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We recently announced that Google Photos\u2019 AI editing tools \u2013 Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur and Portrait Light \u2013 are coming to all Google Photos users, no subscription required. These powerful features have been incredibly popular and highly anticipated by our wide community of Google Photos users. \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting that so many more people will be able to use these tools,\u201d says Google Photos senior product manager Selena Shang. The expansion was no easy feat. The Google Photos engineering team worked to ensure that these features worked across a wide array of Android and iOS devices so that Google Photos\u2019 suite of AI editing tools work well no matter what device you\u2019re using. \u201cIt was definitely a challenge,\u201d Selena says, \u201cbut worth it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Since Selena is an expert on the Google Photos AI editing suite and so many more people now have access to it, we asked for her top tips on using these tools.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the best edits I\u2019ve made are those where I\u2019ve layered edits both within Magic Editor and outside of it,\u201d Selena says. For example, she\u2019ll apply the Portrait preset within Magic Editor, clean up additional distractions after that using Magic Editor and finally adjust the overall tone and brightness of the photo in the regular editor. \u201cUsing the full range of tools at my disposal lets me unlock the potential in all of my photos,\u201d Selena says.<\/p>\n
Magic Editor has a suite of features, one of them being a generative AI-powered Erase tool. Both Magic Editor\u2019s Erase feature and Magic Eraser can help you remove unwanted items from an image, but they each excel in different ways. \u201cMagic Eraser works best for quick fixes on smaller portions of the photo,\u201d Selena says. For example, landscape shots with people or objects in the background are great candidates for using Magic Eraser, and it’s faster. If you have more prominent, complex foreground objects, or objects that take up a larger portion of the photo in general that you want to remove, Magic Editor\u2019s generative AI is going to be more effective at filling the space, Selena explains. In general, it\u2019s better at performing more complex erases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n