Even without the limits of a roll of 36 shots of movies or memory cards running out quickly, it doesn’t take long to fill your iPhone and cloud storage with photos. So has Canon has launched an iOS app this can make difficult decisions when it comes time to erase some memories using AI to objectively decide which shots are not worth keeping.
Having access to terabytes of cloud storage is a double-edged sword because, unless you’re willing to pay for the privilege of being a digital hoarder, you’ll eventually have to clean up the camera roll, and years of being happy can leave you with thousands of photos to comb by hand. But now you can pawn the hard work into PHIL (short for Photography Intelligence Learning), which is what Canon has called its artificial intelligence platform for computer vision.
A la Photo Culling application, there are two ways to start PHIL. The “Whole Culling” option scans the entire camera roll and marks each photo according to four different criteria: noise, sharpness, eyes closed, and emotion detected. Users set a score threshold, and then the app will present a list of photos that aren’t measured and can be deleted, allowing users to take one last look at guardians they don’t want to be separated from, yet that is bad shot.
The other option is called “Similar Culling” and uses artificial intelligence to sort similar-looking photos into groups, evaluate each shot, and present the user with the best two. images from each series and the option to quickly remove the rest. He promises to make decisions process when deleting photos much more easily because the reality is that as beautiful as last night’s sunset was, there’s little chance of going back and looking at 40 photos of the sunset.
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Other features include counting photos on your device and the amount of storage they take up. and automatic album sorting based on timestamps or photographs taken at the same event. When an album starts to get too big, the app will automatically remind you that it’s probably time to clean the house. However, according to the small print, the app doesn’t work with photos uploaded to iCloud, but instead requires users to make sure the “Download and keep originals” option is turned on so that all photos are sitting on the device itself.
Canon’s Photo Culling is available on the Apple App Store right now and as long as you can try it for free for three days, then you need a $ 3 monthly subscription or a cheaper $ 15 annual subscription if you think it’s something you use often.