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The video provides an extensive comparison of the photo editing capabilities of Google Photos, Samsung Gallery, and Apple Photos on Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S23 Ultra, and iPhone 14 Pro Max, respectively. Google Photos stands out for its auto-level cropping, AI-driven enhancements such as Magic Eraser, and unique features like portrait blur and cinematic photos. Samsung Gallery excels thanks to its Snap to Shape feature, a variety of filters, robust collage and GIF creation options, and superior handling of edges in object removal. It also has a unique "remaster picture" feature for improving old photos. Apple Photos, while offering essential photo editing tools, falls short in features and customization compared to its competitors. Samsung Gallery ultimately ranks highest in overall photo editing capabilities, followed by Google Photos, with Apple Photos trailing.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter compares the editing capabilities of Google Photos, Samsung Gallery, and Apple Photos using the Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung S23 Ultra, and iPhone 14 Pro Max respectively. The scoring system gives points based on the presence and execution of features.
1. **Cropping and Rotating**: All three apps offer precise sliders for image rotation and basic rotation buttons, but only Google Photos has an auto-level feature, winning it 1.5 points.
2. **Aspect Ratio Adjustment**: All three apps allow changing the aspect ratio with Google Photos offering five options and Samsung Gallery and Apple Photos offering eight, resulting in half a point extra for Samsung and Apple.
3. **Mirroring Images**: Only Samsung Gallery and Apple Photos offer the ability to mirror images, each earning a point.
4. **Tilting or Swiveling Images**: Samsung Gallery and Apple Photos provide horizontal and vertical sliders. Google Photos allows tilting in multiple directions using draggable dots but lacks precision for simple adjustments.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker compares various features of photo editing apps: Google Photos, Samsung Gallery, and Apple Photos. For cropping and rotating images, Google Photos stands out for its AI-driven auto mode, while Samsung Gallery wins overall because of its unique Snap to Shape feature. In the filters category, Samsung Gallery excels with more filter options and the ability to download and create custom filters, followed by Google Photos with more built-in filters, and Apple Photos with the least. For enhancing photo quality, Google Photos is unique in its ability to unblur images, earning it a point, while all three apps offer automatic enhancement features.
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In this part of the video, the speaker compares photo enhancement features across different smartphone galleries. They first discuss the default enhance option available on several phones and hint at a tool called ‘sky,’ which will be covered later. The speaker then introduces Samsung Gallery’s unique “remaster picture” feature for improving old and blurry photos but notes better results with Google’s enhancement options.
They explain that applying both the enhance and unblur effects in Google Photos yields superior image quality compared to Samsung Gallery’s single enhancement. Consequently, they award points to Samsung for having the feature and an extra half-point to Google for better quality. Apple Photos lacks these features, placing it last in the enhancement quality category.
Next, the video covers how Samsung Gallery and Google Photos handle removing unwanted elements from images. Google Photos’ Magic Eraser is more user-friendly, automatically suggesting items to remove, whereas Samsung Gallery’s Object Eraser requires more manual effort. Despite delivering similar quality results, Google Photos has an edge in challenging scenarios. This is demonstrated with an example where Google Photos efficiently removes a highlighted individual, while Samsung Gallery struggles.
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In this segment of the video, the creator compares the photo editing capabilities of Google Photos and Samsung Gallery. They highlight that Google Photos performs better in cropping the subject and blending the background when compared to Samsung Gallery, which uses less effective methods such as a person’s arm to cover others. Additionally, the Samsung Gallery features an “erase shadows” function, which partly removes shadows or lightens them, whereas Google Photos lacks this feature. Another point mentioned is Google Photos’ ability to camouflage colorful parts of the image by muting colors, which Samsung Gallery cannot do. Overall, the creator scores Google Photos slightly higher for object removal. They also compare Apple Photos and Samsung Gallery in cropping objects, finding that Samsung Gallery handles edges better. Lastly, the video notes that all apps provide basic manual editing controls like brightness, contrast, and saturation.
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In this part of the video, the comparison between Google Photos, Samsung Gallery, and Apple Photos continues, focusing on their portrait editing capabilities. Google Photos leads with 16 tools, followed by Apple Photos with 15, and Samsung Gallery with 11. All three apps offer sliders to adjust blur intensity, but Google Photos stands out with additional controls to adjust depth and choose focal points within the image. In terms of portrait effects, Apple Photos offers five different effects, while Samsung Gallery provides a broader selection, giving Samsung an edge in variety. Additionally, both Google Photos and Samsung Gallery feature a unique ability to add and adjust light sources to enhance the portrait, a feature absent in Apple Photos. Consequently, Google Photos gains an extra point for its versatility in this area.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the editing capabilities of Samsung Gallery, Google Photos, and Apple Photos, particularly focusing on portraits and additional features. They explain that Samsung Gallery and Google Photos allow users to convert normal photos into portraits, while Apple Photos does not. Google Photos is praised for its ‘portrait blur’ function, which allows adjustment of blur intensity, while Samsung Gallery also performs well in portrait editing.
In terms of extra features, Google Photos’ ‘sky’ adjustment feature and ‘color focus’ (which makes the background black and white while keeping the subject in color) are highlighted. Samsung Gallery has a similar ‘spot color’ feature but it is less user-friendly. Google Photos is further praised for its unique ‘cinematic photos’ feature, which adds a 3D effect with a zoom. Additionally, both Google Photos and Samsung Gallery offer built-in collage creation, while Apple Photos require an external app for this function. Overall, Google Photos is given more points for its superior extra features.
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In this part of the video, the comparison between Google Photos and Samsung Gallery for creating collages and GIFs is discussed. Both apps allow users to drag images to reorder, pinch to zoom, and edit or replace individual images in collages. However, Samsung Gallery provides more flexibility with options to delete or add images, a greater variety of layouts, adjustable aspect ratios, frame curvatures, and background colors. In contrast, Google Photos stands out with a large number of creative styles.
When creating GIFs, Samsung Gallery offers more editing capabilities, such as adding, deleting, duplicating, reordering images, adjusting speed, direction, making loops, adding stickers, and text. In contrast, Google Photos automatically compiles images without offering editing options. Additionally, exclusive features in Samsung Gallery like “style” for applying artistic effects and “color mix” for individually adjusting color properties are highlighted, showcasing its superiority in customization.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the Face Effects feature available on certain phones, allowing users to adjust aspects of their facial appearance such as skin smoothness, jawline, and eye size. They also mention features like background blur and red-eye fix. The segment concludes with a comparison of photo editing apps where Samsung Gallery emerges as the leader, Google Photos secures second place, and Apple Photos ranks third. The speaker wraps up the video by inviting comments and thanking viewers.