iPhone Shortcut Help for Photos

[kgphotos]

Hey all! Is there a shortcut where I take a photo and it prompts me to ask what album to put it in? For example, I take a photo and I want it to go into an album named Apple? Or I'm on vacation an I want certain photos going into an album named Vacation? I don't like clogging up my recents photos or going into the photo app and selecting what photos go where all the time.

The preferred shortcut I think I am looking for is this... Open Camera app, take photo or video and have it promt me to ask what album to put the photo in.

I did find a shortcut on this forum where it finds all photos from a certain date and saves them to a specific album. While that is ok, it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks for your help!

 

[arw]

With every option I can think of that takes a photo and automatically prompts for a target album (before or after), you lose the camera app's controls.

The following is the closest thing to your question I came up with (currently for photos only):

If you have an iPhone 15 Pro with Action Button, you could program it to execute the following Shortcut and manually press the button after you have taken a photo:

I'd integrate it into this solution:

iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16: Assign Two Functions to the Action Button

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models feature an Action button to which you can assign a custom function. Officially, the Action button only...

www.macrumors.com

Or a different approach, suitable for all iPhone models:
Create an additional "software button" that is only visible in the 'Camera.app' and executes the above Shortcut when tapping it.

In 'Shortcuts.app' create two automations:

When:Automation > Create Personal Automation > App > Camera > 'Is Opened'
Do: Set > Turn AssistiveTouch 'On'
Disable Ask Before Running
and
When:Automation > Create Personal Automation > App > Camera > 'Is Closed'
Do: Set > Turn AssistiveTouch 'Off'
Disable Ask Before Running

Then link the Shortcut from above ('MovePhoto') to tapping the AssistiveTouch button once:
Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch > Single-Tap > 'MovePhoto'

Now every time you open the 'Camera.app' an additional icon appears that you can move around and tap once to get a prompt where to save the last photo.

 

[kgphotos]

With every option I can think of that takes a photo and automatically prompts for a target album (before or after), you lose the camera app's controls.
This is the nearest thing I came up with (currently for photos only):

If you have an iPhone 15 with Action Button, you could program it to execute the following Shortcut and manually press the button after you have taken a photo:
View attachment 2352752
I'd integrate it into this solution:

iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16: Assign Two Functions to the Action Button

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models feature an Action button to which you can assign a custom function. Officially, the Action button only...

www.macrumors.com

Or a different approach, suitable for all iPhone models:
Create an additional "software button" that is only visible in the 'Camera.app' and executes the above Shortcut when tapping it.

View attachment 2352765

In 'Shortcuts.app' create two automations:

When:Automation > Create Personal Automation > App > Camera > 'Is Opened'
Do: Set > Turn AssistiveTouch 'On'
Disable Ask Before Running
and
When:Automation > Create Personal Automation > App > Camera > 'Is Closed'
Do: Set > Turn AssistiveTouch 'Off'
Disable Ask Before Running

Then link the Shortcut from above ('MovePhoto') to tapping the AssistiveTouch button once:
Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch > Single-Tap > 'MovePhoto'

Now every time you open the 'Camera.app' an additional icon appears that you can move around and tap once to get a prompt where to save the last photo.

Thank you so much for the detail explanation. I’ll give it a shot and post back how it goes.