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AI photo editing
The video argues that five specific iPhone apps — PhotoLeap, Remini, Lens Distortion, PicsArt, and PhotoRoom — are the best AI-powered photo editing tools available in late 2023, each easy to use, feature-rich, and free to download and use for basic features, and each demonstrated live to show how its AI tools transform photos (headshots, scenes, rooms, restoration, lens flares, portrait retouching, and background removal).
PhotoLeap offers an 'AI Tools' menu with AI Head Shots (turns a photo into a professional headshot via presets like Posh or Doctor, or a custom text prompt like 'leather jacket'), AI Scenes (transforms a landscape photo via presets like Abandoned, Outgrown, Marble), and AI Rooms (restyles a living room/bedroom photo via presets like Yacht or Japanese).
Remini is positioned as an AI photo enhancement app focused on revitalizing old or low-quality images by sharpening and restoring detail, demonstrated on a blurry, out-of-focus photo.
Lens Distortion (LD) adds realistic lens effects — lens flares, light hits, sun rays — via a Lights menu with sub-categories like Classic Light Hits and Soft Light, with manual positioning (drag/pinch), a Modify menu for brightness, opacity, contrast, color, temperature, tint, saturation, softness, direction, and length.
PicsArt is shown for portrait editing: Retouch > Smooth (skin smoothing via a slider), Skin Tone (manual or Auto Effect color change with adjustable opacity), Hair Color, and Eye Color, each with AI-assisted selection of the relevant photo area.
PhotoRoom automatically removes photo backgrounds using AI and offers pre-made design templates (Profile Pics, social media, e-commerce, Christmas, magazine cover) for both portraits and objects (demonstrated on shoes).
A crown icon in PhotoLeap's interface signals a feature is premium-only; several apps (PhotoLeap, LD) gate additional elements or presets behind a premium subscription while offering free basic use.
The presenter gives specific numeric guidance for natural-looking results: PicsArt Smooth around 30–50%, PicsArt Skin Tone opacity around 30–40%.
PhotoLeap – AI Head Shots — An AI Tools feature in PhotoLeap that transforms a selected photo into a professional-style headshot using selectable presets like Posh and Doctor, or a custom text description. Apply: Open PhotoLeap, tap AI Tools, select AI Head Shots, tap Start, choose a photo, then browse presets or tap Custom and type a description like 'leather jacket' to generate the transformed image.
PhotoLeap – AI Scenes — An AI Tools feature in PhotoLeap that transforms a landscape photo into a stylized scene using presets such as Abandoned, Outgrown, and Marble. Apply: In PhotoLeap's AI Tools, select AI Scenes, pick a landscape photo, then choose a preset like Abandoned, Outgrown, or Marble and wait for the result.
PhotoLeap – AI Rooms — An AI Tools feature in PhotoLeap that transforms a photo of a living room or bedroom into a different interior style, such as Yacht or Japanese. Apply: In PhotoLeap's AI Tools, select AI Rooms, choose a photo of a room, then pick a style preset like Yacht or Japanese to regenerate the space.
Remini – AI photo restoration — An AI-powered enhancement app described as using advanced algorithms to sharpen, clear, and enhance old or low-quality images, restoring detail and improving image quality. Apply: Open Remini, select a blurry or low-quality photo from the camera roll or an album, and the app restores detail and sharpness automatically, displaying a before/after comparison.
Lens Distortion (LD) – Classic Light Hits (sun) — A Lens Distortion feature for adding a realistic sun element with lens-flare characteristics to a photo. Apply: Start a new project in Lens Distortion, select a photo, tap Lights > Classic Light Hits, choose a sun style, resize it with two fingers and drag with one finger to position it realistically (e.g., behind a mountain), then tap OK; adjust brightness, opacity, contrast, color, temperature, tint, saturation, and softness via the layer's modify menu.
