Image Tools
Thirty editors that change how a picture looks or what is embedded in it. The majority are pure canvas work: cropping, rotation, flipping, borders, splitting, watermarking, colour sampling, sharpening and DPI tagging all happen inside the tab, which means the photo is never uploaded and the tool keeps working if the connection drops after the page loads. A handful are different and say so on their own pages — Background Remover and AI Background Blur post the image to a ToolMela endpoint because segmentation runs there, Text to Image Generator calls a hosted model, and Professional Photo Editor uses the same background endpoint for its cutout step. Two more run real models locally in the browser: 3D Photo Maker downloads a depth-estimation network, while Magic Eraser and Face Beautifier pull in OpenCV.js and do classical pixel work with no network at all. The practical rule for this category is order of operations. Crop first, edit second, and compress last — every editor here writes a fresh file rather than modifying yours, so a mistake costs one more download rather than the original.
AI Text to Image Generator
Convert text prompts into beautiful photos, digital art, and paintings using AI.
Passport Photo Maker & Suit Overlay
Create official passport photos, remove the background, and drag a formal suit or saree overlay into place by hand.
Joint Passport Photo Maker
Create professional 45x35mm joint photos for couples and official documents.
Professional Photo Editor
Advanced online photo editor with layers, filters, and professional tools.
Magic Eraser
Magically remove unwanted objects, people, or text from photos.
3D Photo Maker
Turn flat 2D images into interactive 3D photos using AI Depth Estimation.
Face Beautifier
Smooth uneven skin texture and brighten a portrait with an edge-preserving filter, entirely on your device.
Passport & Stamp Photo Maker
Digital Photo Studio for Passport, Visa, and Govt Exam photos with precise KB control.
Background Remover
Remove image backgrounds instantly with AI.
AI Background Blur
Apply a DSLR bokeh portrait blur to any photo background.
Image Cropper
Crop photos precisely with aspect ratio presets and circular shapes.
Image Rotator
Rotate 90° or straighten horizontal tilts with precision grids.
Image Flipper
Flip images horizontally or vertically in real-time.
Watermark Adder
Add text stamps or overlay logos onto your photos.
Watermark Remover
Erase stamps, text or logos with local content-aware fill.
Image Splitter
Slice photos into rows and columns for banners or grid layouts.
Image Color Picker
Hover magnifying loupe to extract HEX, RGB, and HSL codes.
Image Border Adder
Add outer borders, rounded corners, padding, and drop shadows.
Image Sharpen Tool
Deblur textures and enhance photo details with side-by-side view.
Image Metadata Viewer
Read hidden EXIF tags, ISO speed, shutter, and GPS data.
EXIF Remover
Strip all camera EXIF, date, and GPS metadata for privacy.
DPI Changer
Modify image DPI resolution headers (72, 150, 300, 600 DPI).
Image to PNG
Convert JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP to PNG offline.
Image to JPG
Convert PNG, WebP, GIF to JPG with quality control.
Side By Side Image
Combine two photos side by side beautifully.
Advanced WebP Converter
Convert JPG/PNG to WebP with batch processing & quality controls.
Image to SVG Converter
Convert PNG/JPG/Logos to high-quality Vector SVG paths instantly.
Image Enhancer & 2× Upscaler
Sharpen a soft photo, lift the exposure, and export at twice the pixel dimensions — no upload, no model.
Signature & Document Cleaner
Drop out grey paper tint and shadows with a brightness threshold you control, and crop a signature to transparent PNG.
HEIC to JPG Converter
Convert iPhone HEIC photos to standard JPG format offline in your browser.
Recommended Workflows in Image Tools
⚡ Preparing a photograph for a web page
Crop to the aspect ratio the layout needs -> sharpen only if the crop softened it -> strip camera metadata so location and device are not published -> export as WebP for the smallest honest file.
⚡ Marking a document photo before you send it
Rotate the scan upright -> add a diagonal text watermark naming the recipient -> stamp the date so a reused copy is traceable -> export as JPG.
⚡ Pulling a colour scheme out of an existing design
Sample the exact pixels with the colour picker -> convert the HEX values you collected into RGB for CSS or Android -> keep the swatches beside a before/after comparison while you work.
