Apple to Bring AI Reframing and Editing Tools to Photos App

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced new AI-powered photo editing tools coming to the Photos app as part of Apple Intelligence, including an upgraded Clean Up tool, a new Extend tool, and a new Spatial Reframing feature.

Spatial Reframing allows users to reposition the virtual camera angle of a photo after it has already been taken. By touching and dragging, users can adjust the framing and perspective of a shot, with Apple Intelligence generating new content only to fill in the gaps created by the shift in angle. It only generates new content to fill in the gaps where the perspective has shifted, ensuring the reframed photo stays consistent with the original scene.

The Clean Up tool is also receiving what Apple calls a "big upgrade," with improved ability to remove distractions from images and more realistic infill "even when the scene is complex." A new Extend tool rounds out the trio, letting users add more background space to a photo or adjust its aspect ratio.

Apple said the new tools help photographers "enhance their images in ways that respect the original moment." All three features are processed using Apple's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure, meaning the edits are handled in the cloud while Apple says user data remains protected. The new tools will work on older photos as well as images taken with non-Apple cameras.

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[Line_Noise]

Using a photograph of your children's milestones as the example for AI photo manipulation is perverse in every sense of the word.

 

[BJMRamage]

I wish they used a better image to show the Reframe.
if he cropped first, most of what he solved for with moving was fixed.

 

[kiensoy]

I cant believe they are going with AI slop to edit photos.
I guess there’s always a tweet:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1839004509449891938

 

[Brad Caruso]

I really hope they have upgraded the clean up tool. It’s by far the worst out there.

 

[mattaaron]

I like how it's integrated natively.

I know other apps (ChatGPT, Kling, etc) have done this for a while, I do like the simplicity in Apples approach

 

[RealE]

I wish they used a better image to show the Reframe.
if he cropped first, most of what he solved for with moving was fixed.

Cropping a photo is a classic method of reframing, so no surprise the AI fix also uses that tool.

 

[winxmac]

I'm one of the few who would never use these features. Just give us an option to disable processing when taking photos and videos, Apple.

 

[Yourbigpalal83]

Seems Ok to me. It is kinda cool.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Using a photograph of your children's milestones as the example for AI photo manipulation is perverse in every sense of the word.

I’m not surprised coming from the company that thought a good ad to create was a wife forgetting her husband’s birthday and having Siri create a “photo memory” real quick as a gift.

 

[TheBeverage]

I find this disgusting.

 

[amcomis]

Will this only work on new iphones?

 

[plasticdump]

It's so rich that they made a "we respect the integrity and intent of photography" type statement right before revealing more editing features that completely change the snapshot integrity of a photo. Pictures you see online will likely never be from true-to-life moments in the near future.

 

[JMalone]

Using a photograph of your children's milestones as the example for AI photo manipulation is perverse in every sense of the word.

You’re just telling on yourself. People have been editing family photos for over a century. AI or not makes no difference. Edits are edits. They used to paint on photos to make edits in the 19th century.

 

[211]

I was hoping Apple would say something about handling duplicates and random photos. Apple still thinks we’re all Herb Ritts and Annie Leibovitz

 

[Marx55]

Welcome to the future FAKE World. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwel's 1984 revisited.

 

[RealE]

I'm one of the few who would never use these features. Just give us an option to disable processing when taking photos and videos, Apple.

Isn't that what RAW is for?

 

[RealE]

I was hoping Apple would say something about handling duplicates and random photos. Apple still thinks we’re all Herb Ritts and Annie Leibovitz

And built-in system for combining screenshots into one large photo. The Tailor app is just ok at it.

 

[visualseed]

Using a photograph of your children's milestones as the example for AI photo manipulation is perverse in every sense of the word.

Edits of personal photos are the most kinds of photo edits requested.

 

[applefan8254]

Nice. Apple. Can we pls get ability to change the default photos app? Thank you.

 

[SmugMaverick]

I predict these features will not work at all like they showed and clean up will still suck donkey balls.

 

[Unity451]

Nothing is real anymore.

 

[jbc25]

The era of photography as a trustworthy record of reality is officially dead.

 

[droplink]

Using a photograph of your children's milestones as the example for AI photo manipulation is perverse in every sense of the word.

Even in the demo the older kid suddenly looked strange when skewed. 😳
man, no thanks.

 

[visualseed]

The era of photography as a trustworthy record of reality is officially dead.

It's been gone since photography began.