Windows 11 Photos app gets AI-based editing features

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based editing features are coming to the Windows 11 Photos appallows you to blur, remove and replace the background of images. As reported by Windows Latest On Sunday (12), the news will be first available to subscribers of the Canary channel of the Insider program.

Working similarly to the editing tools in Google Photos and recently launched in Paint, New mechanisms use the power of artificial intelligence to detect the person, animal or object that appears in the foreground. A menu with three options will then open in the right corner.

In the first of these, “Blurred”, the entire area in the background is blurred and the object in the foreground becomes the focus of attention in the image. The user can: Change the intensity of the effect by sliding the adjustment bar You can also manually select areas that will be affected by blur.

The second alternative, “Remove”, erase all photo background in one clickOptimizes editing in the Windows 11 Photos app. The third, “Change,” offers: possibility to replace the original background with another one with a personalized colordefined through the color palette.

How to use?

To access the new AI-based Photo editing features, you must first be a Windows 11 tester subscribed to the Canary channel of the Windows Insider program. Another requirement is app version 2023.11110.8002.0 installed on your device.

The next step is to open the desired image using Microsoft Photos and click “Edit” in the software. After a short while, a menu with three AI editing options will appear; To make the change, simply select the tool you want to use.

AI editing tools should be made available in other Insider program channels for ongoing testing before being released in the stable version of Fotos. There is no date yet for the resources to be publicly available..