It is also not going to be useful in the contexts where we use Photoshop’s heal brush the most. And the larger an object you try to remove, the more fake it is going to look. However, Google says it won’t work on all image elements. It’s a relative of fully AI-generated and 'deep fake' tech, and this should let it evaluate where, for example, shadows should lie under removed objects – even if the algorithm 'thinks' in a more abstract way. This makes Magic Eraser a sort of next-generation healing brush that relies less on image data in the picture itself, and more on what similar images look like. Regardless of what image you try to process, Google has probably seen millions that look something like it.
In the Magic Eraser context, this lets a Pixel 6 not just identify objects, but also bring a degree of knowledge about what texture might be under the objects you choose to remove.
#Healing snapseed verification#
This intelligence has grown over the years thanks to the photos you upload to Google Photos – and also those maddening verification screens that make you clcik the squares that contain a fire hydrant or crosswalk. For example, Google Photos can accurately identify cars, lamp-posts, people, boats and almost countless other scenes. The Pixel 6 Magic Eraser is likely informed by the same machine learning techniques used in its other products and services. Google has not fully revealed how it works under the hood, but we have a pretty good idea. It frequently results in obviously repeated texture patterns, which look fake, and often leaves unnatural-looking splodges of image information that don’t make much sense in context. Let’s be blunt – Snapseed’s Heal tool is rubbish, at least compared to the excellent Photoshop alternative. On paper, it’s a much more user-friendly take on the concept.
You then select them, or just hit a button to remove them all.
Magic Eraser suggests objects you can remove from a scene. It then analyzes the surrounding image data to fill in the gap, generally blocking it in with the textures it finds nearby. In Snapseed you have to manually select the area you want to remove. Google's version is a little different, though.