Can it really edit "automatically", with no tweaking from me?

Yes, but with a clear boundary: the AI command bar maps your sentence to a specific feature and takes you to that tool (without the image — you add it once you're there), using default settings. It won't judge whether the photo looks good for you — aesthetic calls are still yours, made by looking at the comparison. For fully automatic batch work, use the batch compress and batch resize tools.

How does it compare with Photoshop's AI?

A different trade-off. Photoshop's generative fill runs on cloud models (these days third-party ones as well as Adobe's own) and needs a subscription, a sign-in and an upload. TutuEdit keeps the part that doesn't need a large model to do well (cutout, upscale, content-aware fill, outpaint) local in the browser — free, unlimited, nothing uploaded while processing; only the few that need a large model go to the cloud — no sign-in, free credits every day, and again no in-house model: TutuAgent connects top-tier models and keeps swapping them. Nothing to install; it opens in the browser. The counterpart to generative fill is in the cloud too: circle an area, say one sentence, and the AI changes only that part, on a new layer.

AI photo editing: local is free and unlimited, cloud is spelled out first

Local AI is free and unlimited; of the cloud AI, 10 items send your image out — they're the ones with a cloud icon in the editor's AI panel.

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Try: make a poster · a logo · remove the background · squeeze to 200KB

Most "AI photo editor" pages tell you how smart they are but not where your photo goes. This one does the opposite: first which AI runs in your own browser (not a single byte uploaded while it processes), which goes to the cloud, and only then the results.

The AI command bar is the way in — no need to pick a tool first, just type "this is too big to post" or "make the background white" and it works out what you mean and takes you to the matching tool (without the image — you add the image once you're there). Common phrasings are recognised locally and use no credits at all.

Key features

Say it in plain words, skip the tool hunt

"too dark", "remove the background", "convert to PNG" — the AI command bar maps that to a real feature. Most phrasings hit a local keyword table: zero latency, zero quota. Anything it can't match opens the editor with your sentence as-is, and the AI assistant gets on with it.

Local AI: free, unlimited, nothing uploaded while processing

AI cutout uses an in-browser WASM model (@imgly/background-removal); smart upscale, content-aware fill, content-aware scale and Expand Image are also computed locally. No sign-up, and no daily cap.

Cloud AI: whether it sends the picture is visible before you click

AI text-to-image and AI commands send only the text you typed to the cloud — no sign-in, free credits every day (with text-to-image, if the canvas already has content, the assistant takes a thumbnail screenshot to look at it). The 10 that need a large model (old photo restore, colorize, replace background, ID photo, upscale, beautify, decorate, de-age, plus Split into editable layers and Edit text in image) send the picture — in the AI panel they carry a cloud icon next to their title, so you see it before you click.

AI result isn't the end — keep editing by hand

One click into the pro editor with layers, masks, curves and brushes. If the AI cutout missed an edge, touch it up instead of starting over.

How to use

1
Drop your image in

Drag it in, click to choose, or just paste with Ctrl+V — it goes straight into the editor with the image. The image opens in your browser and never passes through a server.
2
Or type what you want to do first

Things like "remove the background", "get it under 1 MB", "this photo is too dark". Or skip this and pick a tool below.
3
Check before/after, adjust if needed

Tools that produce their result by adjusting settings (filters, colour, compression and the like) and the brush tools show original vs result — slider, side-by-side, or press-and-hold; cutout-type tools show the original and the result in two columns side by side. Tweak parameters as often as you like; undo is always there.
4
Download, or move to the pro editor

Save the result, or carry it into the pro editor in one click for layer and mask work.

FAQ

Does AI photo editing cost anything?: The local group is completely free, unlimited and needs no sign-up — AI cutout, smart upscale, content-aware fill, content-aware scale and Expand Image all belong to it. The cloud ones send something out: text-to-image and AI commands send only text (with text-to-image, if the canvas already has content, the assistant takes a thumbnail screenshot to look at it), while old photo restore, colorize, replace background and the rest of those 10 send the picture. The cloud needs no sign-in and comes with free credits every day; the local group is unaffected however much you use it.
Will my photo be uploaded to a server?: In the vast majority of cases, no. Local AI runs entirely in the browser and not a single byte of the image leaves while it processes; AI text-to-image and AI commands send only the sentence you typed (with text-to-image, if the canvas already has content, the assistant takes a thumbnail screenshot to look at it). What does send the picture to the cloud are the features that need a large model — old photo restore, colorize, replace background, ID photo, upscale, beautify, decorate, de-age, split into editable layers and edit text in image, 10 in all; in the AI panel each carries a cloud icon next to its title, so you see it before you click. Separately, while you're signed out your work stays on this device; once you sign in, work in the editor is saved automatically to your own cloud projects.
Can it really edit "automatically", with no tweaking from me?: Yes, but with a clear boundary: the AI command bar maps your sentence to a specific feature and takes you to that tool (without the image — you add it once you're there), using default settings. It won't judge whether the photo looks good for you — aesthetic calls are still yours, made by looking at the comparison. For fully automatic batch work, use the batch compress and batch resize tools.
How does it compare with Photoshop's AI?: A different trade-off. Photoshop's generative fill runs on cloud models (these days third-party ones as well as Adobe's own) and needs a subscription, a sign-in and an upload. TutuEdit keeps the part that doesn't need a large model to do well (cutout, upscale, content-aware fill, outpaint) local in the browser — free, unlimited, nothing uploaded while processing; only the few that need a large model go to the cloud — no sign-in, free credits every day, and again no in-house model: TutuAgent connects top-tier models and keeps swapping them. Nothing to install; it opens in the browser. The counterpart to generative fill is in the cloud too: circle an area, say one sentence, and the AI changes only that part, on a new layer.

Try AI photo editing: local is free and unlimited, cloud is spelled out first now

No install · no sign-up · local stays local · free AI credits every day