Even without the limits of a roll of film of 36 photos or memory cards that reach the maximum quickly, it does not take long to fill an iPhone and cloud storage with photos. So Canon has launched an iOS app that can make difficult decisions for you when it’s time to clear some memories using AI to objectively decide which photos aren’t 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 collector, you’ll eventually have to clean the camera roll, and years of enjoying photography can leave you with thousands of photos to comb by hand. But now you can commit the hard work to PHIL (short for Photography Intelligence Learning), which is the name Canon calls its AI vision platform.
At the Photo Culling app, There are two ways to get PHIL to work. The “Whole Culling” option analyzes the entire camera roll and punctuates each photo based on four different criteria: noise, sharpness, closed eyes and detected emotion. Users set a scoring limit and the app will present a list of photos that do not match and can be deleted, allowing users to take one last look at any protectors they don’t want to part with, even if it is taken.
The other option is called “Similar Selection” and uses AI to classify similar photos into groups, evaluate each photo and then present the user with the best two images from each series and the option to quickly erase the rest. He promises to make the decision process when it comes to deleting photos much easier because the reality is that as beautiful as the sunset from the night before, there is little chance that you will go back and see 40 pictures of the sunset.
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Other features include a continuous count of how many photos are on your device and the amount of storage they are taking up and automatic album sorting based on timestamps or photos taken at the same event. When an album starts to get too big, the app automatically reminds you that it’s probably time to clean the house. However, according to the fine print, the app does not work with photos uploaded to iCloud and instead requires users to ensure that the “Download and keep originals” option is enabled so that all photos are on the device itself.
Canon’s photo selection is available on the Apple App Store right now and although you can try it for free for three days, after that, you need a $ 3 monthly subscription or a cheaper $ 15 annual subscription if you think it is something you will use frequently.