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Android Authority
4 hours ago
- Android Authority
Google Photos rolls out tools to turn your photos into anime, comics, and more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is getting a Veo 2-powered feature to turn photos into videos. Users will also be able to turn photos into illustrations. The app is adding a new 'Create' tab to put all of these tools in one place. The photo-to-video tool is also rolling out to YouTube Shorts. Google Photos isn't just a place where you can store your photos. It also contains various tools to alter your images however you want. Adding on to the tools you already have, the app is getting two new ones that are powered by AI. And to make these tools easier to find, a new tab is also rolling out. Starting today, Google is rolling out a Veo 2-powered photo-to-video feature in the Photos app. Available to Android and iOS users in the US, this tool will transform static photos into six-second video clips. As the company explains, this feature is similar to the photo-to-video functionality that recently rolled out to Gemini. You'll be able to create a short clip by selecting a photo and choosing one of two prompts: 'Subtle movements' or 'I'm feeling lucky.' The other new feature is called Remix, which allows you to turn a photo into an illustration. This tool will offer a variety of styles to choose from, like anime, comics, sketches, or 3D animation. Google says that this capability will start rolling out in the US in the next few weeks. As mentioned earlier, Google is making it easier to find these tools and discover others. It's doing so by putting all of the tools under one tab called 'Create.' The Create tab will appear in the bottom bar between Collections and Search. However, this tab won't come to the app until August. Google adds that all images and videos created by its AI in the Photos app will have an invisible SynthID digital watermark. This generated content will have visible watermarks as well. The Photos app isn't getting all of the attention today, however. YouTube announced that Shorts is also getting the photo-to-video function over the next week. This will initially be available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The company plans to expand more regions later in the year. However, the new AI playground feature — a place where you'll find Google's latest AI creation tools, a gallery of examples, and pre-filled prompts — is available on YouTube starting today. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
New York Post
4 hours ago
- New York Post
Hakeem Jeffries recruiting new digital aide after Photoshop fail warped area around his hips
Hakeem Jeffries needs someone who can shoot the hip. The House Minority Leader is hiring a new digital manager to help the Brooklyn lawmaker step up his Photoshop game after an editing snafu on Instagram earlier this month set the internet ablaze. Jeffries' office put out a posting Tuesday for a 'dynamic and highly skilled' digital manager who has expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects and more. 'The Digital Manager will be primarily responsible for transforming the Leader's on-camera content into compelling, high-impact video, audio and visual content for online platforms,' the posting said, noting that the ideal candidate 'understands the digital media landscape.' Jeffries' team also stressed that the new digital manager needs to have 'excellent judgment.' 3 The House Minority Leader went viral earlier this month after posting a photo to his Instagram that appeared to be terribly edited. @repjeffries/Instagram 3 Democrats have been scrambling to ramp up their digital media savviness. Getty Images Two weeks ago, the judgment of Jeffries' digital handlers was called into question after a post on his Instagram account showed a distorted photo of the congressman. The 54-year-old looked fly at first glance as he donned a pair of sunglasses — but the bench on which he casually rested was glaringly warped. Internet sleuths quickly uncovered other images on Jeffries' social media accounts of him posing in settings where the backgrounds looked suspiciously distorted. Even progressives like journalist Ken Klippenstein joined the pile-on. 'Hakeem Jeffries is such a charisma black hole that it's warping the fabric of spacetime,' Klippenstein wrote on X July 7. GOP operatives also hammered Jeffries for the faux pas. 'Hakeem Jeffries slimming himself in Photoshop is the most transparency we've seen from Democrats in years,' Republican communicator Erin Maguire chided at the time. The Post contacted a Jeffries spokesperson for clarification about whether the digital manager job posting was related to this month's mockery. 'Guess it takes a full-time editor to keep up with a full-time embarrassment,' National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella needled about the recruitment effort. 3 Netizens also pointed to other instances in which Hakeem Jeffries appeared to have Photoshopped images on his social media. X/juliegraceb The digital manager is also required to study engagement metrics across social media platforms, clip videos for Jeffries and engage with his allies on the internet, according to the job description. Candidates are expected to have at least three years of experience.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects
YouTube announced on Wednesday that it's giving Shorts creators access to new generative AI features, including an image-to-video AI tool and new AI effects. The image to video feature lets users turn a picture from their camera roll into a six-second video. Users will see a selection of suggestions that are relevant to the photo they uploaded. YouTube says the feature can be used to add movement to landscape photos, animate pictures of everyday photos, or bring group photos to life. In an example given by YouTube, the feature turns a static image of a pedestrian signal into a short video that slowly zooms into a dancing version of the walking man symbol. The feature works similarly to an offering already available in Gemini. Plus, it's similar to the Animate tool in Meta's Edits app, which also uses AI to transform static images into videos. The new tool is rolling out over the next week in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. YouTube plans to bring it to more regions later this year. It's worth noting that Google Photos is also getting a similar image-to-video tool. As for the new AI effects, creators can use them to transform their doodles into artistic images and turn their selfies into videos where they're swimming underwater, twinning with someone, and more. Users can find these new effects by navigating to the 'Effects' icon in the Shorts camera and then tapping 'AI' to browse all of the generative effects. YouTube notes that the features announced today are powered by Veo 2, Google's AI model for video generation. YouTube says it uses SynthID watermarks and clear labels to indicate that these creations were generated with AI. Last month at Cannes Lions 2025, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced that Google's Veo 3 video generator, which can generate both video and audio, will be coming to Shorts later this summer. He also shared that Shorts are now averaging more than 200 billion daily views. YouTube also announced on Wednesday that AI Playground is its new home for generative AI creation tools, inspirational examples, prefilled prompts, and more. Creators can find AI Playground by tapping the Create button and then the sparkle icon in the top right corner. It's available now for everyone in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Sign in to access your portfolio