Lens Distortion (LD) – Soft Light (sun rays) — A Lens Distortion feature that adds soft sun-ray light effects emanating from the highlights of a photo. Apply: Tap Light > Soft Light, select the free first option, position and resize the effect with one or two fingers over the light source area, then use Modify to set Direction (drag to aim the rays) and Length, plus softness, texture, and brightness.
PicsArt – Retouch > Smooth — A free PicsArt portrait-retouching tool that smooths skin using an adjustable intensity slider. Apply: Select a portrait, go to Retouch > Smooth, and drag the slider — staying around 30–50% is recommended for a natural result — then tap Apply.
PicsArt – Skin Tone — A PicsArt tool that recolors a subject's skin tone, either manually or via an Auto Effect applied after picking a color. Apply: Select Skin Tone, choose Manual or pick a color and tap Auto Effect, then reduce the opacity (around 30–40% is recommended) to keep the result realistic before tapping Apply.
PicsArt – Hair Color — A PicsArt AI tool that automatically selects the subject's hair in a photo and lets the user recolor it. Apply: Tap Hair Color, let PicsArt's AI auto-select the hair, choose a color (e.g., purple or blue), and adjust the amount and saturation before applying.
PicsArt – Eye Color — A PicsArt tool for changing the color of a subject's eyes in a portrait. Apply: Tap Eye Color, select the desired color (e.g., green), and tap Apply.
PhotoRoom – AI background removal & design templates — An AI-driven PhotoRoom feature that automatically removes a photo's background and offers studio-quality pre-made templates (e.g., Profile Pics, social media, e-commerce, Christmas, magazine cover) for both portraits and objects. Apply: Tap plus to start a new project, select a photo (portrait or object, e.g., shoes), let PhotoRoom auto-remove the background, then browse and select a pre-made design template, customizing background color and dimensions as needed.
The presenter explicitly warns against unrealistic placement of AI-generated lens effects, stating that a sun/light element should be placed where it would plausibly exist in the scene (e.g., behind a mountain) rather than randomly, treating realism as a deliberate editing skill rather than a default outcome of the AI tool.
Multiple apps use AI specifically to auto-select an image region (hair in PicsArt, background in PhotoRoom, subject area in Remini) before applying an effect, meaning the 'AI' value-add in this walkthrough is as much about automatic masking/selection as about generative transformation.
The video repeatedly frames strong effect settings as undesirable ('become basically like a kid', a skin tone that's disliked and needs retrying) and recommends dialing intensity back to a moderate range, implying the apps' AI defaults or slider extremes tend toward over-processed, unnatural results.
PhotoRoom's value is framed around automatic format-specific design generation (social media, e-commerce, Christmas, magazine cover) rather than just background removal alone — the templates are described as AI-created for specific use cases.
«I've explored the App Store and found the top five AI iPhone apps that will transform your photo editing game.»
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«They're easy to use, packed with amazing features and best of all free to download and used for the basic features.»
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«PhotoLeap will transform your photo into a professional photo and this looks absolutely amazing.»
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«In case you see a crown on the top right part of the feature means that that feature is only available to premium users.»
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«it's super sharp and it made the photo 10 times better.»
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«Obviously you don't want to add random elements in places that would not be real, but I think in this place looks really really good,»
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«I absolutely love LD.»
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«I don't like that too much. I always suggest to stay around maybe 30 to 50 percent to have a natural result.»
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«I absolutely love PicsArt because you'll be able to be super creative in your photography.»
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«PhotoRoom will automatically remove the background and will allow us to choose among so many different pre-made designs»
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Reception
Audience frustrated that most apps require subscriptions despite the video's apparent promise of free options, though some viewers appreciate specific recommendations.
This is a promotional/tutorial listicle that maps five named iPhone AI photo-editing apps to their standout features via live demos, presented with consistent enthusiasm and concrete step-by-step usage but without addressing subscription costs beyond noting that some features are premium-gated.
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