With the upcoming arrival of AI PCs, Windows is preparing to update some of its applications and in this case it is the turn of the Windows Photos application. An application which, a few months ago, was very rudimentary, but which, with a few new versions and the one that Microsoft has just announced to delete objectsimproves qualitatively.
A new experience for the Windows Photos application which follows the trend launched by Samsung with its Gallery application and its editing mode to erase objects, or even Magic Eraser on the Pixel. That’s to say, artificial intelligence-based features to improve productivity and even tailor photographs to your own needs.
Microsoft now wants to offer Windows users the ability to remove objects to improve their photos. The best of all is that It’s available on PC and it’s as easy as opening a photo (provided that Windows Photo is used as the default program) to modify it and thus delete any object of your choice.
How to delete an object or person
He generative blur Generative erasure It is available from the same application in the viewer so that with the brush you can create a mask over the elements you want to eliminate. It even allows you to adjust the size of the brush to make it easier to draw the mask on the object and thus make erasing more precise. This is done like this:
- A photo opens in Windows Photos.
- From photo editing, generative blur Generative erasure.
- The option to automatically apply deletion is disabled.
- The brush size is chosen to draw the mask on the objects.
- Click Clear Stains.
Here’s how to remove objects from a photo
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It is a well-known experience if you use a Google or Samsung mobile, so in this case there is nothing really new, but there is nothing new in the usefulness of having it available on PC . For now, generative erasure is limited in its use and has not been widely deployed.
Windows has made this experience available through the Photos app on Windows 10 and Windows 11 from the Windows Insider platform for Arm64 devices. And although it is not yet available to everyone, Microsoft took advantage of its website to announce it and even show how it erases people from a pet photo.
Image of mask selection for removing objects in Windows Photos
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A very interesting function for personal computers with Windows 11 to make changes to photos leave aside web editing programs or other larger ones such as Adobe Photoshop itself.
If you are on the Windows Insider channel, The version to update is 2024.11020.21001.0 or higher. Of course, it is worth remembering that this may not work perfectly on all photos, since it will depend on the environment in which the people or objects to be removed are located, although what is shown by Microsoft actually seems very well (when removing the animal’s leash).
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