Photo Editor · Windows 10 and 11

A photo editor with layers and AI, on your PC

Layers and masks, adjustments that stay editable, retouching brushes, text and shapes, and AI that removes backgrounds and enlarges pictures on your own computer. Photoshop's shortcuts work, PSD files open with their layers, and the graphics card keeps it quick on large photos.

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What you can do in the Photo Editor

Image resizerMake a picture smaller or larger in pixels or percent, or 2× and 4× with AI. Image compressorMake photos smaller in KB with JPG or WebP quality, and see the size before saving. Compress JPEGShrink JPG files with a quality you choose, and learn when WebP is the better pick. Crop imageCut a picture to Square, 4:5, 16:9, 9:16 or an exact size in pixels, and straighten it. Circle cropTurn a photo into a round picture with clear corners, or round its corners. Rotate imageTurn a picture a quarter at a time or straighten a tilted horizon up to 45°. Flip imageMirror a picture left to right, or flip it top to bottom, then export a copy. Black and white photoTurn a color photo black and white with an adjustment you can tune or take back. Remove photo metadataExport a copy of a photo without its location, camera and date details. Add border to imageFrame a picture with a border in any color, added around its edges. Watermark photosPut your name or logo on a photo, see-through and placed exactly where you want. Add text to imageWrite on a photo in any font on your PC, with outlines, shadows and a glow. Meme makerPut classic white-and-black meme captions on your own picture or screenshot. Blur imageBlur the part of a picture you select, the background behind a person, or all of it. Pixelate imageTurn any part of a picture into large squares to hide faces, names and numbers. Blur faceHide faces, license plates and screens in a photo with blur, squares or black. Color picker from imageClick any spot on a picture and get its hex color code, copied for you. Image to textCopy the text out of a picture or screenshot with Windows' own recognition. Remove backgroundCut out the subject of a photo with AI on your PC, as a mask you can touch up. Remove objects from photosPaint over a person, a sign or a wire, and AI on your PC fills the spot in. Image upscalerMake a picture 2 or 4 times larger with AI on your PC, sharper than plain resizing. Photo collage makerPut several photos on one canvas, in any size, and arrange them your way. Favicon generatorMake website icons from a logo or from scratch, exported as PNG in every size. WebP to PNGSave WebP pictures from the web as PNG, with see-through parts kept. WebP to JPGTurn .webp downloads into JPGs that upload forms and older programs accept. PNG to JPGSmaller JPG copies of PNG photos and screenshots, transparency on white. JPG to PNGLossless PNG copies of JPGs, for editing, text and sites that ask for PNG. AVIF to JPGOpen .avif pictures and save JPGs that every program and site accepts. AVIF to PNGLossless PNG copies of .avif pictures, see-through backgrounds kept. JFIF to JPGFix pictures Windows saved as .jfif: a clean .jpg copy, or a quick rename. JFIF to PNGSave .jfif pictures as PNG for editing or for forms that want PNG. PNG to WebPLighter WebP copies of PNGs for websites, with transparency kept. JPG to WebPLighter WebP copies of your JPG photos, for faster web pages. GIF to PNGSave a GIF's first frame as a PNG, with its transparency kept. GIF to JPGTurn a GIF's first frame into a JPG for sites that want a photo file. BMP to PNGShrink old BMP pictures into lossless PNGs, every pixel the same. BMP to JPGTurn heavy BMP files into small JPGs for email and uploads.

What is in it

  • Layers: photos, text, shapes, color and gradient fills and groups, with masks, clipping, Photoshop's blend modes, and Outline, Shadow, Glow and Color effects.
  • Adjustments that stay editable: Light & color, Levels, Curves, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Black & White, Photo Filter, Gradient Map, .cube color lookups and more, each a layer you can change, hide or mask.
  • Live filters: Gaussian, Motion and Radial Blur, Sharpen, Reduce Noise, Grain, Vignette, Pixelate, Oil Paint, Halftone and more, still adjustable after you add them.
  • Selections: shapes, lassos, similar colors, Select subject and Select an object with AI, Refine edges for hair, and the quick mask.
  • Retouching: Remove & heal, Clone stamp, Dodge, Burn and Sponge, and Blur and Sharpen brushes.
  • Everyday jobs: crop and straighten, resize, text in your own fonts, watermarks, blurred faces and collages.

Press Ctrl / and type what you want to do to find any command by name. Your work is kept as you go, so a closed window or a crash loses nothing.

AI on your own computer

The Photo Editor's AI runs on your PC, not on a server: remove the background as a mask you can touch up, select the subject or the background, select an object by clicking it, remove things by painting over them, and upscale a picture 2× or 4×.

Each AI part is downloaded once, the first time you use it, after Octoolo asks: about 200 MB for background removal and the subject and background selections, 20 MB for upscaling. After that it works offline, with no account, no credits and no limit, and your photos are never uploaded. AI › AI parts on this computer… shows what is there.

Files in and out

It opens JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF and SVG pictures, and Photoshop PSD files with their layers, groups, masks, blend modes, text and the adjustment layers it has a match for. File › Save keeps your work as an Octoolo project with every layer, exactly.

Export makes JPG, PNG or WebP at any size, with about how big the file will be shown before you save, or a PSD with layers for Photoshop. Exported pictures never carry the place, the camera or the date a photo was taken. File › Many pictures at once… holds quick tools that work without opening the editor, one picture at a time: resize, convert, make smaller and read the text.

Questions, answered

Which pictures does it open?

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF and SVG, Photoshop PSD files, and its own projects. iPhone HEIC photos do not open: on an iPhone, set Camera, Formats to Most Compatible, or share the photo as JPG.

Does it change my original photo?

Never. Export writes a new file where you choose, and Save keeps your work as an Octoolo project.

Can it remove backgrounds or enlarge photos with AI?

Yes. Layer › Remove background (AI) hides the background with a mask you can touch up, and Image › Upscale 2× or 4× (AI) enlarges a picture. Both run on your PC after a one-time download.

Does it open Photoshop files?

Yes. PSD files open with their layers, groups, masks, blend modes and text, and File › Save a copy as Photoshop (PSD)… writes one back. Live filters Photoshop has no match for go across as merged pixels.

Do Photoshop's shortcuts work?

Yes: V, B, M, Ctrl+J, Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Alt+I and the rest. Help › Keyboard shortcuts lists them all.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. Everything happens on your computer, the AI included, and nothing you open is sent anywhere.

The Photo Editor, and 16 more apps.

Download for Windows

7 days free, then from $3.99 a month for all 17 apps. Windows 10 and 11.