On iPhone and iPad, Apple's Visual Look Up feature for photos makes it possible to isolate the subject of a picture from its background so that you can copy it to the clipboard for use elsewhere or share it in another app.
In fact it's so easy to use that performing painstaking subject isolation actions in image editing apps could soon become a thing of the past. Here's how it works.
That's all there is to it. You can even use it in paused frames in videos. The feature works not just in Photos, but also in screenshots and the Quick Look feature in the Files app.
As mentioned, the feature uses advanced machine learning and image analysis, therefore it is only available on phones with the A12 Bionic or newer chip. The A12 Bionic processor debuted in 2018 in the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone XR, so you need to be using one of these iPhones or a later model for it to work.
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