Windows 10: Photos app for Windows 11 insiders adds Slideshow, Timeline Scrollbar and Spot Fix

Microsoft has updated the Photos app for Windows 11 insiders with some fixes and a couple of features. The slideshow and time scrollbar options are back.

Microsoft brings Slideshow support to Photos app


The Redmond Company acknowledged the much requested feature from its users to bring Slideshow to the Photos app in Windows 11. The option allows you to sit back and relax, while the app plays a slideshow of your images.



The Photos app has some transition styles and animations that it uses randomly while playing your slideshow. There are three ways to start a slideshow in the Photos app. You may press the F5 key to start it while in a folder, or you can select specific photos to only include them in the slideshow. Alternatively, you can hit F5 while viewing an image or right-click on a photo and select slideshow.



The slideshow viewer has some basic playback controls such as pause/play, a restart slideshow button, a full screen toggle and a volume button. Clicking the volume button mutes the audio, while hovering over the icon brings the volume slider into view.



The Slideshow viewer in the Photos app has a musical note button that houses toggles for animations, transitions, auto loop, and music. The app comes with 25 music soundtracks in various genres. You can view the previous or next image by clicking the arrow buttons on either edge of the screen, or by using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.

Timeline Scrollbar


The Timeline Scrollbar is another returning feature that was requested by the community. As the name suggests, it allows you to browse your Photo library based on the year and month the images were captured. The feature supports the following views: All Photos, OneDrive and iCloud Photos.



The Timeline Scrollbar appears near the right edge of the screen, like a regular scroll bar. You can mouse over it to view specific months in the timeline, and click on it to jump to the selection.

Spot Fix


The Photos app's Spot Fix feature can be used to remove unwanted portions in your photo. The option is available under the Retouch section in the built-in image editor. To use it click (or tap) on a spot or blemish in a photo, and it will apply the effect to the selected area. You can modify the size of the Spot Fix brush using the slider.



Other notable changes in Photos


You no longer have to install the Auto Enhance add-on (93 MB), it is now bundled in the Photos app. The app now lets you drag and drop to select import pictures from external devices. The Quick Toggle option can be used to confirm the file selection. To select multiple consecutive photos at once, hold down Shift while clicking on images. Holding down Ctrl allows you to pick non-consecutive photos.

The Photos app now lets you paste an image directly into Outlook and Teams (as an inline picture), instead of attaching it. Photos that you have hidden on iCloud will no longer be displayed in the gallery. Video playback should now work correctly and play the audio instead of muting it.

The announcement says that the new features are available in Photos app version 2023.11050.2013.0 or higher for users who have the Canary or Dev Channel of Windows 11. You can update to the new version of the app from the Microsoft Store.

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The Timeline bar on the Photo app is too hard for me to use.

Due to my disability, sometimes it's difficult for me to click on tiny buttons and very thin scrollbars. The current Windows update replaces MY scrollbar with a very thin "timeline." This makes it hard for me to click on.

Also, I prefer scrolling through instead of immediately going to a certain spot.

I suggest an option that lets users choose which one they want to use: the timeline or the WINDOWS scrollbar. I wrote WINDOWS scrollbar because it can be customizable.

Please consider my suggestion.

Thank you.

EDIT: I just discovered I can use my ONSCREEN keyboard to scroll through. I can deal with that but it still would be nice if I can get the WINDOWS scrollbar back.

 

Photos slideshow

Hi Michael,



Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



I understand the inconvenience that you are unable view the photos in slideshow as it repeats after few photos and need to know “How can I change this to show a continuous and non-repeating slideshow?”. We will help you to
resolve this issue.



Please let us know,

• 
  Where does the photos folder located?
  
• 
  Did you try to change the folder location and check?
  

I suggest you to follow the below steps:

Step 1: If the photos folder is located on the desktop, try to create another folder and copy all the content to the newly created folder and add this folder for slideshow and check.



Step 2: Try to create new folder if different location and copy all the content to the newly created folder in different location and add this folder for slideshow and check.



Hope it helps. Please perform the above methods and update the status of this issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Windows 11 Photos (spot fix)

The Windows 11 Photos App eliminated Red Eye and Spot fix.

When I edit a photo, the 3 most useful features are Crop, Red Eye removal and Spot fix and you eliminated 2 of the 3 most useful features.

Why? I am very unhappy. I now have to use a different application to edit my photos.

Please put red eye and spot fix back!