How to Use Samsung AI Photo-Editing Tools

The biggest USP of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series phones is not their top-notch hardware but the cool AI features. The Galaxy AI or Advanced Intelligence packs together some cool photo-editing tools. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to move, remove, and resize objects in images using Samsung AI Photo-editing tools on the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra.

The older Photo Editor on the One UI 5 and 6 mostly had basic editing capabilities like cropping, rotating, adding filters, changing color tones, decorating with drawings, stickers and text, and beautifying faces in pictures. The Photo Editor version 3.4.13.49 and above on the Galaxy S24 with One UI 6.1 is fortified with the power of AI. It has a bunch of advanced image editing features that let you manipulate your images in amazing ways.

I have already explained all 16 Galaxy AI features available in One UI 6.1 on the Samsung S24 series. However, in this article, our sole focus will be AI image-editing capabilities.

Editing Photos with Samsung AI Photo-Editing Tools

Samsung has integrated Google’s Generative Edit² and Imagen 2 technology in its Photo Editor app which lets you reimagine photos with AI. Below is a complete list of things you can do with your photos on your Samsung Galaxy S24. As of now, you can select and manipulate only 5 objects in one editing session and the edited photos will have an AI watermark in the bottom left corner and a tag “Modified with Generative edit” in the metadata.

• Change and adjust the angle of photos and fill in the gaps around the edges with AI-generated backgrounds.
• Move or shift the objects or people in a photo.
• Resize the objects and people in photos.
• Remove people and objects from photos and fill the gaps with matching backgrounds.
• Erase unwanted shadows and reflections in photos.
• Copy selected objects and people from photos to the clipboard and add them to other photos.
• Select the objects and people from the photos and turn them into stickers.
• Increase the resolution of low-quality photos.

Let’s check how to use the AI features of the Galaxy S24’s Photo Editor app.

1. Change the Angle of Images with AI

If you have a photo on your phone in which the objects are tilted to a side, you can change their angle or straighten them easily.

1. Go to the Samsung Gallery app and open the photo you want to straighten.
2. Select the Edit option to open it in the Samsung Photo Editor.
3. Tap the Generative Edit icon located in the bottom right corner.
4. Now swipe on the angle change slider to change the angle of the photo.
5. Tap the Generate button.
6. Finally, select Done and save the edited photo to your Gallery.

Here’s the resulting image after changing the angle of the photo.

2. Move Objects or People in a Photo with Galaxy AI

If you do not like the position of an object or person in a photo, you can easily move or shift it using the Generative Edit AI on your Samsung Galaxy S24. Please note that you can select and move up to 5 objects in a single editing session. To manipulate more objects, you can re-edit the photo after saving it.

1. Open the photo in Samsung Gallery and select the Edit option.
2. Tap the Generative Edit icon to manipulate it with AI.
3. Now touch and hold the object you want to move to select it. You can also outline the object with the S-Pen or your finger to make the selection.
4. Once the object is selected, you can move it anywhere inside the photo frame.
5. Having moved the object or person to your desired place, tap on Generate.
6. When the image is generated, tap on Done and save the photo to your Gallery.

Here’s the result after moving an object in Samsung’s AI-powered Photo Editor. In the photo below, I first selected myself, erased the shadow between the legs, and adjusted the angle of the photo.

3. Removing Objects from Photos with AI

The Generative Edit feature in the Galaxy AI-powered Photo Editor makes removing objects and people from photos a breeze. I tested this feature with several photos, and it worked very well. Follow the steps below to erase objects from photos on Samsung Galaxy S24 phones.

1. Open the Samsung Gallery app, navigate to the image you want to edit, and tap it.
2. Tap the Edit (✎) icon to open the image in Samsung Photo Editor.
3. Now tap the Generative Edit icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
4. Select the object or person you want to remove from the photo. You can touch and hold the object, or outline it with your finger or the S-Pen.
5. When the object is selected, two options, namely Undo and Eraser will appear as shown below. Tap the Eraser icon.
6. Finally, tap on Generate.
7. When the image is processed, select Done.

Here is the resulting photo after removing objects.

4. Resize the Objects and People in Photos

The Generative Edit technology in the Galaxy AI on the Samsung S24 also lets you resize the objects and people in photos. If you want to resize an object in a photo, follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Open the photo you want to edit in Samsung Gallery and select the Edit option.
2. Tap the Generative Edit icon to edit the photo with AI.
3. When the image opens in the AI mode, tap and hold or outline the object you want to resize.
4. You can use the 4 resize handles that appear around the selected object to increase or decrease its size.
5. When the new photo is generated, tap on Done and save it to your phone’s gallery.

Here are the resulting images when I tested the object resizing with AI.

5. Erase Shadows and Reflections in Photos

The AI Photo Editor in the Samsung Galaxy S4 also lets you erase unwanted reflections and shadows in photos.

1. Open the photo in Photo Editor via the Samsung Gallery app.
2. Tap the Tools icon.
3. Now, select the Object Eraser tool.
4. Just tap the Erase Shadows or Erase Reflections option. Using these options erased the shadows and reflections partially. If you want better results, you can outline the shadow area and select the Erase option to remove it.
5. Finally, tap on Done and save the edited photo.

Check out the result after editing the image.

