Google Pixel 6A’s Camouflage tool makes Magic Eraser a lot better
by Allison Johnson from The Verge - All Posts on (#61QM6)
Camouflage debuts with the Pixel 6A when it goes on sale on July 28th. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google's clever Magic Eraser tool debuted on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. It's an editing feature that's designed to remove people or objects you don't want in the background of your photos. Considering that it's dead simple to use, the results are okay, but it's definitely not putting Adobe out of business anytime soon. But with the Pixel 6A - and coming soon to the 6 and 6 Pro - Google has added a new Magic Eraser function that I like a lot more than the standard erase tool: Camouflage. It's just as easy to use, and the results are a lot more consistent.
Magic Eraser works a bit like Photoshop's content-aware fill. You make a selection, then it uses information from the surrounding image to remove the unwanted subject and fill in the area....