Apple's Spatial Reframing Is Generative AI I Can Get Behind as a Photographer

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Commentary: Apple's new feature for adjusting the composition of a photo could be genuinely useful.

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We knew Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference would be full of AI, but I didn't expect to see a photo feature that would make me think: "This is wild."

During the WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple showed off a few new editing features in its Photos app that I think will be genuinely useful. In addition to the existing Clean Up tool, which can remove unwanted distractions from a photo, we'll also be able to extend a photo's edges.

But it was Spatial Reframing, a feature that lets you adjust a photo's composition to reflect where you wish you had been standing to take it, that really caught my eye.

All these features use generative AI, and will be included in a new Tools category in the Edit environment in the Photos...

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