That would actually be a good thing, not to be able to remove a watermark that is… there’s a reason someone puts a watermark in a photo
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New iOS 18.1 Beta Adds 'Clean Up' Apple Intelligence Photos Feature
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Doesn’t seem as good as lightroom ai remove tool or Google magic eraser, lightroom generative ai is nuts how good it is, this is more of a heal brush, Apple is so behind
And the highest form of intelligence, according to Oscar. But it’s a good thing I used irony then. 😏
Yes, it wouldn't download on cellular, even though I downloaded the update that way. Once I connected to Wifi it worked right away.
Much better than I expected. Very good for a local model.
I find it super interesting that it is a downloaded tool inside the Photos app. This should allow for Apple to update it at will (and maybe allow other devs to do installed modules) - without having to wait for a OS update to update the tool. I can't remember anything else working like that recently from Apple.
It’s not a photo, it’s my own document that had draft water mark. Adobe acrobat was acting funny, tried using the Apple intelligence.
Yes it is in the 15.1 Beta 3 photos app, works on my M2 Air
I agree. Apple optimizes and embeds Apple Intelligence into apps, seamlessly integrating AI functions into workflows without the need to consider AI invocation. This eliminates the bother of importing and exporting data to third-party AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude.
Would highly guess so as it’s part of the Apple AI featureset. Only M processors and 15 Pro, 16, …
Could you provide a screenshot of what to look for?
I have 15.1 Beta 3 and have summarization, etc., but I just don't see the Clean Up tool.
a lot of phototography is utilitarian. I use a camera like a notebook. This feature, even if it makes uigly artifacts would help with these kinds of record-keeping photos because I would remove anything that is distracting.
As an example, yesterday I send a bicycle manufacturer a photo of a bike with a question about exactly when it was made. Had this "clean up" feature been available I could have removed every non-bike object that cluttered the frame. I just needed to order a part and which parts depended on when the bike was made. Many people use cameras to communicate things like proposed changes at a construction site or whatever. So the feature does not need to be perfect to be very useful.
As an example, yesterday I send a bicycle manufacturer a photo of a bike with a question about exactly when it was made. Had this "clean up" feature been available I could have removed every non-bike object that cluttered the frame. I just needed to order a part and which parts depended on when the bike was made. Many people use cameras to communicate things like proposed changes at a construction site or whatever. So the feature does not need to be perfect to be very useful.
For the longest time, I have wished for Apple to make a function in the gallery that could identify ALL the shots TAKEN BY YOUR iPhone, and like a section of "screenshots" one would be "Shot on iPhone". that way I can always find shots I took in no time. (This is where someone is going to tell me there's a feature like that since 2018?) If so please tell me where I can do that...
That's where these capabilities are risky. Often watermarks are there to prevent unauthorized usage.
Not sure I agree with that.
I agree with many - background removal is still a bit iffy. But then - it's a hard thing to do.
I also tried opening (on my Mac Studio macOS 15.1 (24B5035e)) one of the images I "cleaned up" under iOS and got an error message
“Cannot Start Editing / Photos cannot load edits for this image.”
I also tried opening (on my Mac Studio macOS 15.1 (24B5035e)) one of the images I "cleaned up" under iOS and got an error message
“Cannot Start Editing / Photos cannot load edits for this image.”
