Even without the limits of a movie of 36 shots or memory cards that are fast maximum, it does not take long to fill an iPhone and cloud storage with photos. So did Canon An iOS app released it can make the difficult decisions for you when it’s time to clear memory using AI to objectively decide which shots are not worth keeping.
Access to terabyte cloud storage is a double-edged sword, because unless you are willing to pay for the privilege of being a digital hoarder, you will eventually have to clean up your camera roll, and years of quick cheerfulness can leave you with thousands of photos by hand. But now you can give the hard work to PHIL (short for Photography Intelligence Learning), which Canon calls its computer vision AI platform.
In the Photo Thinning App, there are two ways to put PHIL to work. The “Whole Culling” option analyzes your entire camera roll and draws each photo based on four different criteria: noise, sharpness, closed eyes and detected emotion. Users set a point threshold and the app then presents a list of photos that do not measure and can be removed, allowing users to take one last look at custodians they do not want to share, even if they are badly shot.
The other option is called ‘similar thinning’, and it uses AI to sort photos that look similar in groups, evaluate each recording, and then present the two best photos to the user. images from each series and the option to quickly delete the rest. It promises to make the decision process when it comes to deleting photos much easier because the reality is that as beautiful as last night’s sunset was, there’s little chance you’ll ever go back and look at 40 photos of the sunset.
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Other features include a version of how many photos are on your device and the amount of storage space they take up and automatic sorting of albums based on timestamps or photos taken at the same event. If an album gets too big, the app will automatically remind you that it’s probably time to clean house. According to the fine print, the app does not work with photos uploaded to iCloud, but requires users to make sure the “Download & Keep Originals” option is enabled so that all the photos sit on the device itself.
Canon’s Photo Culling is available in the Apple App Store Right now and while you can try it out for free for three days, you will need a monthly subscription of $ 3 or a cheaper annual subscription of $ 15 if you think this is something you will use regularly.