TakeSmith Support

Getting started

Open TakeSmith, tap Create Project, and choose a video or Live Photo from the Apple Photos picker. TakeSmith creates a project package from the media you selected so you can return to your chosen moment, export settings, metadata mode, and export history.

Features vary by app version. Versions with the Select, Edit, and Export workflow also keep supported adjustments and edit history in the project. In version 1.1.0, Edit offers HDR, Color, Crop, and Suggested Edits. Previous edits in the Edit footer previews and reopens the latest saved edit; Recent Exports is on Projects.

Projects and iCloud

TakeSmith stores project packages in your Apple iCloud storage when iCloud is available. If iCloud is unavailable, the app uses local app storage as a fallback. On devices signed in to the same Apple Account with iCloud available, iCloud-backed project packages can return after deleting and reinstalling the app. Keep independent copies of important media.

Deleting a project removes its package, including its copied media and saved work. It does not delete original Photos assets, saved exports, or copies shared to other apps. Manage those copies separately.

Photo library access

Photos access lets you browse and select permitted source media and save exports. Limited access restricts the media available to the app. Apple may download iCloud Photos resources when you browse or import them. The app does not analyze your library in the background.

Exports save to Photos when you choose Save. In version 1.1.0, Instagram feed and TikTok sharing also save a JPEG copy to Photos before opening the destination app. You can manage TakeSmith's Photos permission in iOS Settings.

Metadata controls

Preview Export lets you choose how much metadata to include:

• Preserve keeps supported capture metadata when available.
• Social Safe removes embedded precise location while keeping supported date, camera, and other non-location metadata.
• No Metadata saves without embedded capture metadata.

These settings do not erase source metadata, project data, or information visible in an image or Capture Card. Map previews may still request the area around a source capture location from Apple, even with Social Safe or No Metadata selected. See the Privacy Policy for details.

Sharing exports

In versions with Instagram integration, feed sharing saves a JPEG copy to Photos before opening Instagram. That copy remains even if you cancel posting. Story sharing uses a temporary image on the local pasteboard. You finish posting in Instagram; opening it does not confirm publication.

In version 1.1.0, TikTok sharing uses TikTok Share Kit to hand off a JPEG saved to Photos. The Photos copy remains if you cancel posting. WhatsApp uses the iOS share sheet, and unavailable integrations may fall back to native sharing. You finish posting in the receiving app, which controls supported formats, recipients, and any changes to image quality or metadata.

Purchases

TakeSmith 1.1.0 does not include subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Contact

Email info@webbori.com for help with TakeSmith or for privacy questions.