Even without the limitations of a fast-paced roll of 36 photos or memory cards, it doesn’t take long to fill an iPhone and cloud storage with photos. So Canon did it launched an iOS app which can make difficult decisions for you when it’s time to erase some memories using AI to objectively decide what photos aren’t worth keeping.
Having access to terabytes of cloud storage is a double-edged sword, because if you’re not willing to pay for the privilege of being a digital hoarder, you’ll eventually have to clean your camcorder, and the years when you are very happy can leave you with thousands of photos to comb by hand. But now you can do hard work in PHIL (short for Photography Intelligence Learning), what Canon has called its AI computer vision platform.
In the Photo Culling application, there are two ways to get PHIL to work. The “Whole Culling” option analyzes the entire roll of the camera and marks each photo based on four different criteria: noise, clarity, closed eyes and detected emotions. Users set a score threshold, and the app will then present a list of unmeasured and erasable photos, allowing users to take one last look at all owners they don’t want to part with, even if it’s a bad shot. .
The other option is called “Culling similar” and uses AI to sort similar-looking photos into groups, rate each photo, and then present the user with the two best images from each series and the option to quickly delete the rest. He promises to make decisions process when it comes to deleting photos much easier because the reality is that as beautiful as last night’s sunset, there’s little chance you’ll ever come back and look at 40 photos of the sunset.
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Other features include a number of photos on your device and the amount of storage it takes up and automatically sort albums based on timestamps or photos 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, in lower case, the app doesn’t work with photos uploaded to iCloud, and instead requires users to make sure the “Original download and keep” option is turned on so that all photos stay on the device itself.
Photo Culling from Canon East available from the Apple App Store right now and while you can try it for free for three days, then it requires a monthly subscription of $ 3 or an annual subscription cheaper than $ 15, if you think it’s something you’ll use often.