Windows 11 Photos has gotten a lot of love from Microsoft lately. Last fall, the Redmond-based tech giant introduced new AI-based features for the picture-focused app, including background blur and photo-identifying search.
On Wednesday, however, Microsoft announced a new perk for the Windows 11 Photos app that will likely elicit envy from macOS and Chromebook users.
Windows 11 Photos app gets an object eraser
We’ve all been there. We look back at our photos with nostalgic pleasure, but suddenly, we notice an intrusive object that ruins the photo.
If an unsightly object appears in a photo of your pet, you can remove it in seconds.
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For example, let’s you’re standing in front of a stunning mural in a photo, but some distracting bits and bobs are strewn across the ground. To get rid of them, you’d likely have to rely on some third-party photo-editing app.
Not anymore.
The Windows 11 Photos app now lets users remove unwanted objects and other flaws from their images, thanks to the new Generative Erase feature. You can simply select the undesirable imperfection and eliminate it from the picture.
The Windows 11 Photos app isn’t the only creativity-based, pre-installed app getting an upgrade. Clipchamp is getting a new AI-enhanced feature, too. The video-editing app now has a Silence Removal tool that lets you remove awkward, unwanted silences on audio tracks.
These new Windows 11 features will roll out to preview over the next few weeks. April 2024, however, is when Microsoft anticipates broad availability.
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