This silly Pixel 9 camera feature has made my day over and over again

When the Pixel 9 series was introduced, one of many digital camera options I assumed I’d not often, if ever, use was Add Me. I like standing behind the lens, not in entrance of it, so being forcibly added to group photographs isn’t my jam. Nevertheless, I rapidly found that Add Me can be utilized on the identical topic, which suggests I can keep hidden behind the lens and make my favourite images topics — learn: my husband — begrudgingly change place in the identical body.

The outcomes are humorous clone photographs that can make everybody smile, however you should use them creatively to snap photographs of unlikely situations. Enjoying with a seaside ball together with your clone? Tanning your entrance aspect whereas your clone tans their again? Berating your clone in public? Something is feasible. I’ve barely scratched the floor of all of the silliness this characteristic offers, however should you’re skeptical, I’ve just a few tricks to get you began.

Merely open the Google Camera app in your Pixel 9 collection telephone, swipe to go to Add Me, and begin by taking one picture of somebody. Then, when the telephone asks you at hand it over and go stand within the group, don’t do this. As a substitute, stand nonetheless and ask the topic of the picture to maneuver so that they don’t intrude with the unique picture. Add Me will overlay the unique particular person and allow you to hold the right framing so you’ve got visible cues to get the perfect picture potential.

Your Pixel will save each authentic photographs, so you possibly can all the time seize one should you actually prefer it, in addition to the mixed end result. And sure, clearly, you are able to do this in Photoshop and different modifying apps, nevertheless it’s a lot sooner and extra seamless when it’s accessible via a single button in your telephone!

Some foolish concepts to get began with Add Me clones

After I first began coloring exterior the strains with Add Me and utilizing it to clone my husband, the primary few makes an attempt had been easy sufficient. I simply needed proof of idea that it will work, so I requested him to face in two separate locations whereas making humorous (extra irritated than humorous, in his case) faces, and I snapped away.

With time, I spotted I may get away with a bit greater than easy pictures. So, my clones turned a bit extra artistic. Going and coming again? Examine. Mirroring himself? Sure, please.

Then, I pushed it a bit additional. Observing your self sounds dangerously self-centered — or introspective, you determine — whereas throwing a seaside ball and catching it’s one thing solely The Flash may do.

My favourite thought, although, was the dual-side suntan shot. It took Add Me a bunch of tries (greater than seven or eight, if I recall accurately) to get it proper. It stored producing a ultimate picture with solely one of many clones and an empty lounge chair subsequent to him. I believe it’s because of the angle of the shot and the truth that you possibly can’t see his face mendacity down, however finally, Add Me labored, and I completely love the tip end result. We tried this once more on a resort mattress for example simply how a lot of a sleep fanatic he’s. The top end result is a photograph that distills his very essence; sure, he’d clone himself if that will enable him to sleep extra.

Count on failures, however they is perhaps hilarious

Not each Add Me clone try was a successful combo for me, however the ones that failed had been nonetheless enjoyable photographs I’ve ended up conserving, if solely due to the additional layer of silliness.

In my many months with the characteristic, I observed that the clones steadily fail in transferring confined areas. The cablecar picture under, on the left, is an effective instance of that. Add Me stored asking me to step again, however I couldn’t! So, I attempted reframing the telephone many instances earlier than it let me snap the second shot. After all, the tip end result is unnecessary.

However generally, Add Me could have a easy shot with the clearest topic and can nonetheless handle to mess it up. The sundown snap above on the precise is an effective instance of that. In the event you look carefully, these are two stacked photographs, not one, despite the fact that my husband moved from one aspect of the pier to the opposite.

And eventually, there’s this gem above. This wasn’t speculated to be an excellent picture; it was only a temporary take a look at we had been doing after the suntan lounge chair snap stored failing, however for some lovely and unquestionable cause, Add Me determined to maintain my husband on one aspect and his reflection on the opposite, and it’s nearly like his ghost or spirit was lagging behind and didn’t know the place to look. I laughed a lot that I ended up favoriting this picture, so I’d by no means ever delete it.

In the event you’re but to attempt Add Me, I like to recommend you give it a go quickly. It received’t be the spotlight characteristic of your Pixel 9’s digital camera expertise, nevertheless it’s sure to carry a smile or two to your face should you begin considering a bit creatively and creating enjoyable setups with the twin photographs.