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Apple Photos will let you erase unwanted things in your pictures!

June 26, 2024 / 01:00

This episode discusses a new feature in the Apple Photos app called Cleanup MH, which allows users to erase unwanted subjects from photos.

The feature utilizes semantic segmentation to differentiate between foreground and background elements, making it easier to edit images without damaging important details.

Listeners learn how Cleanup MH highlights objects for removal and the advantages it has over previous tools like Magic Eraser.

The conversation includes insights on the functionality and accuracy of the new feature, as well as comparisons to older editing methods.

TL;DR

Apple Photos introduces Cleanup MH for easy photo editing by removing unwanted subjects without affecting the foreground.

Episode

1:00
00:00:00
so there is a new feature in the Apple
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photos app which will let you do exactly
00:00:03
what magic eraser does it'll figure out
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what's the foreground figure out what's
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the background and unwanted subjects and
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allow you to erase them it's pretty
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clean speaking of clean they call the
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feature cleanup MH so you click the
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cleanup button and then it highlights
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automatically the objects that it thinks
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you want to get rid of they'll like
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Circle something else and remove it
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which cleverly would obscure part of
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your circle if it went behind the
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subject just like little stuff like that
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works better and when David came in I
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was like was that on purpose or like a
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bad edit but like no it's it's
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recognizing the subject and circling
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behind it so you're not worried about
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like chipping off shoulder your shoulder
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because somebody walked right behind you
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shot with magic eraser you had to be
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very careful about making sure that you
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didn't actually erase over something
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else but because this is doing that
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semantic segmentation where it knows
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where the foreground and the background
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is if it sees you circling over the
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background first you can still hover
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over the foreground and it'll only erase
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the background

Episode Highlights

  • Apple's New Cleanup Feature
    The Apple Photos app introduces a feature called 'cleanup' that automatically identifies and removes unwanted subjects from photos.
    “It'll figure out what's the foreground and what's the background.”
    @ 00m 03s
    June 26, 2024
  • Semantic Segmentation Magic
    The new feature uses semantic segmentation to distinguish between foreground and background, allowing for precise edits.
    “You can still hover over the foreground and it'll only erase the background.”
    @ 00m 58s
    June 26, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • It'll figure out what's the foreground and what's the background.
    Apple Photos will let you erase unwanted things in your pictures!
  • It's pretty clean!
    Apple Photos will let you erase unwanted things in your pictures!
  • You can still hover over the foreground and it'll only erase the background.
    Apple Photos will let you erase unwanted things in your pictures!

Key Moments

  • Cleanup Magic00:12
  • Precision Editing00:58

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