PicTools AI is an online AI photo editor, whose core feature is "using conversation instead of clicks"—after users upload a photo, they describe the desired edits in natural language, and the AI completes the edit within seconds; users can also directly choose one-click AI filters, with no need to learn professional tools such as layers and masks. The platform runs in the browser and requires no software installation.
How to use:
- Upload a photo. Supports importing JPG, PNG, and WEBP formats from a phone or computer.
- In the text box, describe the modification request in plain language, or choose one from over 130 one-click filters.
- The AI generates the result, output as a full-resolution image, which you can save yourself.
Main capabilities (based on the official introduction):
- Outfit change: Change clothing while keeping the same person, face, and pose, from everyday wear to a polished look.
- Remove watermarks, text, and objects: Mark the content you want removed, and the AI reconstructs the scene behind it, suitable for watermarks, logos, unwanted text, and clutter.
- AI headshots and portrait retouching: Turn a phone selfie into a LinkedIn-ready headshot, or perform detailed retouching of skin, teeth, glare, double chin, expression, and more.
- Restore old and damaged photos: Repair visible damage in old scanned photos; in the example, a black-and-white photo with cracks was cleaned up and colorized, and the color scheme is the AI's interpretation.
- Change or remove photo backgrounds: Remove distracting backgrounds, or describe the desired scene to place the subject into it.
- Enhance photo quality: Sharpen blurry photos, correct lighting, or relight backlit photos while preserving natural details.
- Ghibli style: Turn any photo into a soft hand-drawn anime scene while keeping faces and poses recognizable.
- Change poses and gestures: Adjust a portrait into different poses or natural gestures while keeping the same person, clothing, and scene.
- Image to vector (AI Vector Generator): Turn photos or logos into clean, editable SVG, generating true vector paths that can be recolored, reshaped, and scaled losslessly, suitable for Figma, Illustrator, printing, and cutting machines.
- 100+ one-click AI filters: Includes styles such as Ghibli, anime, vintage, and AI makeup, plus practical filters such as glasses removal and double chin removal.
Use cases (from user feedback and official descriptions): turning selfies into professional headshots; restoring faded, scratched old photos; helping businesses such as small jewelry stores optimize product images; generating clean backgrounds for product photos; replacing stock assets for presentations, marketing campaigns, and team materials; social media images, etc.
PricingFees and usage limits:
- You can try it with a limited free allowance; to continue using it, you need to check the available balance in your account, and further edits require credit packs or a subscription.
- Credit consumption varies by tool and editing options; the cost is displayed in the app before generation; credit packs are one-time purchases, and subscriptions include a certain credit allowance.
- Watermark-free downloads are a paid option, and availability depends on the account and the export result.
- You can manage billing or cancel your subscription in the app at any time; after cancellation, it will not renew, and the paid period continues until it ends.
- Editing requests must comply with its terms of service, including the rules for editing photos of real people; results vary.
- Commercial use: You may use the results for commercial projects provided that you have the necessary rights to the uploaded images and respect third-party rights (including trademarks and the likeness rights of real people).
- Privacy: Images are processed to provide the service (including processing by service providers), and the official statement says images will not be sold or used to train AI models; see the privacy policy for details on storage, retention, and deletion.
Registration and devices: You can upload photos on this page without logging in; when you continue operating in the app, you will be guided to log in as needed to generate and save editing results. The platform runs in a browser on any device.
Prices, specific subscription fees, the per-credit price of various edits, the free allowance limit, etc. are not given in this material and are not currently provided; the in-app display shall prevail.
