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iOS 18.1: Remove Unwanted Objects From Your Photos

hugo7 said:
You chose your words wisely 🙂. That’s still quite bad and I would be very uncomfortable having that in my photo collection.
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Now, that wasn't a superb shot to begin with... ;)

LedRush said:
According to some here you’re a narcissist for wanting that wire gone. However, I think the photo would obviously be better without it.
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...it was the first (latest) photo in my photo roll with something worth testing, I don't really mind that wire... :)

...and, anyway, I didn't keep the changes, just wanted to try the function on the iPhone. (I've tried it with similarly mediocre, but somewhat promising, results earlier on the macOS 15.1 beta.)
 
Really bums me out this isn’t available on last years base iPhone 15s. I can understand not having the new Siri but erasing stuff from photos? It works on my M1 iPad Air so I’ve been trying it out there. It really depends on what you use it on but it seemed okay.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Before you give Apple too much credit, Google/Android had this ability over 2 years ago...


It's great that this feature finally shows up for iDevices. Hopefully it will work at least as well as it did in gen 1 of Android back in 2021-22. Then again, I'm still hoping for Maps data accuracy to catch up with Google Maps.
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I didn't say they were the first to do it, I just said it was cool that they have it now - I'm not an Android user and don't care what they do or when they did it.
 
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orbital~debris said:
Indeed!

I saw this post and just thought "guess I'll revisit this in December 🙄…" but it's working for me and I've not altered my iPhone language setting from UK English to US English.

Seems unusual there is a download involved for everyone the first time you tap 'Clean Up' – I wonder why the functionality isn't baked-in to iOS 18.1, especially as it is the first release with Apple Intelligence features…

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This feature uses its own model, that's the download you see upon trying to use the feature for the first time, it does not use Apple Intelligence models. That's why it is available for everyone, including devices configured with other languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
 
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Mother Nature said:
This feature uses its own model, that's the download you see upon trying to use the feature for the first time, it does not use Apple Intelligence models. That's why it is available for everyone, including devices configured with other languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
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Ah, I see! Thank you for taking the time to explain, I appreciate it ☺️
 
jonnysods said:
I didn't say they were the first to do it, I just said it was cool that they have it now - I'm not an Android user and don't care what they do or when they did it.
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cateye said:
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.
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Just don't forget it's full on-device.
 
stocklen said:
15 pro max

But this isn't new information sadly. Apple have always been clear that AI will only work on 15pros and above.

Agreed on country being annoying and even though photo cleanup seems to have slipped through the net (I think it's by mistake!) the country and language settings do make more sense to be omitted for writing tools AI.

And no, even with cleanup working there is no new Siri visualisation in the UK but again thats for 18.2
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Features that depend on Apple Intelligence are only available for iPhone 15 Pros and the 16 series and in US English right now. The "new" Siri animation is part of Apple Intelligence.

Photo eraser, call recording and transcription in notes DO NOT depend on Apple Intelligence, they rely on the NPU. Therefore those features are available for everyone and in devices that support iOS 18. I am not sure if every iOS18 compatible device will be able to use the photo eraser but the other features should be available.
 
Doesn't seem to work well with complex backgrounds behind whatever subject is being removed from the photo, but had success with several photos where I was taking out things like an extra chair in the foreground/background, something piled or standing against a relatively non-complex wall, or getting rid of things in fields and/or on beaches. It definitely shows pixelation around the edges of the edited areas at first pass, although I also experimented with re-applying "Clean Up" to the same location, which smoothed them out a bit.
 
orbital~debris said:
Indeed!

I saw this post and just thought "guess I'll revisit this in December 🙄…" but it's working for me and I've not altered my iPhone language setting from UK English to US English.

Seems unusual there is a download involved for everyone the first time you tap 'Clean Up' – I wonder why the functionality isn't baked-in to iOS 18.1, especially as it is the first release with Apple Intelligence features…

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So they can easier not give it to 99% of the world
 
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