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Which app or AI tool should I use to edit photos?

For most people the best photo editor is free and already on the phone: Snapseed, from Google, gives more than 30 pro tools free on iPhone and Android, and Google Photos lets you edit by describing the change through Ask Photos, powered by Gemini, where it has rolled out. Adobe's free Lightroom app adds AI tools such as Generative Expand, with more behind in-app purchases. On a computer, Photopea is a free Photoshop-style editor in the browser that opens and saves PSD files, and Adobe Photoshop, from $19.99 a month, is the professional standard with the strongest AI tools. For a change you can describe but not do yourself, such as removing a person or restoring an old photo,, upload the picture to the Gemini app and ask, free on its basic plan. Google Photos labels AI edits with AI info; passing off an edited photo of a real person as untouched is where editing turns into deception. Rule: Snapseed for everyday fixes, Gemini for edits you can describe, Photoshop for professional work.

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Hands-on picks with prices: Photoshop for full-featured editing (from $19.99 a month), Luminar ($129 perpetual licence), Canva, Pixlr, Lensa for portraits and Claid for product photos.

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