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AI Photo Magic: Spatial Reframing Arrives
9 Jun
Summary
- New AI tools in Photos app can extend photo edges.
- Spatial Reframing adjusts composition, mimicking camera movement.
- Generative AI fills gaps, enhancing real photos selectively.
At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled significant advancements in its Photos app, integrating generative AI to enhance user photography. New features include the ability to extend photo edges and a novel tool called Spatial Reframing.
Spatial Reframing, powered by AI that determines depth in flat images, allows users to adjust a photo's perspective retroactively. This feature mimics shifting the camera's physical position to achieve a desired composition, with generative AI intelligently filling any newly exposed areas around the edges.
Apple emphasizes that this selective use of generative AI focuses on enhancing real photographs, distinguishing it from fully AI-generated imagery. The technology aims to assist photographers by automating menial retouching tasks, such as removing distractions or extending backgrounds. These new tools will be accessible through a dedicated 'Tools' category within the Photos app's Edit environment, with initial availability in the first developer beta of iOS 27.
