---
title: "PicWay creator review guide: a demo you can follow"
description: "A step-by-step PicWay demo for reviews. Swipe to organize, Life photos only, Live Photo collages, video to Live Photo, compression, and the Share menu."
url: "https://picway.app/creator-review-guide/"
lang: "en"
type: "pages"
updated: "2026-11-01"
published: "2026-11-01"
keywords: "PicWay review"
---

# PicWay creator review guide: a demo you can follow

URL: https://picway.app/creator-review-guide/
Markdown: https://picway.app/creator-review-guide/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

This guide is a PicWay demo you can follow on your own iPhone or iPad. It covers six things in order. Swipe to organize, the Life view that hides screenshots and documents, a moving Live Photo collage, turning a video into a Live Photo, Standard and Strong video compression, and starting from the Share menu. Button names match the English app.

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## Before you start {#before-you-start}

- You need iOS 17.0 or later, on iPhone or iPad.
- Use your own photos, or a test library with some Live Photos, a few screenshots, and a video or two. Please don’t show other people’s private photos.
- Every step below works on the device. Nothing in this demo deletes a photo without a confirmation from iOS.

## 1. Swipe to organize {#swipe}

1. On the **Memories** tab, open a memory such as **On This Day** to start a review.
2. Swipe right to **Keep**, left to **Set aside**, and up to **Favorite**.
3. Show that set-aside photos are still in the library. Nothing is deleted until you review them on the **Set aside** page and iOS asks you to confirm. Deleted photos go to Recently Deleted for 30 days.

What to point out: you decide photo by photo, and deleting always takes a second look.

## 2. Life photos only {#life-photos}

1. Open the **Photos** tab. In the **All | Life** switch at the top, tap **Life**.
2. Screenshots, screen recordings, animated images, and saved images whose text looks like a receipt, ID, or document are hidden. A bar at the top says how many, for example “**12 screenshots and documents hidden**”, with **Show** next to it.
3. Switch back to **All** to show nothing was deleted.

What to point out: it judges from the photo’s own information and the text in saved images. Camera photos are never hidden for their text, and when PicWay isn’t sure, the photo stays in Life.

## 3. A Live Photo collage that moves {#collage}

1. On the **Memories** tab, tap **Collage**, choose a few Live Photos, then tap **Add**. A collage holds up to 20 photos, or up to 30 in **Long strip**.
2. Choose how it moves: **All at once**, **One by one** (needs at least two Live Photos), or **Spotlight**.
3. Tap **Export**, choose **Live Photo**, then **Save to Photos**. Touch and hold it in Photos to play it.

## 4. Turn a video into a Live Photo {#video-to-live}

1. In the library, touch and hold a video and choose **Make Live Photo**.
2. Drag the selection to the seconds you want (3.9 seconds by default), or tap **No Time Limit**. You can also change the speed and pick a cover.
3. Save it. It goes to the **PicWay Conversions** album.

## 5. Compress a video, two levels {#compress}

1. On the **Memories** tab, tap **Compress**, pick a video, then tap **Compress**.
2. **Standard compression** is the default: the change in quality is hard to see. Tap the level on the card to switch to **Strong compression**, which shrinks it further.
3. When it’s done, tap **Compare** to see both versions side by side. Space is freed only after you delete the original and iOS confirms. Tap **Put back** to keep the original instead.

Show the comparison on screen and let viewers judge the difference for themselves.

## 6. Start from the Share menu {#share-menu}

1. In Apple’s Photos app, select some photos, tap Share, and scroll to **Collage** (2 to 30 photos: up to 20 in standard ratios, up to 30 in **Long strip**).
2. Select one video and choose **Live Photo**, or select photos or videos and choose **Compress**.
3. PicWay opens on that screen with your selection ready.

## Facts you can quote {#facts}

- iOS 17.0 or later, iPhone and iPad, 8 languages. See the [requirements page](https://picway.app/specs/).
- The privacy facts are on the [privacy page](https://picway.app/privacy/).
- Icons and descriptions are in the [press kit](https://picway.app/press/).