Edit Photos on the iPad

In the dark, badly cropped days before there were apps, you couldn’t do much besides view the digital pictures you snapped, downloaded, or received on your mobile gadget. It was a “look, don’t retouch” approach to photos. Thankfully, things have changed.

Need to chop out that goofy guy off to the side in your Mount Rushmore photo? Want to lighten the exposure of that party shot so you can see the birthday girl’s face? With the iPad’s built-in editor or the growing collection of photo-editing programs in the App Store, you can improve your photos right on your iPad.

And best of all, once you’re done, you can share them online, send them to other people by email, or (if you have a second-generation or later Apple TV) proudly beam the fruits of your labor right onto your TV using AirPlay.