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iOS 18.1: Remove Unwanted Objects From Your Photos
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Really...source? As far as I know all the "intelligent" features are OpenAI
Is it kinda creepy that all of the examples are making people disappear?
It works, but just barely, and relies too much on basic cloning rather than evaluate -> generate to fill in the removed section. As a consumer-level tool, it's fine, but those of us who use the professional equivalents as part of our day jobs can see that Apple is pretty far behind the curve.
Still, another tool in the toolbox for a broader audience is great, and it should improve over time. I just hope people realize how low-end Apple's attempt here is.
Still, another tool in the toolbox for a broader audience is great, and it should improve over time. I just hope people realize how low-end Apple's attempt here is.
This is completely wrong. You have the option to send certain queries to OpenAI, but it explicitly asks you if you want to do so. These baked-in tools are all either done on-device using Apple's models, or offloaded to Apple's data center-based models.
MR has had a number of well-written articles that explain how Apple Intelligence works and the OpenAI integration. Here's a good one. Scroll down to "Siri ChatGPT Integration."
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What do folks tend to actually use this for?
Remove a bird from the sky?
I have to think "removing a person" is sort of an outlier on a day to day level
How many situations can you have where you've taken a group photo but you really want to literally remove someone from it.
It's actually a bit odd if one thinks about it (the desire to remove the person at all)
Remove a bird from the sky?
I have to think "removing a person" is sort of an outlier on a day to day level
How many situations can you have where you've taken a group photo but you really want to literally remove someone from it.
It's actually a bit odd if one thinks about it (the desire to remove the person at all)
I wonder if there is any way to specifically tell when something is done on device or offloaded? I have to watch my data usage when travelling out of the country.
I couldn't find any way to tell it not use cellular data, as one can with other apps and settings.
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In ten years time a company will release a camera system that prevents any tampering of the image taken using a variety of security measures. Then all the smartphone companies will tout it as the best feature for ensuring that seeing really is believing 😂
“Capture that moment, as it was” the new smart secure camera system brought to you by “insert company name here”.
“Capture that moment, as it was” the new smart secure camera system brought to you by “insert company name here”.
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I might sound like an old guy complaining about new technology, but I'm not a fan of all these AI photo editing features. Especially the stuff that some of the Samsung and Pixel phones have where it does things like amalgamate several group shots so that each person looks their best, or taking separate pictures of people and putting them together in one group shot later...
I mean, we're not actually capturing the real moment with these photos anymore. Our memories are already malleable enough. Now even our photos are becoming idealized versions of how we wanted moments to be rather than what it actually was. I don't know why this troubles me, but it does...
I mean, we're not actually capturing the real moment with these photos anymore. Our memories are already malleable enough. Now even our photos are becoming idealized versions of how we wanted moments to be rather than what it actually was. I don't know why this troubles me, but it does...
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Some of the best and most memorable photos are the ones that aren’t perfect. That represent the moment, the reality, the situation as it was. Unfortunately the cameras we use, especially smartphones add layers and layers of processing and filtering already without us actively adding processing. AI touch up is just the latest layer of processing, that goes further than ever.
Not available on iPhone 14 Pro series....thanks Apple
I'm completely with you
I don't really know what the "output" is supposed to be if it's not what was actually captured
My photos aren't some starting point for a new creation out of whole cloth ...
The point of the photo is to capture what was seen, who was there, what it was "actually like"
Would someone take a concert photo, remove someone from the group shot, tweak what items were onstage to "clean it up", adjust the lighting to be way off but "cooler looking now" ... and then share that? or print it?
Like what are you sharing?
A wishful desire of what it should have been like?
That's exactly my observation.
I've tried deleting a coke can from a picture, or a straw on a table. so far all results were with artifacts..
In general, it feels some managers at Apple felt they must stick AI and shifted many resources to make it happen.
It's very strange seeing Apple trying to sell subpar experience where in other fields they're at the top.
Doesn’t work on my device since it’s too old. I mean, how can anyone think the worlds fastest smartphone of the last year is capable of such highly sophisticated features.
iOS 18 so far is almost like vaporware.
iOS 18 so far is almost like vaporware.
That's exactly my point. I understand some processing to clean up colours, and lighting, and sharpen things, but I feel like it's gone too far. If pictures don't even represent the actual moment anymore, what's the point?
I was just thinking the same thing. Not to mention the fact that there is something humanly interesting about seeing old photos of friend, family, or yourself and wondering about the stories of the peoples whose path crossed the shot even in a moment. You at least captured a real moment.
For the second, I am an old guy.
We've known off the bat that "Apple Intelligence" features are only available on the iPhone 15 series and newer.
But frankly, I have a 14 Pro Max, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
I tried to remove something but I get Safety Filter applied. It doesn’t remove the object, it just pixelates it.
This got me thinking ...
It's really amazing how little I look at any of my old digital photos
I'm not sure what it was about the medium or physicality of it, etc, but I used to open up and thumb through and enjoy printed photo books (or even just sleeves of prints) so much more than I seem to do anything with the absolute HOARDS of digital pics I have now (and still building)
I like having them .. I guess? I don't even know ... lol
We're all just sort of accumulating them
I sure as heck won't be interested in keeping photos where people have been "removed" or the scene has been dramatically altered. To me that's just a waste of time and bits
This is what it comes down to, as soon as a photo is edited in a major way by Ai etc it loses something so important, its authenticity. I am fine about minor contrast, brightness and balance adjustments. Image stabilization etc but when an object in a photo is removed and replaced by something the AI calculates to be there, it’s lost that authenticity. It’s now fabricated. The picture has lost a value most people would judge to be critical. If you don’t trust one part of the picture how can you trust the remainder or even the owner of the photo.
Which phone do you have. This whole phone country region non-sense is so freaking annoying.
I dont have any new features (do have call recording) on my 13 mini. I have no idea what to expect with 18.1. Incredibly idiotic and so not Apple.
I thought I would at least get the new siri animation - nope ..
These articles are nice but I’d like to see side by sides with the Mac version. My poor decrepit old iPhone 13 Pro that runs any other AI tool I want can’t handle this level of magic and wonder. But my Mac from the same year can.
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.... this should not be news to you.
Ever since Apple Intelligence was first announced it was made abundantly clear that it would only work on M chip Macs and iPhone 15 Pros and above.