   
   

   You can add up to 6 photos in a single collage. If you have added 6 photos, the option to add more photos will be unavailable.

6. If needed, you can change the aspect ratio of your collage by tapping Aspect ratio and then select 1:1(it's selected by default) or 9:16.
   
   
7. If needed, you can change the layout of your collage by tapping Layout and then select the required layout you want to use.
   
   

   Alternatively, you can do so by tapping Shuffle to have your phone changes the layout randomly.

8. If needed, you can change the border of your collage by tapping Border and then slide the adjustment bar next to to adjust the curvature of the corners of the selected cell(slide the bar to the right to get more rounded corner), or slide the adjustment bar next to to adjust the space between cells of your photo collage(slide the bar to the right to get a wider span).
   
   
9. If needed, you can change the background of your collage by tapping Background and then select the required background you want to use.
   
   
10. To rearrange photos within your photo collage without changing the layout, tap and hold a photo in a cell and then drag it to other cell.
    
    
11. If needed, you can do some changes for each photo in your collage by tapping the required cell and then use available options:
    
    • : tap this option to change the photo in the selected cell with other photo.
    • : tap this option to delete the photo in the selected cell. This will give you a chance to add another photo to the cell.
    • : tap this option to apply an effect to the photo in the selected cell. You can select the required effect and then tap Apply button to apply your selection.
    • : tap this option to make some adjustments to the photo in the selected cell, e.g., crop the photo, rotate the photo, flip the photo horizontally or vertically, and change the photo ratio. Once done, tap Apply button to apply your selection.
    
12. If you're satisfied with the result, tap Save button to save your collage.
    
    

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Change Lock Screen Wallpaper in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Aside from securing your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge from unauthorised users, you can use lock screen to have a different looks or beautify your phone by changing its background image to another default wallpapers or your own image.


How to change the lock screen wallpaper?
As the example, we'll do so by using three different methods: from the home screen, from the settings menu, and from the Gallery app.

Method #1: From the home screen
You can change the background image of the lock screen from a home screen panel by using the following steps:

1. On the home screen, pinch the screen using two fingers or long tap on an empty area to go to the edit screen.
2. Tap Wallpapers button at the bottom of the screen to go to the wallpaper menu.
   
   
3. Tap the drop down box at the top of the screen and then select Lock screen.
   
   
4. To use your own picture as the lock screen wallpaper, do as follows:
• Tap the From Gallery thumbnail at the bottom left corner of the screen.
  
  
• Select the required image you want to use and then tap the Done button at the top right.
  
  
• Tap the Set as wallpaper button to set the selected image as the lock screen wallpaper.
  
  
5. To use other pre-loaded wallpaper as the lock screen wallpaper, do as follows:
• Swipe the bottom of the screen that displays the wallpaper thumbnails to the left to view available pre-loaded wallpapers.
  
  
• Tap the required thumbnail of a pre-loaded wallpaper you want to use and then tap the Set as wallpaper button to set the selected wallpaper as the lock screen wallpaper.
  
  

Method #2: From the settings menu
You can change the background image of the lock screen from the settings menu by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down the screen to find Wallpaper and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap the drop down box at the top of the screen and then select Lock screen.
   
   
4. To use your own picture as the lock screen wallpaper, do as follows:
• Tap the From Gallery thumbnail at the bottom left corner of the screen.
  
  
• Select the required image you want to use and then tap the Done button at the top right.
  
  
• Tap the Set as wallpaper button to set the selected image as the lock screen wallpaper.
  
  
5. To use other pre-loaded wallpaper as the lock screen wallpaper, do as follows:
• Swipe the bottom of the screen that displays the wallpaper thumbnails to the left to view available pre-loaded wallpapers.
  
  
• Tap the required thumbnail of a pre-loaded wallpaper you want to use and then tap the Set as wallpaper button to set the selected wallpaper as the lock screen wallpaper.
  
  

Method #3: From the Gallery app
You can use the following steps to easily set any image saved in your phone as the lock screen wallpaper:

1. Open the Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then select the required image you want to use as the lock screen wallpaper.
3. Tap More at the top right and then select Set as wallpaper.
   
   
4. Tap Lock screen.
   
   
5. Tap the Set as wallpaper button to set the selected image as the lock screen wallpaper.