6. Copy Objects to the Clipboard and Insert Them into Photos

If you want to move an object or person from one photo to another photo, you can do that in Samsung’s AI-powered Photo Editor app. Here is how:

1. Open Samsung Gallery and select the image from which you want to copy an object or person.
2. Touch and hold the object you want to copy.
3. When the object is selected, tap the Copy option to copy it to the clipboard.
4. Now open the photo into which you want to paste the copied object and tap Edit > Galaxy AI icon.
5. Now, tap the Add (+) icon and select Paste from clipboard. You can also select the Add from Gallery option if you want to insert any other image into the photo currently being edited.
6. When the object is added to the photo, you can resize and move it the way you want.
7. Then tap on Generate > Done.

7. Turn Objects and People into Stickers

You can now turn any object/s or person/s from a photo into a transparent image. You can save selected objects on your Galaxy S24 or add them as stickers in the Samsung Keyboard app.

Sharing Selected Objects as Transparent Photos

1. Open a photo in Samsung Gallery.
2. Touch and hold an object or person in the photo to select it.
3. Tap the Share option in the toast pop-up.
4. In the Share Menu, select the app you want to share the transparent photo with.

Turn Objects from Photos into Stickers

If you want to turn an object or person’s photo into a sticker and use it while chatting with others, follow the steps below.

1. Open the Samsung Gallery app on your Samsung Galaxy S24 and select the photo you want to clip the sticker from.
2. Touch and hold the object you want and select the Save as Sticker option. Select the sticker style and tap on Done.
3. The sticker will be added to the Samsung Keyboard app.
4. To use your saved stickers, open Samsung Keyboard, tap the Emoji icon, and then on Sticker. Select the sticker you want to insert into a chat.

Save Objects as Transparent Images in Gallery

You can also clip an object or person from a photo and save it as a transparent photo on your phone.

1. Open a photo in the Samsung Gallery.
2. Touch and hold the object you want to clip and tap the 3-dot icon on the toast pop-up.
3. Select the Save as Image option. If you want to customize the clipped object further and add shapes to it, select the Edit option.
4. The images are saved to an album named ‘Clipped images‘ on your phone’s gallery.

Enhance the Resolution of Low-quality Images

Most messaging platforms tend to compress image files and reduce their quality and resolution to save bandwidth. If you have such images in your phone’s Gallery, you can easily improve their quality using Samsung Gallery. AI-powered Generative Edit on the Galaxy S24 lets you enhance the picture quality of low-resolution photos. This feature is available while saving edited images when AI detects very low-resolution. Here is how it works.

1. Open a down-scaled image with poor quality in the Samsung Gallery app.
2. Tap the Edit icon and crop or rotate the image.
3. Select the Save option after editing the image.
4. You’ll be prompted if you want to increase image resolution.
5. Tap on Increase resolution.

Done! The upscaled image will be saved in the gallery. Below is a comparison of the same image before and after using the AI-powered Increase Image Resolution feature in One UI 6.1.

Remaster Photos with AI-powered Edit Suggestions

The AI photo-editing tools on the Samsung Galaxy S24 also let you quickly remaster your photos to enhance them. The Edit Suggestions feature automatically analyzes the photos and provides potential editing suggestions that include:

• Remaster: Enhances brightness, contrast, color effect, clarity, face smoothness, etc.
• Long exposure: This means giving the camera sensor to gather light for a longer time by keeping the shutter open for an extended period. Using this effect will give your photos more exposure to light.
• 24-hour time-lapse: This AI photo editing effect on the Galaxy S24 is available for landscape photos captured in daylight. It creates a 12-second video showing how a specific landscape will look like during different times of the day.
• Erase shadows: Decreases shadow darkness in photos.
• Erase reflections: Reduces reflections in photos.
• Background effect: This feature lets you adjust the background blur in photos.

You can access the Edit Suggestions feature on your Samsung Galaxy S24 in 2 ways:

• Open a photo in the Samsung Gallery app and tap on the Details (i) icon on the bottom strip.
• Open the image in the gallery and swipe up with your finger.

On the image details page, the Edit Suggestions will appear on the image. Tap the suggestion you want to use and AI will apply the selected effect to your photo.

Here is a video showing the 24-hour time-lapse effect.

Edit Photos with Galaxy Enhance-X

On top of the inbuilt AI-powered photo editing tools, Samsung also offers an app named Galaxy Enhance-X. Currently, it supports devices like Galaxy S24 series, S23 series, S22 series, S21 series, S20 series, Note 20 series, Z Fold4, Z Flip4, Z Fold3, Z Flip3, Z Fold2, Z Flip 5G, and Z Flip. Using this app you can enhance the look of your pictures and videos using AI.

Galaxy Enhance-X lets you edit your photos and videos with the help of the following AI tools:

1. AI Enhancer: This tool analyzes the picture you select for editing and suggests relevant photo-editing tools you can use to enhance the photo.
   • Magic: This one-tap tool in Galaxy Enhance-X analyzes your photos and applies several effects to enhance them automatically.
2. Light Effect Enhancer: It included 3 tools to enhance photos with the following lighting effects.
   • Brighten
   • HDR
   • Colorize
3. Magic Repair Tools: This consists of 8 photo repair tools to
   • Remove shadows
   • Remove reflections
   • Fix moiré (lining and fabric patterns in photos)
   • Clean lens
   • Fix blur
   • Denoise
   • Sharpen
   • Crop and clean
4. Fix face: This effect processes faces in photos with 4 AI enhancement tools that include
   • Face: Adjust smoothness, tone, eyes, jawline
   • Portrait
   • Restore photos
   • Camera shift
5. Miscellaneous Effects: It includes tools like 24-hour time-lapse, Sky guide, and Single take.