Google Photos is primarily a media gallery, sharing, and storage service.
It might be worth spending a bit every month to use these extra features.
What Is Google One?
One of the more interesting features, though, is Google Photos' editing tools.
The free Google Photos editing toolkit is already pretty great.
The editing basics are there, and include ways to crop, rotate, and resize pictures.
you might also try Google’s Enhance and B&W Portrait suggestions.
The widest range of free options is under theAdjustmenu.
A paid subscription to Google One adds only a handful of editing tools, but they’re truly impressive.
There are seven in total, and they’re provided as suggestions, tools, or adjustments.
Suggestions
Under suggestions, you’ll find three great paid options.
These are dynamic, portrait, and color pop.
Portrait, as a suggestion, applies the same effects that taking a picture in portrait mode does.
While it’s best for pictures of friends and family, it also does a great job with objects.
Color pop makes certain colors stand out by automatically applying grayscale to the rest of an image.
Tools
The tools section is where Google One’s paid image editing options are most impressive.
These are the Blur, Magic eraser, and Color focus options.
The blur tool is a fantastic way to apply a depth-of-field effect to any image.
With this tool, you’re able to erase or camouflage certain items, people, or defects.
There are otherapps for removing objects from images, but Google definitely got it right here.
The color focus tool is somewhat similar to the color pop suggestion.
In most cases, it desaturates the background of an image and maintains the colors of the foreground.
Adjustments
There’s only one addition to the adjustments section in Google Photos with a Google One subscription.
It’s the ability to adjust HDR for any image.
Additionally, all edits can be undone in perpetuity.
The combination of solid tools and convenience are excellent.
