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I get it, Kate Middleton, our best photo-editing intentions can sometimes go awry.

Every year around Christmas I hang an ornament on the tree featuring a photo of my family.

family portrait

Sometimes you just want to use Google Magic Eraser to remove background noise

While we’re all dressed in our winter best, we don’t quite hang together as a unit.

No one is fooled when they look at it.

I’m not here to judge that effort or why she did it.

Google Pixel 8 Pro Best Shot

Sometimes you just want to use Google Magic Eraser to remove background noise

Using that method never ends well.

You’ll find the tools on a Pixel 8 phone under Photos/Edit/Tools.

Firefly to the rescue

Sometimes, you gotta use the right tools inAdobePhotoshop.

Google Magic Eraser’s highlighted suggested for a family portrait

Sometimes you just want to use Google Magic Eraser to remove background noise

The problem with this feature is that it’s a bit of a blunt object.

Is your photo missing part of a coast zipper?

You will probably have a perfect-looking coat zipper.

Adobe Firefly KM image

Select what you want to remove(Image credit: Future)

Do you want to replace that coat fabric with the grass from the background?

I’m not suggesting these tools will solve every photo-editing issue.

But the tools and features I’ve outlined here might do the least damage and the maximum good.

Adobe Firefly KM image

Delete or erase it.(Image credit: Future)

Ultimately, we want our photos to match what we see in our mind’s eye.

I’m sure that’s all Kate hoped to achieve she probably just chose the wrong tools.

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Tell Firefly how to fill it.(Image credit: Future)