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Luminar Neo
✓ verifiedPaid
One-time-purchase AI photo editor for landscape, portrait and general editing, usable standalone or as a Lightroom/Photoshop plugin.
1.3M visits/mo34K saves
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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
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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
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
No public pricing
200 credits: $19.9
500 credits: $39.9
1,300 credits: $99.9
4,200 credits: $299.9
Core features
- ✦AI sky replacement and relighting
- ✦Generative erase, expand and object-swap tools
- ✦Portrait tools: skin smoothing, face and body enhancement
- ✦Noise reduction and AI upscaling
- ✦Focus stacking and HDR/panorama merging
- ✦Layers and masking support
- ✦Raw file support for 1,000+ cameras
- ✦Cross-device editing between mobile and desktop (higher tiers)
- ✦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
- ✦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
- →Landscape and wildlife photographers replacing skies or enhancing detail
- →Portrait and wedding photographers retouching skin and faces
- →Photographers wanting a non-subscription editor
- →E-commerce and real estate photo cleanup
- →Editing on the go and finishing on desktop
- →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
- →Editing photos via text prompts
- →Creating consistent character variations
- →Adding text to images
- →Restyling from a reference image
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