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You Can Use Magic Eraser on Non-Pixel Images

This photo was shot in HEIC file format, but I could edit it once I downloaded it to my device.
This photo was shot in HEIC file format, but I could edit it once I downloaded it to my device. Image: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

If you’re in a shared Google Photos album like I am, you’ll have to download pictures locally to your device before you can use the Magic Eraser feature.

I was curious to edit a photo of my kid that my cousin took with her iPhone 13 Pro Max. It didn’t offer the option while the picture was in the Photos album, even though I had it saved to my library. But once I downloaded the images to the Pixel 6 Pro, which I used for these shots, I could tap into Edit mode to remove my kid from a field of grass.

Of course, the end result was something else.

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