Tech Topic 72: Reimagine Photos, YouTube Collaborations, Whisk AI Fictional Images

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This week OnEBoard shared three tips for autumn, including using the Google Photos "Reimagine" tool, the new YouTube Collaborations option and understanding the limitations of Google's Whisk image generator.

This week's background was generated in Meet using the prompt "Autumn Equinox" to create a background bookshelf. 

Nina Trankova: Reimagine in Google Photos


Click through the slides for a demo of the Reimagine tool in Google Photos

Nina showed what you can do with the Google Photos AI-powered Reimagine tool.  She took a photo of a flower arrangement, selected only the flowers, then had Google Photos "reimagine" them as "Christmas" flowers.

She also inserted the image in Google Slides, and used the Slides "Remove Background" tool. 

Nina says, "I can use any thing I produce to create content online like a kind of logo if I wish or for many other  beautifying content online".

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  • Google Photos Support: Edit your photos
    Google says: "For best results (using the Reimagine tool), be specific and descriptive. For example, start with a simple phrase like “field of yellow flowers” or “fall leaves.”"
  • Google Slides Support: Remove image backgrounds

Peggy Kolm: YouTube Collaborations


Screen grab from the official YouTube Creators "Collaborations on YouTube" video showing invited collaborators.

Peggy shared information about the new YouTube Collaborations.

You can invite up to five collaborators for your video, Short or archived live stream. The video will be recommended to the audiences of both the host and collaborators, and viewers can easily subscribe to all of the collaborators. 

She says, "...  as the host, you can also allow collaborators to see the analytics for that collaborative video. They will not see revenue if you're monetizing. And any watch time, views, or revenue goes to the original host channel. But the idea is that this can expand your audience."

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Bob Danley: Create Fictional Images with Whisk


Whisk Home Page

Bob shared his experience using Whisk, an experimental AI tool that lets you use three images (subject, scene, and style) to generate a new image. That generated image can be animated using Google's Veo 3 video generation model.

In his test he used a photo of a mushroom, a photo of the forest where the mushroom is found and a posterized image of the forest as the style. 

He says, "I let it do its magic and then what came out was not to my liking. It didn't use the actual mushroom photo. It created a graphic that looked kind of hokey, so to speak, inside the forest, which really was not very impressive either."

And he concluded, "... just because it doesn't work for me or not for non-fiction, that doesn't mean it could work for you doing fiction."

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OnEBoard will be back with 3 Tips in 10 Minutes on October 5.

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