Creative media generation and editing
Photo and image editors
Browser, desktop, mobile and AI-driven tools for editing photos, including layer-based Photoshop alternatives, background removal, upscaling, filters, passport photo prep and chat-driven editing, often processed locally for privacy.
Built for: Photographers, creators, everyday image editors
Projects since May 04
286
Different builders
269
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+8%
AI is the core
30%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (48%), mobile app (27%), desktop app (12%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis, r/SaaS
Latest
- photobaer — Edits layered images in the browser with Photoshop-style tools and opens and saves PSD files, all processed locally.“Looking for testers - photobaer: a free, open-source Photoshop alternative that runs offline in your browser and opens PSD”
- Removes image backgrounds directly in the browser without uploading files to a server.“I built a 100% free background remover that runs entirely in your browser (no uploads, total privacy)”
- Mocksy Exif — Edits the GPS location metadata embedded in image files.“[App][Promo] Mocksy Exif - GPS Image Location Changer”
- 505Camera — Converts a single still photo into a short 3D parallax loop using on-device depth estimation, with an optional film look and video export.“I built an iPhone app that turns a single still image into a little 3D loop”
- Dateup — Enhances dating profile photos' lighting, background and sharpness while keeping the face the same, and scores and reviews a profile.“Dateup - I built a tool that fixes the dating photos you already have (free photo score, no signup)”
- Nut AI — Applies AI-generated makeup effects to videos, images and photos on iPhone.“I’m building Nut AI for iPhone: a 10-second AI makeup experiment (video, images and photo editing)”
- removebackgroundonline — Removes image backgrounds locally in the browser using an AI model, with manual erase and restore brushes for edge fixes.“I built a background remover that never uploads your photo (remove.bg closes Dec 1)”
- pixpix — Generates a set of product marketing assets (hero, detail, lifestyle, alternative composition, short video) from one product photo while keeping the product looking consistent.“One product image in, a usable creative set out”
- RightWayUp — Rotates photos and videos locally in the browser and saves an upright copy, with an optional on-device orientation suggestion.“I built a free browser tool to rotate videos without uploading them”
- Sizefoto — Crops and resizes passport and visa photos to country-specific document templates in the browser, with print sheet export.“Sizefoto: feedback on passport photo size and background warnings”
- CutOut — Removes image backgrounds locally on Windows using AI models, exporting transparent PNGs at original resolution.“I made a free offline AI background remover for Windows”
- Sizefoto — Crops phone or camera photos to passport, visa, and ID photo specifications and checks head size and framing against each document's rules.“Sizefoto - Free browser passport photo maker”
- Passport photo maker — Crops, resizes, and background-edits photos into passport sizes and arranges them on a printable PDF sheet.“Needed a few passport photos yesterday. Ended up building a tool instead.”
- Floating Plane theme picker — Recolors a portfolio website's interface from colors extracted from an uploaded image, with a contrast check and local theme saving.“Change My Website’s Theme By Uploading An Image”
- InkWaltz — Applies ink-print styling with halftone dots, paper edges and shifting color layers to video footage.“I made a video effect that turns movie scenes into moving ink prints”
- Bokeh Lab — Adds simulated camera lens blur, tilt-shift and perspective effects to images and frames inside Figma.“I built a Figma plugin that fakes a camera lens”
- Anamorphic Lens — Previews and de-squeezes anamorphic photos and video locally on a Mac, with batch processing and saved lens setups.“I shoot anamorphic photography and built a Mac de-squeeze tool”
- Wobbulator — Lets users paint parts of a still photo and make them deform and rebound under touch or mouse interaction.“I made a photo-animation app where you can pull, pinch and stretch a still image”
- Photoquilt — Turns a photo into a mosaic built from the user's own photos, processed locally in the browser.“Free Photo mosaic creator that runs entirely on browser”
- removebackgrounds.online — Removes image backgrounds in the browser-based tool and exports transparent PNGs without requiring an account.“I built a fast web tool to remove image backgrounds in 1-click”
Most discussed
- CameraRealtimeStyle — Applies real-time style changes to a live camera feed, controlled by hand gestures.“This weekend's project. Style change on the real-time feed.”
- Ditther — Applies retro image effects such as pixel art, ASCII and halftone to images in the browser with one click.“First month as a solo SaaS founder: Ditther generated $1,341 in revenue and got 50 Pro users. Here's what worked.”
- DeepCopy — Duplicates After Effects layers or compositions with deeper control over copied elements.“Made $500 from my vibe-coded plugin”
- Let Me Googly Eye That For You — Adds googly eyes to images on web pages.“Let Me Googly Eye That For You”
- Photon — Provides a free desktop photo and design editor with layers, retouching, vector shapes, text, and PSD support as a Photoshop alternative.“I made this to stop paying adobe for subscription”
- vectorize.stemonte.io — Converts raster logo and flat-color images (PNG, JPEG, WebP) into SVG vector files with adjustable color count and smoothing.“I needed one SVG, not another subscription, so I built the tool myself”
- Edits photos in a desktop photo editor application.“Vibecoded an app, got my first 600 users, sold pre-orders for the final product, and marketed it entirely myself. AMA”
- imgour — Removes unwanted objects from photos using an image inpainting tool.“Codex gone wild. I built this whole website for me from domain purchase to deployment”
- Ditther — Creates pixel-style visual effects like dither, ASCII and halftone on images and lets users compose graphics with text, backgrounds and gradients in the browser.“Two months ago this was a simple pixel effects tool. 50+ Pro users later, I’m not sure what to call it anymore.”
- The Living Image — Lets visitors vote on text-described edits to one shared image and applies the winning edit each round to produce the next version.“I built a tiny public internet toy where everyone votes on how one shared image mutates next”