The way the light illuminates a subject. The way its composition and background draw us in. 

Getting the details right has long required advanced photography skills and mastery of complex editing software. Not anymore.

Today, anyone can easily edit pictures to make them stand out with Magic Editor, Google’s AI-powered photo editing tool. Magic Editor’s features enhance the photos you take on Pixel’s best-in-class camera, letting you move, remove, and resize people or objects in an image, plus change the background. You can automatically reframe a crooked image – new or old – or extend a photo’s edges using Magic Editor on Pixel 9 phones.¹

Whether you need to remove a stranger from the background of a family picture, adjust your photo to highlight a football player’s goal during a spectacular match, or add a perfectly -lit backdrop to your summer outfit selfie, Google Pixel’s photo editor can bring your vision to life. 

Here are some common ways to use Magic Editor to level up your photography. 

Pixel 9 phones come with a sophisticated AI-enhanced camera that gives anyone the ability to take amazing photos. But sometimes the unexpected happens, and that’s where Magic Editor comes in.

Say you’ve hiked up a mountain with your parents to enjoy a scenic overlook at sunset. They pose above a striking waterway and you snap a dozen pictures to remember the moment. Unfortunately, you also photograph a fellow tourist taking his own photos in the background. 

Magic Editor lets you select and erase the stranger in the background. Simple, right?

Or maybe you want to show friends and family the cake you’ve baked with your daughter. You take a photo, and it looks great, apart from a few cluttered dishes by the sink. With Google’s AI-powered photo editor, you can make the dishes disappear or resize the elements in the frame, either shrinking the dishes or expanding the cake.

Now imagine your photo of the cake is off centre. You can use Magic Editor to move your masterpiece to the middle of the shot.

You snap a selfie in your new orange jumper, but your shirt clashes with the gloomy backdrop nature’s given you. Magic Editor can’t change the weather on the day. It can, however, reimagine your photos, right on your phone. Just tap the magic wand icon on your phone and select “Sky” to turn a gloomy horizon into a colourful sunset.¹

Want to give off an autumn vibe in the middle of summer? Use Magic Editor to restyle a picture’s entire backdrop. Highlight the pavement in the photo editing tool, type in “piles of freshly fallen autumn leaves,” and watch the AI-powered image editor speed up the change of seasons in the background. 

Or maybe you’re taking photos of a shopping trip but don’t want your followers to fixate on the pile of laundry on your sofa. Use Magic Editor to make it disappear or to make the pillows bigger to hide the clothes.

You’re at a football game trying to snap pictures of your favourite team’s last-minute comeback. With all the action happening between your seat and the pitch, it’s hard to properly frame your photos. But even if the pictures don't come out quite right, with Auto Frame in Magic Editor – available only on Pixel 9 phones – you can quickly fix them. The tool will align and rotate a crooked or poorly composed image to keep the subject front and centre. 

Or let’s say you take pictures with friends or family at the beach, but your pictures don’t highlight enough of the ocean and sky in the background. Auto Frame can help you zoom out and extend the photo edges with realistic details, giving your pictures a polished, professional look. 

Magic Editor makes your photos pop. But some situations may call for other Pixel tools as well. Whether you’re having trouble taking pictures of your friends smiling at the same time, or recording a birthday message over the sound of the street outside your window, these other AI features on Pixel 9 phones can give your photos, videos, and audio a boost:

• Add Me²: Get everyone who was there into your photos – including the designated photographer. It’s only available on Pixel 9 phones.

• Audio Magic Eraser³: Reduce distracting sounds in your audio or video recording, from cars honking to strangers chatting.

• Video Boost: Say goodbye to shaky, grainy, and otherwise imperfect video with this cloud processing feature that reduces background imperfections and improves the quality of your lighting. 

• Night Sight and Night Sight Video: Take crisp pictures and videos, even in low light, thanks to these AI features, which are great for snapping photos of the night sky or recording a special moment under the stars.

• Super Res Zoom Video⁴: Record high-quality video and get 20x closer to the action, even if you’re far away.

• Zoom Enhance⁵: Get closer to your subject, even after you’ve zoomed in. AI enhances the details and quality, so your pictures look sharp.

• Best Take⁶: Blend similar photos into one frame-worthy image in which everyone looks their best. 

Whether you’re a hobbyist or the next social media star, these content creator tools on Pixel will make your photos and videos shine.