These 6 Hidden Windows 11 Photos Features Are Actually Worth Using
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Summary
The Windows 11 Photos app has many features that are not widely known, such as resizing images and scanning text from images
The Resize image feature allows users to reduce the size of images by a percentage or manually set the pixel dimensions, which is useful for sharing or optimisation for websites
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tool allows users to extract printed text or handwriting from images and turn it into a digital copy, which is convenient for digitising documents or extracting information from images
Super Resolution is an AI-powered tool that enhances the sharpness and detail of images without reducing quality, but it is currently only available on Copilot+ PCs due to hardware limitations
Users can also use the Photos app to blur, remove, or replace image backgrounds using AI to isolate the subject from the background, which is useful for portrait effects or replacing backgrounds with new images
Generative Erase is a feature that uses AI to remove specific objects or people from images, similar to Photo Cleanup or Magic Eraser, but less effective than these options
