If I have a beautiful photo of a couple on their wedding day and their dog jumps into the frame? Can I easily remove the dog to make it look like he wasn’t there?
There is a paid subscription app in Apple App Store called RetouchAI which seems to do the trick, but would rather be able to do it for free with software already on the phone.
Many thanks!
iPhone 13, iOS 17
Photos on the iPhone does not have a retouch tool. There are no brushes to apply any local adjustments at all.
You will need third party apps to retouch an image on the iPhone.
The only thing you could do on your iPhone is to try to use Keynote or Pages to cover up a part of the photo by a second photo (a section cropped from a copy of the the original photo). Then you can superimpose the section on the first photo, where the dog is. or try to mask the photo with a circular or elliptical shape , that will cut out the dog.
Photos for Mac has a retouch tool - if you have a Mac as well, do the retouching on your Mac.
I have the M1 Air. Had no idea that retouching capability was on there via Photos. Many thanks.
Meanwhile, I downloaded Photoshop Express to use in a pinch on my iPhone. This enables me to get out of the “weekly subscription rate” **** of other apps. Much like the ChatGPT services out there.
You're welcome 😊
Photos for Mac is more versatile than the mobile version of Photos. I particularly like the ability to retouch a photo, add selective color changes, add keywords and use smart albums. And we can move albums between folders or add missing faces.
Here is the user guide page for retouching a photo:
Retouching to remove elements from an image
