Our friend, Dave showed us a new trick we could do with our Google photo app on our iPhones.
He demonstrated it by taking a photo of Art and me with people behind us.
We were totally blown away so I went home and tried it myself.
Sure enough. I was able to remove distracting people from our photo from Tokyo.
And this is how I did it.
After you click on Magic eraser, it will also give you suggestions on what it can remove. You can also circle what you want to take out so I did it here on this photo. Then you can either erase the suggestions or choose your own.
However, if you enlarge the photo, it might look a little weird where you've removed someone. So I'm thinking that if the people you're trying to remove is too big, it will be more difficult.
It's really a handy tool for small distractions you want to remove from your almost perfect photo.
As far as I know, I don't have a feature like this as a default app on my iPhone but I have a similar one on my photo processing software on my desktop. It is a bit more sophisticated and allows you to get better results as long as you have plenty of background in the right texture/shade/style to choose from to replace the undesired object. Otherwise, you get weird blurry artifacts like the Google Magic Eraser. I'm hoping Apple will update their camera editing app with something similar though.
ReplyDeleteAI can help a lot. These things were always removable in Photoshop, but it could be painstaking and probably not as good anywya.
ReplyDeleteGood to know!
ReplyDeleteI saw the title and thought I was going to learn a new way to use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Photograph technology -- WOW, I have a lot to learn!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I thought the same as Olga--could this app help those poor people with white squares for faces?
ReplyDeletegreat hint...Lin Floyd says. Now how to remove anonymous so I'm recognized....
ReplyDeleteIt's in the google photo app? I'll have to check it out! I'm always learning new things about my phone or apps and even the gadgets in my car. :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't been using Goggle Photo App, but I just downloaded it. I'll play with it later as I'm not sure how it fits in with my iCloud.
ReplyDeleteI know I used it every day on my pixel phone! You can get rid of a telephone pole in the middle of your picture or just about anything. Sometimes it's not perfect but I really enjoy using it too. Aloha dear!
ReplyDeleteI will have to check this out, Kay. I don't usually have a reason to edit a photo, but there are times when I sure wish I could!
ReplyDeleteMy mind is still onthe terrible loss on Maui.
ReplyDeleteThese apps can make us look good.
ReplyDeleteI also thought you were talking about Mr. Clean's magic eraser. Is Google photo app something I need to download from the App store?
ReplyDeleteKay of Musings: Yes, you need to get the Google Photos app.
DeleteI'll have to try it out.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I have a Google photo app. My photos are on my iphone. I'll ask my son when he comes to visit this week. He's my techie man.
ReplyDeleteI did it! Showed my kids and they were pretty amazed. Nice to be able to teach them tech stuff instead of them teaching me.
DeleteWell, who knew? There are always people in the way!
ReplyDeleteThere are some amazing technology tools available ...
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I'll have to try that.
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