Crop and Hide area both use the selection: tap Select area (or pick a crop shape), then drag on the photo. Hide area blurs or pixelates faces, plates or text.
Crop box: drag its edges or corners to resize, drag inside to move it, click outside to deselect. Enter applies the crop, Esc clears it. The thirds grid helps you compose.
Pro colour suite — live histogram, RGB curves, 8-band HSL mixer, 3-way colour grading, tone and detail controls. Double-click any slider to reset it. Everything runs on-device.
Histogram
Light
Curves
Click the curve to add a point, drag to shape it, double-click a point (or use Remove point) to delete it.
White balance & colour
Colour mixer (HSL)
Colour grading
Detail
Effects
Export grade
A 33×33×33 3D LUT of your colour grade (light, curves, white balance, vibrance, HSL mixer, grading, fade) for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Photoshop and more. Spatial effects (clarity, sharpen, vignette, grain) aren't colour-only, so they're not included.
Paint over the object you want gone, then run Remove. Ultra uses LaMa, a large Fourier-convolution inpainting network, for the most accurate fill of big or complex objects; Best/Fast use the lighter MI-GAN (works on phones). Everything runs fully on-device via WebAssembly — no upload, nothing leaves your browser. Only the area around your brush is processed, and the fill is colour-matched to its surroundings and re-grained to match your photo. First Ultra run downloads a ~208MB model once (cached after that; MI-GAN is ~28MB). If a model can't load it steps down automatically: Ultra → MI-GAN → quick patch fill. Tip: paint slightly outside the object (shadows, reflections) for the cleanest result.
Resamples in multiple half-size steps rather than one big jump — the same trick used to avoid the soft, muddy look a single-pass shrink gives you. Every pixel is recomputed at full quality, nothing is cropped or stretched unless you change the aspect ratio.
PNG keeps every pixel exact — best after Remove Background.
Compress runs a smart search across quality levels so you keep the most detail for the smallest file — not just a flat quality cut.
On-device AI cut-out for people, products, pets and objects, with edge refinement and colour-fringe removal. Output keeps your full resolution. Nothing is uploaded to any server.
All on-device: your photo never leaves your browser. Models download once and are cached. Every result can be undone with Ctrl+Z.
Batch studio — remove BG, resize, compress & convert many images at once, free
Pick many images, choose what to do, get one ZIP. Runs 100% on your device. Download is a sign-in step like Export.
Eleven tools. Zero uploads.
Every kind of image job in one place — no hopping between sites, no uploading your photos, no sign-up to start editing. It all runs in your browser, on your device.
- Private by design Your photos never leave your device.
- No sign-up to edit Open it and start. Free to use.
- One place, not ten tabs Edit, cut out, resize, convert, compress, batch.
- Real results Full-resolution output, exact file-size targets.
Edit
Filters, brightness, contrast, saturation, blur, rotate, flip — plus crop with ratio presets and straighten.
Advanced
Curves, HSL mixer, 3-way grading, clarity, grain, vignette and 3D LUT export for pro colour work.
Remove Object
Paint over a person, sign or blemish and on-device AI fills it to match its surroundings.
Resize
Exact pixel or percent dimensions with step-down resampling for crisp, accurate results.
Convert
PNG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, ICO, PSD or PDF — including HEIC photos in, multi-image PDF out.
Compress
Hit any file-size target with a live before/after size preview before you download.
Remove BG
On-device AI cuts your subject out; touch up with a brush and swap in a new background.
AI Tools
Background removal and object removal engines that run privately on your device.
Layers
Stack images, text and shapes, with blend modes, masks and PSD import and export.
Social
Exact-size profile pictures, banners, posts and stories for 15 networks, with safe-zone guides.
Visual Intelligence
Preflight checks that flag size, quality and privacy issues before you share.
Questions, answered.
Quick answers about privacy, AI tools, formats and the desktop app.
How do I remove the background from an image for free?
Open APIC, drop in your photo, choose the Remove BG tab and press Remove. The AI cut-out runs on your device. Then fix any edges with the Restore or Erase brush, optionally pick a new background, and export a transparent PNG.
Is APIC really free?
Yes. APIC is a free online photo editor that runs in your browser. There are no paid tiers and no per-image credits. Every tool works without an account; signing in with Google is optional.
Are my photos uploaded to a server?
No. Editing, converting, compressing, resizing, background removal and object removal all run on your own device. Your images never leave your browser. Signing in is optional and only uses your name, email and photo for your account.
How does the AI background remover work?
APIC runs an AI segmentation model directly in your browser using WebAssembly. The first time you use it, the model downloads once (about 5 MB for Lite, 44 MB for Fast, or 176 MB for Maximum) and is cached on your device, so later runs start much faster and nothing is sent to a server.
Which image formats can I convert between?
APIC converts between PNG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, ICO and PDF. Use PNG or WebP when you need to keep a transparent background after removing it.
Can I compress an image to a specific file size?
Yes. The Compress tool searches for the best quality that fits your target file size, so you can hit an upload limit without guessing quality settings.
What can the Remove Object tool do?
Paint over something you want gone, such as a person, sign or blemish, and an on-device AI inpainting model fills the area to match its surroundings. Larger or more complex areas work best with the Ultra engine on desktop-class devices.
Why is the first AI run slower?
AI tools need to download their model the first time. After that it is cached in your browser, so repeat use is fast. If the download fails, APIC retries automatically and shows a Retry button if it still can't connect.
Is there a version that works offline?
Yes. APIC for PC is a Windows app that runs fully offline with the same edit, convert and compress tools. You can download it from the section below with no account needed.
Does APIC have presets for social media profile pictures and banners?
Yes. Open the Social tab to pick an exact-size preset for a profile picture, banner or cover, post or story on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Threads, Bluesky, Discord, Twitch, Spotify and more. Drag and zoom to frame your photo, check the safe-zone guides to see where each platform crops or covers your image, then download one size or a ZIP of every size for a network. Everything runs on your device, and APIC keeps files under each platform’s size limit automatically.
Does APIC open iPhone HEIC photos?
Yes. Drop in a HEIC or HEIF photo and APIC converts it on your device so you can edit it, remove the background or export it as JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF. Nothing is uploaded.
Can I blur faces or pixelate text in a photo?
Yes. In the Edit tab, select an area and use Hide area to blur or pixelate faces, licence plates, card numbers or any private detail before you share the image.
Can I turn several images into one PDF?
Yes. Choose PDF when you export, add more images, and APIC builds a single multi-page PDF on your device.
Prefer it on your desk?
APIC for PC runs fully offline, same edit/convert/compress/search stack — no sign-in required to download.
Download APIC for PC →