How to put an object in front of a landscape photo on iPhone

To put an object in front of a landscape on iPhone, compose it over the live camera view (or an imported photo) and press the shutter once. Ifscape does this with glass-made objects, so the scenery stays visible through them and the result is a single, ordinary photo.

Three ways to do it

• AR placement apps: they anchor a 3D model to a surface your phone detects. Good for furniture or characters in a room; the object follows the real space.
• Editing afterwards: you take the photo first, then cut out and paste an object in an editor. Flexible, but you do not see the final composition while you shoot.
• Composing on the live view: you place the object on the camera preview and capture both together. This is how Ifscape works, so you frame the scene and the object at the same time.

How to do it with Ifscape

1. Open the camera or import a photo: Point Ifscape at the landscape, or import a photo from your library.
2. Choose a glass object: Pick a glass clock, color card, text, ink or sticker from the style bar.
3. Place it: Drag, pinch and rotate the object until it sits where you want it in front of the scene.
4. Tap the shutter: Ifscape saves one photo that contains both the scenery and the object.

Why glass objects

Ifscape’s origin is a simple idea: if an object is made on glass and you hold that glass in front of a picture, you see both the picture and the object. The glass objects refract and let the background through, so a clock, a color card or a line of text can stand in a landscape without hiding it.

It is not AR, not a filter and not a wallpaper maker. It is a camera that puts one object in front of one scene.

Ideas to try

• A glass clock floating in front of a mountain or skyline.
• A color card that lists the colors of a sunset, placed in the corner of the same photo.
• A sticker or a line of text on a street scene.
• Drips of ink flowing across a lake or forest view.

Questions about placing objects in photos