see also:

• photography main index
• AI to create videos from stills
• CGI in still photography

• AI is increasingly being used within cameras as well as within image editing software
• AI will also drive photorealistic CGI “The goal is to have computer generated images replace 90% of digital photography within the next 5 years,” EyeKeyAh founder and CEO Ludvig Johansson 2015

• cameras have been using scene comparison with a massive database of scene images to give us “Evaluative Metering” for over a decade

• in 2018, AI became increasingly utilised to improve AF detection and tracking, examples include:
  • Sony's Real AF Eye detection tracking and animal eye tracking
  • Olympus OMD E-M1X pro sports camera AF detection and tracking of various subjects such as trains, motorcycles, etc

• AI has been shown to be able to massively improve image noise reduction with better preservation of image details, it is still to be utilised in cameras

• smartphone manufacturers in 2018 introduced new phone with the ability to selectively increase the blurring of backgrounds to isolate the subject better

• there are multiple uses for this included detection of edges in masking, “intelligent” removal of unwanted objects in scenes, etc