How it works

A browser-first editor with heavyweight tools when you need them.

Most day-to-day edits run locally in your browser for speed. Bigger operations like seam carving and AI background removal use the server, which is why deployed builds now ship with those heavier capabilities turned on.

Your working session is saved in your browser, so reloads are much less disruptive than before. Final metadata is embedded when you download the file.

At a glance

Undo and redo with Ctrl/Cmd+Z and Ctrl/Cmd+Y Hold Compare to preview the original file Rename from the top filename field Metadata edits are written on export GIF tools include reverse, ping-pong, optimize, poster frame, and frame ZIP export

Open and export

Import and output

Open files with the picker, drag and drop, or paste from the clipboard with Ctrl/Cmd+V.

Format	Import	Export	Notes
PNG	Yes	Yes	Lossless and best for transparency.
JPEG	Yes	Yes	Smaller files, no alpha.
WEBP	Yes	Yes	Good compression and modern browser support.
GIF	Yes	Yes	Animation-preserving tools live in the GIF tab.
BMP	Yes	Yes	Useful for compatibility workflows.
TIFF	Yes	Yes	Large but metadata-friendly.
HEIC / HEIF	Yes	No	Imported through Pillow plus HEIF support.
BIN	Best effort	No	If the bytes identify a supported image type, Image Lab can open it.

Workspace basics

Editing flow

Basic tab: crop, flip, rotate, rename, resize, and format conversion.
Adjust tab: brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma, hue, temperature, and auto enhance.
Filters tab: grayscale, sepia, invert, sharpen, edges, emboss, contour, smooth, blur, median, posterize, pixelate, and solarize.
Advanced tab: histogram equalization, background removal, vignette, border, watermark, and seam carving.
History panel: restore any saved point, not just the last step.

Common edits are local-first now, so they should feel much faster than the older server-roundtrip workflow.

Background tools

Cutouts and content-aware resize

Smart background removal

The default remover uses border sampling plus a soft matte so simple product, portrait, and screenshot backgrounds look cleaner than a flat threshold cutout.

AI background removal

This build does not currently have rembg installed.

Metadata

Reading and writing metadata

View: the metadata panel shows parsed EXIF and embedded text fields.
Edit: update the JSON editor with fields like artist, copyright, description, software, datetime, make, and model.
Apply: changes are kept in the editing session immediately.
Embed: metadata is baked into the downloaded file on export.

GIF tools

Animated image workflow

Tool	What it does
Resize GIF	Scale animation while preserving timing.
Trim Frames	Cut the animation to a frame range.
Speed	Slow down or speed up playback.
Reverse	Play the sequence backward.
Ping-pong	Append the reversed sequence for looping back-and-forth motion.
Optimize	Reduce palette colors and optionally skip frames to shrink file size.
Poster Frame	Export a single frame as a PNG still image.
Frame ZIP	Download every frame as a ZIP of PNG files.

Shortcuts

Useful commands

Ctrl/Cmd+V paste an image from the clipboard
Ctrl/Cmd+Z undo
Ctrl/Cmd+Y redo
Hold the Compare button to preview the original image
Click the filename field at the top to rename the export target

Build info

This deployment

Backend: Flask plus Pillow

Seam carving backend: none

AI background: Disabled

Privacy note: images are processed in memory for editing. Your browser session cache lives client-side.