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When I try to edit photos in the photos app of my naturist pictures to remove blemishes a pop up says safe filter applied and the area is blurred but with huge pixels. I’ve tried turning off the relevant security features but to no avail.
is there any way to disable this annoying feature?
i didn’t have this issue before updating to latest version.
iPad Air, iPadOS 18
Why has Apple introduced this "Safety Feature" to photos? The previous retouch function was excellent and I used to use it virtually every day. I regret up grading to Sequoia 15.1 because of this. I have been a very loyal Apple customer but I'm going to have to assess whether to continue supporting them after this.
Why has Apple introduced this "Safety Feature" to photos? The previous retouch function was excellent and I used to use it virtually every day. I regret up grading to Sequoia 15.1 because of this. I have been a very loyal Apple customer but I'm going to have to assess whether to continue supporting them after this.
I second the question. This is obnoxious. I should have the option to pixilate if I want and not have Apple make the decision for me. I should not have turned on Clean Up and just left Retouch working. Now, how can I go back?
Thanks for this advice. I tried this and it worked to some extent but not always. My gripe is that Apple has introduced this safety filter without giving us any choice. If I could I would revert to the earlier Sequoia prior to 15.1 which had the retouch tool which was excellent and which I used frequently to remove blemishs, spots and flaws on historic black & white photos. AI has certainly not been helpful to me so far.
I called AppleCare and it is definitely an AI issue, 15.1, although not officially a Beta version, it is. Turned AI off and Photos did not revert back to Retouch so that was not written into macOS when toggling between turning AI on and off. At this time, appears there is no way to turn Safety Filter Applied off unless Sequoia is reloaded and AI is not turned on, and that is my guess.
As a work-around: Try to take photos of people in Portrait Mode on your iPhone or iPad. The depth control may help to smooth blemishes on the faces without needing the Retouche tool.
On the Mac it will help a bit to zoom in as far as possible when retouching a face. Then we can remove small blemishes without triggering the pixellation to make the face blurry.
Use Apple Intelligence in Photos on iPhone - Apple Support (BW)
any recommendations?
Thanks. I'll try it out. I too am looking for something for the Mac as well.
I need to correct myself. The AppleCare Specialist did not say the released version is really a beta. Im sure there are a lot of quirks that need to be ironed up in future updates.
Snapseed is probably the most popular free editor.
Use a free third party editing app and you’ll be fine.
Can you suggest one that suits Mac OS?
stop photos using safe filter when editing photos
