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PhotoCat Image Extender logo
PhotoCat Image Extender
✓ verifiedFreemium

Web-based AI photo and video editing suite for restoration, background removal, face swap, and object removal, with a free credit tier.

439K visits/mo561 saves
Colourlab logo
Colourlab
✓ verifiedFree trial

AI color-grading software for editors and colorists that auto-balances, matches shots, and runs locally in Resolve, Premiere, and more.

67K visits/mo6.9K saves
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VidHex
✓ verifiedFreemium

Desktop and cloud AI suite for enhancing, upscaling, and restoring video, for casual users and creators fixing low-quality footage.

62K visits/mo
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Cre8tiveAI
✓ verifiedPaid

AI photo and video retouching suite that shut down on Dec 26, 2025; the site now redirects users to its sister tool copainter.

50K visits/mo
AI Image Editor logo
AI Image Editor
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free-to-start AI image editor that transforms photos from text prompts, with precise edits and reference style transfer.

78K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

No public pricing

Free trial available

Individual 1 Month: $31.92 discounted from $39.90 (100 cloud AI credits)
Individual 1 Year: $79.92 discounted from $99.90 (1,350 cloud AI credits)
Individual Perpetual: $239.92 discounted from $299.90 (5,000 cloud AI credits)
Team 5 Computers: $319.92 discounted from $399.90/year (5,000 credits)
Team 10 Computers: $479.92 discounted from $599.90/year (10,000 credits)
Team 20 Computers: $799.92 discounted from $999.90/year (20,000 credits)

No public pricing

200 credits: $19.9
500 credits: $39.9
1,300 credits: $99.9
4,200 credits: $299.9
Core features
  • AI image extender to uncrop and expand photo backgrounds
  • AI face swap and hairstyle changer
  • Old photo restoration and AI image enhancer
  • Background remover for photos and logos
  • AI video enhancer and video watermark/object remover
  • Batch photo organizer and workflow tools
  • AI shot matching across sequences
  • One-click auto color balance
  • AI auto white balance
  • Match a look from any reference image
  • Local, on-device processing
  • Plugin/standalone for Resolve, Premiere, Nuke, Flame, Baselight
  • Film and grain emulation (Pro)
  • Upscales video resolution up to 4K/8K
  • Restores damaged or degraded footage, fixing scratches and compression loss
  • Colorizes black-and-white video automatically
  • Increases frame rate through AI frame interpolation
  • Reduces video noise and brightens dark footage
  • Enhances facial detail and stabilizes shaky video
  • Offers online, no-download tools alongside the desktop app
  • Photo Refiner image super-resolution
  • Face Refiner quality enhancement
  • Enpainter photo-to-painting styles
  • Moving Photo Maker (photo-to-video)
  • Monochrome-to-color and line-drawing tools
  • Text-prompt image editing
  • Character consistency across edits
  • Precision region editing
  • In-image text editing
  • Reference-based style transfer
  • Image and video generation tools
Use cases
  • Restoring old or damaged family photos
  • Expanding cropped or narrow photos to fit new formats
  • Removing unwanted objects or watermarks from images and video
  • Quick background removal for product or portrait photos
  • Balancing and matching entire timelines
  • Fast cinematic grading for editors
  • High-end finishing and VFX color
  • Creating and sharing looks
  • Casual users polishing personal travel or family videos
  • Content creators improving vlogs, reels, or tutorials
  • E-commerce sellers upgrading promotional video quality
  • Restoring old family or archival footage
  • Upscaling photos and illustrations
  • Enhancing faces in photos
  • Turning photos into paintings or video
  • Colorizing black-and-white images
  • Editing photos via text prompts
  • Creating consistent character variations
  • Adding text to images
  • Restyling from a reference image
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