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Photo editor

Edit photos with layers, brush, text and adjustments, then save PNG, JPG or WebP.

Or start from a blank canvas

Up to 24 megapixels and 40 layers; 30 undo steps or 150 MB of undo memory, whichever comes first.

What this tool does

This is a small image editor that runs entirely in your browser. Open one or more pictures, or start from a blank canvas, and edit them in layers: paint with a brush, erase, fill an area with the paint bucket, pick a colour with the eyedropper, select a rectangle and crop to it, add text, draw a rectangle, an ellipse or a line, move things around, and adjust brightness, contrast, colour and sharpness. Undo and redo work for every step. When you are done, save the flattened result as PNG, JPG or WebP at full resolution, or copy it to the clipboard. Nothing is uploaded: the picture is decoded, edited and encoded on your own device.

What it is good for

  • Quick fixes: straighten the brightness of a dark photo, add contrast, remove a colour cast with auto levels, sharpen a soft shot, or blur a background.
  • Text on pictures: banners, thumbnails, posters, captions. Text stays editable until you paint over it, and you can choose from five system font styles, size, bold, italic and alignment.
  • Compositing with layers: place several images on one canvas, move and scale each, set its opacity and blend mode (multiply, screen, overlay, darken, lighten), and merge or flatten when it looks right.
  • Retouching basics: paint over a blemish with a soft brush, erase a background, fill a flat area, take a colour from one part of the picture and use it in another.
  • Resizing and cropping: crop to a selection, resize the picture or just the canvas, flip and rotate by 90 degrees.

What it is not

It is not Photoshop. It cannot open or save PSD files, there are no AI tools such as background removal or generative fill, no healing or clone brushes, no curves, masks, smart objects or filters beyond blur and sharpen, and it works in RGB only (no CMYK or colour profiles). Text uses fonts already on your device, so it can look slightly different on another computer. For a single crop, a collage or a caption, the dedicated tools (image crop, photo collage maker, meme generator) are quicker. This editor is for the jobs in between.

Layers and blend modes in a minute

Each layer is a transparent sheet. Layers higher in the list are drawn on top. A layer's opacity lets what is underneath show through; its blend mode decides how its colours combine with the layers below. Multiply darkens (good for shadows), screen lightens (glows, light leaks), overlay adds contrast, darken and lighten keep only the darker or lighter of the two. The guide to layers and blend modes walks through each with examples and shows the habits that keep a photo easy to change later.

Limits

A picture can be up to 24 megapixels (for example 6000 × 4000) and 8192 pixels on a side, with up to 40 layers, because every layer holds four bytes per pixel in your device's memory. Undo keeps up to 30 steps or 150 MB, whichever comes first, and the panel shows how much is in use. Bigger pictures are refused with a message instead of crashing the tab. Phones and tablets may run out of canvas memory sooner than a computer, so very large pictures are best edited on a desktop. Brush strokes, fills and the eraser change the active layer only inside that layer's own area: for a small pasted image, add a blank layer to paint beyond its edges.

Steps

  1. Choose or drop one or more pictures, paste one, or create a blank canvas.
  2. Pick a tool from the toolbar (or press its letter: V move, B brush, E eraser, G bucket, I eyedropper, M select, T text, U shape, H hand, Z zoom).
  3. Work on the active layer in the layer list. Use Adjust for brightness, contrast, colour, blur and sharpen with a live preview, then Apply.
  4. Zoom from 10% to 800% with the buttons, the + and − keys or Ctrl or ⌘ and the wheel; hold Space and drag to pan.
  5. Choose PNG (lossless, keeps transparency), JPG (small, no transparency) or WebP, then download. Use Expand for a full-window workspace.

Tips

  • Keep the original layer untouched: duplicate it before you adjust or paint, so you can hide the copy and compare.
  • Use a selection to limit a brush, a fill or an adjustment to one area.
  • For web use, resize first, then sharpen a little: see JPG, PNG and WebP for the right format.
  • To hide sensitive details, use the image redact tool; a soft blur is not a safe way to hide text.

Frequently asked questions

Are my pictures uploaded anywhere?

No. The editor runs in your browser: pictures are decoded, edited and saved on your own device, and nothing is sent to a server.

Can it open Photoshop (PSD) files or work with AI tools?

No. It opens common picture formats your browser can read (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, AVIF and similar) and has no AI features. It is a lightweight editor for layers, painting, text and basic adjustments.

How big can the picture be?

Up to 24 megapixels and 8192 pixels on the longest side, with up to 40 layers. Larger pictures are refused with a clear message so the browser does not run out of memory.

How do I undo a mistake?

Press Ctrl or ⌘ + Z, or use the Undo button. Shift + Ctrl or ⌘ + Z (or Ctrl + Y) redoes. The history keeps up to 30 steps or 150 MB; Reset returns to the picture as it was opened.

Which format should I export?

PNG keeps every pixel and transparency; use it for graphics and text. JPG is smallest for photographs but has no transparency (empty areas become white). WebP is smaller than both, though a few older browsers cannot save it and fall back to PNG.