Making memories: AI and the future of photography

How AI can improve your photography

Here are just a few of the ways that AI can help enhance your photography and image processing:

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Remove objects and replace backgrounds

AI tools can detect and alter or remove the background in a photograph while leaving the subject of the photo untouched. It can also remove unwanted objects and fill in the missing gaps.

Restore images

AI can help restore partially missing images by filling in any blank sections, scratches, and other problem areas. It can also help enhance your low-resolution images to improve the detail and clarity of your photos.

Get composition ideas

If you need help setting up a shot, AI can provide feedback and suggestions around framing and positioning to help you improve the composition of your image. For example, you can provide details about the idea you’re trying to capture and ask, “What composition would work best for taking a photo of a mountain in the distance?”

Expand backgrounds

Did you know that there are AI-powered tools like Designer that can expand the backgrounds of your photos? You can use it to extend the objects and scene in your photos to give them more depth or expand into banners or posters (or just for fun!).

What about AI cameras?

Like many other AI-powered tools, AI cameras are becoming increasingly popular and advanced. Many modern smartphone cameras use AI to capture and process images, recognize subjects, and adjust settings. However, your smartphone camera may not give you the option to interact with this technology directly. Instead, your camera may do these things automatically whenever you take a photo.

If you’re looking for something a little more high-tech than a smartphone camera, many professional photography and video cameras use AI-powered features to help you get the perfect shot. These features can include autofocus improvements, subject tracking, editing suggestions, automatic framing, and more. If you are on a virtual meeting, some AI cameras can refocus your eye contact so you can appear to be looking straight into the camera, even if you are actually reading notes as you speak. Some AI cameras also have cool filters you can experiment with. For example, Surface Pro 11th Edition and Surface Laptop 7th Edition come with an AI-powered studio camera that allows you to try out several cool effects.

Transferring image styles with AI

AI is transforming the field of photography with tools that make it easier to capture, edit, and enhance photos. Start leveraging AI-powered tools to embrace the future of photography and explore new ways to capture images.