Mylio Photos can bring all your photos together, including ones long-forgotten on your phone and all those old drives. Chances are when you start pulling together years or decades of photos, you’re going to find some photos that you’d love to improve with some quick edits. Radiant Photo and Mylio Photos play well together to edit and organize your photo collection.
When you do find something that needs a touch up, you can use Radiant Photo’s smart editing capabilities to get your photo up to scratch (save huge when you buy Radiant and Mylio together in this bundle!). Then, there is a simple method for displaying your edited photos in your Mylio library.
How to open in Radiant Photo from Mylio Photos
When you’ve found a photo in your Mylio Photos library that you want to edit in Radiant Photo, there’s a few ways to get it easily into Radiant.
Method 1: Use the Reveal in External menu option
A quick way to get your photo into Radiant from Mylio is to right-click the photo, then select Reveal in > External.
This opens the folder on your computer that holds the photo. Hint: If the file isn’t already selected for you on opening the folder, click File name in the Mylio Info panel, CTRL+V to copy, then CTRL+V to paste into file explorer’s search bar. Your target file will pop up immediately.
Next, open Radiant Photo, and then drag the file into Radiant.
Method 2: Use the Open with menu option
You can also choose Radiant Photo as your external editor using the Open with menu option:
Photo > Open with > Radiant Photo
When you first install Radiant Photo, you might not see it in this list. If that’s the case, there’s an easy way to add it (read this fix in more detail here). On Mac OS, simply select Other in the Mylio Open with menu and then browse to Radiant Photo to select it.
For Windows, go to file explorer (not in Mylio), find the file (using Method 1 above) and right click:
Open with > Choose another app
Select Radiant Photo.
Now, when you go back into Mylio, the Open with menu will contain Radiant Photo.
Method 3: Use Open with Radiant Photo from the right click menu
Once you’ve opened a file in Radiant Photo from Mylio, using Method 2 above, you’ll then have a shortcut in your right click menu. Click on a new photo you want to edit, and select Open with Radiant Photo.
In this way, Mylio helps you speed up your workflow by keeping the app you use the most right at hand.
Edit your photo in Radiant Photo from Mylio Photos
Edit your photo as you usually would in Radiant Photo. Have a play with LOOKs and fix color and exposure problems.
Radiant learns how you edit as you use it. I’ve found that over time, when I open a file in Radiant, the auto settings applied are usually exactly what I want. Some subjects (people, indoors etc) I will tweak more frequently, but landscapes are usually spot on to my preferred style with no extra effort.
Doing basic edits in Mylio Photos and then advanced edits in Radiant Photo
Mylio Photos has its own editing tools built-in. Your original remains preserved, as is. Mylio edits are stored in the XMP sidecar file, and can be exported to a new file without changing the original (similar to Lightroom and Lightroom Classic).
You might have photos with adjustments made already that need more advanced edits in Radiant Photo. You can opt to edit a copy with Mylio adjustments when you use the Open with menu command (Method 2 above).
You can specify the file format to use when opening with Radiant, and then edit as usual. The Mylio adjustments will be cooked into a new export of the file before it’s opened in Radiant.
Stacking edited photo in Mylio Photos from Radiant Photo
There’s two ways you can stack photos in Mylio to show your edits, depending on what kind of photo files you’re working with.
Method 1: Using the display photo method to show your Radiant Photo edits in Mylio
This method works well for original photos in JPG format, which you’re going to export as a JPG (or TIF, or whatever file format you want). This works for RAW files too – but check out the second method if you’re working with RAW, because it might suit your workflow better.
Stacking the edited photo keeps your library tidy and more pleasing to view and browse. That’s what Mylio is all about, after all: Making it easy and fun to explore your vast photo catalog.
When you have finished editing your photo in Radiant, here’s the simple trick that will stack your edited photo on top of the original in Mylio.
In Radiant Photo, prepare the photo for stacking by clicking Save. Now, here’s the important part to stack the edited photo in Mylio: In the Save files window, choose these settings:
- Same folder as original (this is necessary for Mylio to find and stack the edited photo)
- Set the filename to the <Filename><Custom> format
- Set the Custom text to _display so that this will append to the end of the filename
Your new file will have a name like filename_display.jpg, and this _display tag is what tells Mylio that this is the display copy of the file. For a more in-depth explanation check out this article.
When Mylio scans the folder again, the edited display copy will be displayed stacked with the original. In the right-hand Info panel, you’ll be able to see under File Name that there are multiple files stacked. For mine in this example, there is the original JPG, the edited JPG, and the sidecar XMP file.
Method 2: Stacking JPG and RAW photos in Mylio by exporting a JPG from Radiant Photo
If you’re editing a RAW photo, then there’s a different method you can use to stack your photos in Mylio after editing in Radiant Photo.
Mylio Photos automatically works with RAW and JPG pairs. Some photographers use this so they have a copy ready for quick sharing before needing to process the RAW. You can also take advantage of how Mylio handles these pairs, to stack your edits of photos.
To use this method, instead of appending _display to the filename when exporting from Radiant Photo, leave the filename as is and export as a JPG.
You’ll end up with two files in your folder, e.g. filename.CR2 and filename.JPG
Back in Mylio, when the folder has been scanned for changes, you’ll notice under File name in the Info tab that the filename now lists the new JPG, something like filename.(cr2, JPG, xmp), to show that there are three files stacked here.
Mylio, by default, displays the RAW photo in your library. However, you can switch this to JPG in the three-dot More menu:
More > Settings > General > Prefer RAW when available
Toggle this to the OFF position and Mylio will use the JPG as the display version for all photos.
Prompting Mylio to scan for changes to a folder
Mylio will eventually scan the folder automatically as it goes about its business. To prompt it to do so faster, you can go to:
Organize > Scan for changes
This will get your edited photos stacked quicker in Mylio, if you aren’t seeing them immediately.
Editing phone photos with Radiant Photo from Mylio Photos
If your phone is old (like mine) then your mobile photos can probably do with a bit of love before sharing. When you set up your library with a Vault, your phone photos will be available everywhere you use Mylio, ready for editing.
On your desktop where you have Radiant installed, you can jump into Mylio first. Then, right-click on any of your phone photos, select Open in Radiant Photo, and your phone photo will load up into Radiant ready to go.
Radiant Photo and Mylio Photos are a good partnership to edit and display your photo collection
Getting your photos organized with Mylio Photos is bound to bring up memories that you’d long forgotten about. Because Radiant Photo works as an external editor for Mylio Photos, you can take your photos into Radiant, edit them and then have those edits display in your Mylio library, keeping your collection organized and looking its best. Grab Mylio and Radiant with a huge saving in this bundle deal today.
