As part of Google I/O, the big event during which the company presents both its new software and some hardware, a awesome new feature for Google Photos.
It was at the very beginning of the event that Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, spoke about the renewal of Google Maps (which looks like a video game), but also about a feature for Google Photos called Magic Editor.
Thanks to artificial intelligence, we can do what we want with the photo
We knew we were going to see a lot of artificial intelligence throughout the event and, in addition, they are generally somewhat “hard” conferences, since it is an event very focused both on the press and, above all, on the developers. For this reason, we appreciate that the first thing they presented were new functions for the applications that almost all of us use on a daily basis.
A few years ago, Google introduced the Magic Editor, a feature that erases elements from the image very efficiently and precisely. It was something exclusive to the Pixels’ Google Photos appbut a few months ago it reached the world through Google One.
NOW, Google goes even further with Magic Editor. Thanks to the artificial intelligence that the company is going to implement in practically all of its software, we will be able to remove elements from the photo, select the sky or the earth to edit the values of the image in isolation, move people as if it was a PNG file and until creating image elements.
The latter is spectacular and can be seen perfectly in the following example they shared:
In this case, with Magic Editor we select the element in the foreground (the person, the balloons and the bench) and we move it. So that it doesn’t look weird, Google Photos generates the rest of the bubbles and the rest of the bank. A cut is noticeable in the bank, but the balloons make them great.
Also, you can change the values of the sky to give it a different saturation. This also happens in the example below, where we move a person around, remove elements from the background, and change the background color and exposure settings.
The result is quite impressive, but we do not yet know when it will arrive and if it will be exclusive to any device. If they keep the trend going, it should be something we’ll see launch on the Pixel 8but we’ll see if they have backwards compatibility with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7… or even if it fits into the Google One subscription.
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