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●Arsenalis a devicethatconnectstoyourcameraand
equipsit withallthatAIhastooffer,from
sophisticatedremotecontroltoAI-enhanced
scene-recognitionalgorithmsthatautomaticallyapply
optimisedsettingsfora particularscene.
●TheMicrosoftPixappusesAIforeditingoptionsand
takesa burstof imagesthenselectswhatit thinksis
thebestone.
● TheSpectre app uses AI for low-light photography.Try this at homerespectively.It notonlyworkswellfor
motorsportphotographybutalsooffersa
tasteof thingstocome,asthisalgorithmcould
betrainedonalmostanysubject.Panasonic’s
LumixG camerasalsosportaninnovativeAI
feature:thecameracanmemorisea specific
person’sface– forexample, a bride – and
automaticallyfocusonit.
AIinpost-production
Machinelearningalreadyplaysa significant
rolein imageediting,fromquirkySnapchat
filtersthatmakepeoplelooklikeanimalsto
sophisticatedphoto-editingsoftware.
Skylumhasbeenat theforefrontof
integratingmachinelearningintoitsLuminar
softwarebydevelopingworkspacesthat‘learn’
theuser’spreferredgenreof photographyand
settingsandsuggestenhancementsbased
onthis.DimaSytnik,CTOandco-founderat
Skylum,says,‘We’vejustreleaseda new
versionof AccentAIfilter.Thenew“human-
aware”technologyrecognisespeoplein your
photosandappliesadjustmentsselectivelyfor
morerealisticimages.’
AdobeSenseiis aninnovativeAIassistantfor
allAdobeproducts.It candoanything,from
identifyingandtaggingimagesaccordingtothe
objectstheydepict,toproducingmasksand
evensummarisingtext.Althoughnotvery
widelyusedyet,thesetechnologieshavethe
potentialtosimplifyphotographers’workflows
bymanagingvastimagelibraries and speeding
uproutineadjustments.
What’stocome?
Cameramanufacturersarenowpushingup
againstthephysicallimitsof howsmalla lens
canbeandhowmuchdatathesensorcan
capture.Thismeansthatevenwhenit comes
toprofessionalphotographyequipment,
mostnewdevelopmentsandinnovations
areexpectedtocomefromthesoftware.
Butwillmachineseventuallybecome
sogoodthattheywillreplacehuman
photographers?Google’sdeeplearninglab
(BrainTeam)hasalreadydevelopedan
algorithm that can select images from Google
streetview,andcropandeditthemtocreate
imagesthataremorelikelytobejudged
tohavebeentakenbya professional
photographer,thanlandscapephotostaken
byactualprofessionalphotographers.Nvidia
software(notreleasedyet)doesawaywiththe
need to go out in the fi rst place, by enablingTestbench ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEdesignerstocreatephotorealisticlandscapes
fromroughlysketchedoutlinesin seconds.
Andof course,therehavebeenattempts
tobuildcreativemachines,butnoAIsystem
iscapableof creatingmeaning,social
commentaryorartisticintent...yet.
Fornow,it lookslikephotographerswill
mainlyuseAItosavetime.DimaSytniksays,
‘Oneof thechiefimpactsAIwillhaveon
photographyis simplifyingtheprocessof
takingandmanagingphotos.AIcanhelp
photographersbridgethegapbetweenwhat
oureyesseeandwhatthecameracaptures.
It meanscamerasandsoftwarewillbecome
smarterandautomateprocesses– from
imagestabilisationtoauto-taggingandmaybe
evenskippingmanualphotoediting altogether.’Thechoiceisyours
WhetheryouthinkAIin photographyis an
overhypedgimmickforcasualphotographers
orthefuture,onethingis forsure:AIis hereto
stay,creatingmoretoolsforphotographersto
haveat theirdisposal.Regardlessof whether
youpreferelaboratephotographyset-upsor
aregratefulforanythingthatallowsyoutojust
focusonyoursubject,it’suptoustomakeAI
workforus– whetherthat’sin photography
orwhenit comestotheother changes
this technology will bring.Luminar uses artificial intelligence in its Skylum software to provide intelligent image enhancement, taking into account human subjects
Luminar’sAccentAIdoesa great job of enhancing
images using a single sliderTheSpectreappforiPhoneis a computational
shutter for long-exposure photographyOriginal With Accent AI
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