Unlock the Hidden Power of Windows Photos: Beyond Basic Viewing
Are you thinking of the Windows Photos application as a simple viewing program? Think again. Underneath its plain interface is literally a treasure chest of editing tools laying in ambush to transform your pictures from dull into dazzling. The level inside is something amateur photographers can level up with their skills.
The time has come to lift your images higher! Discover four advanced Photos aware features that will set your mind free amidst artistic endeavors and take your photography to the next level.
1. Use Generative Erase to Remove Unwanted Elements
Picture a magic wand capable of altering your pictures. Generative Erase is not your average erasing tool; it is a high-tech AI tool capable of removing undesired objects from your images with complete finesse. No more ugly, boxy patches of color thrown over the unwanted object. The smart eraser evaluates the surrounding scene and rebuilds the distressed background with such tremendous skill that the result is flawless and the unwanted object just never existed!
History is full of that scrappy dashing across the canvas. Keep photobombers, ugly wires, or even skin faults away. Nature is flawless, and so should be your photographs. Premeditatedly remove objects without a trace while preserving every little detail.
Does vanishing unwanted objects sound like magic to you? Really, it’s easy! Open your Photos, clickEditon the topleft, go to theErasetool, and your Images should be tidy. Adjust the brush size inside the right panel; Goldilocks would say not too big, not too small, but just enough to cover the object. Precision does not matter; the tool will identify what you are trying to erase. Go ahead, paint over the distraction andpoofgone!
Within the tests, it went up against dust bunnies, rogue toys and all sorts of things on various surfaces. The result ends up with a wonderful removal, especially on simpler backgrounds. Complex scenes sometimes bring about slight distortions – faint reminders of what used to be there. But these will rarely be noticed unless one knew what to look for.
2. Extract Text From Photos Using OCR
Unlock Hidden Text: Photos App as Your Secret OCR Weapon
Help! Got text trapped in an image? Did you know that Photos have a built-in superpower called OCR? It extracts texts from screenshots, handwritten notes, or even photographs of signs. No more re-typing; just copy. And Photos is there to help you pull the text out.
Unlock the Hidden Text in Your Photos!
Have you ever felt like capturing the words trapped within your images? Now you can! Imagine a picture with text at the top; underneath it lies an irresistible little “Scan Text” button. Press it while Photos sparks every word into a selectable text. Highlight, copy, and paste wherever you want to set that text free.
Typical digital fonts stand for sterile perfection. We, however, sent this OCR-tool to the handwritten wilderness-a chaotic scrawl intended to break less capable programs. Against all odds, while others choked, it became almost poetic by grasping the very essence of a name, finding real words amidst that abyss of illegibility. It’s not just an OCR; its real charm lies in the fact of being a linguistic archaeologist, able to excavate text from the ruins of handwriting.
3. Edit Photo Background Using AI
Go ahead and unleash a little magic in your photos: a slight dreamy palette, a clean, distraction-free canvas. Photos puts you in control. Think of intelligent AI: the background is instantly recognized. So you press a single pan-cheese tap, and voila, transformation occurs.
In a way, the AI works in a similar manner. It identifies the background immediately, after which you can transform the image with a single effortless tap.
To magically banish the background away from your photograph, just click theEditbutton, then head over to theBackgroundtool sitting at tippytop. Your photo is scanned for a few moments while separating subject and background from each other. The result needs just a glance to verify whether background detection is perfect. Wants a little more precision? Share your magic with theBackground brush toolby painting out any remaining distractions yourself.
Are we ready to say goodbye to those boring backgrounds? Once you have chosen your image, you have the option to be artistic by blurring, removing, or entirely replacing whatever is in the background (behind you or the subject). The blur tool won’t just be an on-and-off switch; actually, it can be carefully tuned to provide the opposite extremes of either a faint soft focus or a strong gritty haze. Want to go all out and really paint? Grab the color spectrum and fill the entire backdrop with whichever hue you’d like. We tested these on people, products, and even tiny little icons-tiny little icons-and the results came: 100% perfect background detection.
4. Resize Images
Tired of huge image files? The Photos app conceals an awesome resizer. It’s not the right tool for batch renaming, but when you want lean files with pixel-level quality, this gem comes through. Unlock its potential and save those extra megabytes.
Click on the three dots menu at the top and selectResize image.
Watch magic unfurl! The new window opens-the extra canvas to sculpt your perfect image. Adjust size with pixel-precise control, or wide brushstrokes of percentages. The other magic? Photos predicts file size-that on-the-fly estimate of trade-offs between beautiful quality and nimble size-allowing you to cast for the perfect balance.
Bonus: Open the Image in Bing or Copilot
Below the image are dedicated buttons for the immediate launch of Bing Search and Copilot. Once twinned with the power of visual similarity in Bing, a smooth browser indeed opens with a gallery of related images. Yet Copilot will let you proceed much deeper by turning the image into the very next stage for deep questions and stimulating discussions.
Microsoft is strongly pushing AI into Windows. But the Photos app does get actually useful upgrades. Now, if you’re lucky enough to call a Copilot+ PC your own, you’re in for a visual treat as Photos unchains even more AI tricks to perform instant image upscaling. Goodbye, blurry memories!
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