Google Photos is an all-in-one gallery, cloud backup, and editing app that works at two speeds: some features are free and some are paid by Google storage, like the famous magic eraser.
However, there are many other exclusive filters and effects for subscribers. We tell you how they are so you can see if this Google One subscription starts to look more attractive or not, in case you are unlucky with Google Play Points.
Google Photos Premium Filters
Before starting our review, we must remember that Google Photos doesn’t always show us all the tools, but they adapt to each photo. For example, on a photo where it does not detect any people, it will not show us the tools related to portraits.
Another important point is that Google Photos adds new filters from time to timeso it is possible that in the future we will have more tools in the application, paid or free.
Some Suggestions
How Google Photos editing works can be confusing if you’re used to traditional photo editing apps. First, the app It will recommend adjustments in the Suggestions tabwhich are something like the default settings for filters or tools.
For example, in a selfie, you can give us the recommendation of Portrait, which is actually a combination of blur and portrait light. When these suggestions are based on premium tools and filters, they are obviously also premium suggestions and we will see them with the Google One icon overlaid.
magic eraser
Magic eraser: before and after
Already in the area of tools, one of the most popular and exclusive functions for Google One subscribers is the magic eraser, although with exceptions. If you have a Google Pixel, you can use it for free even if you don’t pay for Google storage.
Google Photos will offer to remove things in photos where it detects “photobombs”, but we can always around an object or person we want to remove or camouflaged. The result is very variable from one case to another.
fall out
Blur, before and after
Did you take the portrait photo without using portrait mode? Or maybe your mobile’s portrait mode can be improved. In such a case, Google Photos can turn any photo into a beautiful portrait with blurred background with the tool of the same name.
You can tap the part of the photo you want to focus on then adjust blur level and depth level separately. The result is displayed in real time.
HDR
An image without and with the HDR filter
Already in the adjust tab, a filter that almost always appears and continues to be exclusive today for Google One subscribers is HDRwhich does exactly what the name suggests, trying to improve the dynamic range of the photo.
The result will vary greatly depending on whether the original photo already had good dynamic range or not. It has a unique setting by which you can adjust the filter intensity level.
Cielo
Sky before and after, with the “stormy” preset
A tool that only appears on photos in which Google Photos detects that the sky is visible is precisely that, Sky. By clicking on it we will have the possibility of applying different filters to the sky of the photo: lively, luminous, radiant, embers, airy, lingering and stormy.
In any case, you can set filter intensity from 1 to 100 And while the filter will mainly affect the sky, it is applied to the entire photo to completely change the look of the photo.
portrait light
Portrait light, before and after. It’s very subtle
The portrait light is one of the more subtle editing tools and we will only see it when Google detects that it is a portrait. we can choose where the light point will be and its intensitywhich will be quite believable reflected in the photo.
color projector
Color focus is the name of the tool which, however, when it appears as a suggestion, is called Pop of color. Essentially what it does is keep part of the photo in color and the rest in black and white.
we can’t choose which person or object we want to keep in color, so we’re left at the expense of what Google Photos deems appropriate. It is usually the main subject of a portrait.
HDR in videos
HDR in video, before and after
Google Photos also has a few editing tools for videos, although they are far fewer than for photos. The only video editing tool exclusive to subscribers is HDRthe result of which is the same as the HDR of photos, but for video.
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