How to Choose the Right Tool
| If Your Task Is... | Recommended Tool | Action |
|---|---|---|
| You need the exact HEX or RGB value of a pixel in a logo or screenshot | Image Color Picker | Open Tool |
| The framing is wrong, or a portal wants a specific aspect ratio | Image Cropper | Open Tool |
| A scan came out sideways or a few degrees off level | Image Rotator | Open Tool |
| A copy is going to a third party and should be traceable | Watermark Adder | Open Tool |
| The photo carries GPS coordinates or a camera serial you do not want published | EXIF Remover | Open Tool |
| You want to know what a file already contains before sharing it | Image Metadata Viewer | Open Tool |
| A print shop asked for 300 DPI and the file reports 72 | DPI Changer | Open Tool |
| One wide image has to become several separate tiles | Image Splitter | Open Tool |
| An unwanted object or bystander needs to disappear from the frame | Magic Eraser | Open Tool |
Best Practices & Practical Tips
- ✓Crop before you compress. Cropping removes pixels you were about to spend bytes on, so the same file size buys visibly more detail in the part you actually kept.
- ✓Sharpen last, and only a little. An unsharp mask raises contrast at edges that already exist in the file; run it before a resize and the resize will smear the halos it created.
- ✓Check what is inside the file before you publish it. Phone photos routinely carry GPS coordinates, the device model and the exact capture time — the metadata viewer shows you, and the EXIF remover strips it.
- ✓Use PNG for flat graphics, screenshots and anything with transparency. Use JPG or WebP for photographs, where the lossy encoders were designed for continuous tone.
- ✓Keep the original file until the job is finished. Every tool here downloads a new image and leaves yours untouched, which only helps if you have not overwritten it.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- ⚠️Enlarging a small thumbnail to poster dimensions. Interpolation invents intermediate pixels; it does not recover detail the sensor never recorded, so the result is a bigger soft image rather than a sharper one.
- ⚠️Changing the DPI number and expecting the picture to get sharper. DPI is a print-size tag in the file header — the pixel count is what determines how much detail exists.
- ⚠️Saving a cutout as JPEG. JPEG has no alpha channel, so every transparent pixel is flattened to black or white and the cutout is destroyed.
- ⚠️Editing the same JPEG over and over. Each save re-quantises the image and the ringing around text and edges accumulates; do the whole edit in one session and export once.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does cropping an image reduce its quality?
No. Cropping discards pixels outside your selection and keeps the pixels inside it exactly as they were. The image has fewer pixels overall, so it will look smaller or coarser if you then blow it up to the original display size, but nothing inside the crop was re-encoded or degraded.
Which of these tools upload my photo?
Background Remover, AI Background Blur, Professional Photo Editor and Text to Image Generator send data to a server endpoint, and each page says so above the file picker. Everything else in this category — cropping, rotation, flipping, borders, splitting, sharpening, colour picking, metadata, EXIF stripping, DPI, format conversion — runs entirely inside your browser.
Why does the watermark remover not always work?
Because removing a watermark means inventing the pixels that were underneath it. The tool paints over the marked region using the surrounding colours, which is convincing on flat backgrounds like sky or paper and obvious on detailed texture such as faces, text or foliage. Judge the result at full zoom before using it.
What is the difference between Image Sharpen and the Image Enhancer?
Image Sharpen applies an unsharp mask at the pixel dimensions you already have. The Image Enhancer runs a similar convolution and also exports at twice the width and height, which is useful when a portal enforces a minimum resolution. Neither one adds detail that is not already in the file.
Can I use these tools on a phone?
Yes, and the browser-based ones are often faster on a phone than uploading would be. The limit is memory rather than screen size: a 50-megapixel photo decoded into a canvas needs a few hundred megabytes of RAM, so on a modest device it is worth cropping or resizing first and doing fine edits afterwards.
Do any of these tools add a watermark of their own to my download?
No. Nothing on ToolMela stamps a logo onto your output, there is no watermarked free tier, and there is no paid upgrade that removes one. The only watermark on your file is one you add yourself with the Watermark Adder.