Martin, a tech journalist at PhoneArena, brings a unique blend of humor and insight to his work. His fascination with smartphones began with a Galaxy Young and evolved through a series of trades and upgrades, making him a self-proclaimed smartphone nerd.
"I haven’t been as excited and as terrified about a new software feature since… literally forever. It’s 1 AM right now, and I’m on my fifth 15-minute long YouTube video about Adobe’s generative AI".
If I run a modelling agency and want my models to have blonde hair, for a particular photoshoot, I can now get Photoshop to give all of them a hairdo that looks scarily authentic, without having to pay a hairdresser and a hairstylist to do the job. You want to fix your wedding photo where someone blinked or got in the frame? You can do this with a simple prompt in Photoshop. A photographer with experience in editing would need hours to get a similar result.
We can also see that shadows and reflections are somewhat challenging for the Magic Editor, which struggles to remove the reflection of the colorful backpack in one of the examples. Still, I’m pretty sure if you had to convince someone the bag was never there, the Pixel 8’s edit would totally get the job done.
But once you start playing around with the generative AI and let the Magic Editor’s “imagination” run wild, things start to get… scary. Adobe’s Generative Fill can do some mind-blowing things like alter reflections, add specific objects that weren’t part of the photo before, change your clothing, your face - you name; on the other hand, the Pixel 8’s Magic Editor’s main use cases are resizing, removing objects/people from the photo, and replacing certain parts of the image with what the AI thinks should/should be in that spot
And what about “authentic” photography? Sure, every photographer applies some editing to their photos , but are “photos” becoming “paintings” now? Well, guess what - smartphone cameras already make photos seem more appealing by boosting their vibrancy and sharpness without giving you much of a choice .
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