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Image Enhancer

One slider that lifts or lowers brightness, contrast and colour saturation together, for a quick fix to dull or overly harsh photos.

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What the enhancer changes

Despite the "ai" in this page's address, the enhancer is not a machine-learning model. It applies three standard colour adjustments at once, all controlled by one intensity slider that starts at 50, which leaves the image unchanged:

IntensityBrightnessContrastSaturation
075%60%50%
50 (start)100%100%100%
75112.5%120%125%
100125%140%150%

Moving right makes the photo brighter, punchier and more colourful; moving left makes it darker, flatter and more muted. Because the three change together, the effect is quick to apply but less precise than adjusting each one separately.

When it works and when it does not

  • Works well: phone photos taken on overcast days, slightly dull product shots, scans that look washed out.
  • Goes wrong quickly: skin tones turn orange at high saturation, bright skies clip to plain white, and dark areas lose detail at high contrast. Values between 55 and 70 are usually enough.
  • Cannot do: fix blur, remove noise, recover detail lost in black shadows or white highlights, or correct one area without affecting the rest.

For separate control, use Brightness and Contrast for tone, or the Advanced Image Editor for saturation and hue.

Output

The result is saved as WebP at quality 0.9, at the original dimensions. The before and after slider lets you compare the two at the same spot. EXIF data and colour profiles are not kept.

The filters rely on the canvas filter feature, which some older browser versions, notably older Safari, do not support. In those, the result can come out identical to the original.

Where the processing happens

The adjustment is applied on a canvas in your browser. No image is uploaded and no model is downloaded.

Questions about this tool

Why does the image not change when I press apply?

The slider starts at 50, which is the neutral point. Move it left or right first. If it still does not change, your browser may not support canvas filters.

My photo looks dull and grey. How do I make it look livelier?

Move the slider to the right of 50 and press Apply Filter. Brightness, contrast and colour all rise together. Values between 55 and 70 are usually enough for a photo taken on a cloudy day. Use the before and after slider to check the result at the same spot.

After enhancing, faces look orange. What happened?

The saturation went too high, and skin tones are the first thing to suffer. Move the slider back towards 50. If you only want more brightness or contrast without extra colour, use Brightness and Contrast instead.

My photo is too harsh and bright. Can this tone it down?

Yes. Move the slider to the left of 50 and press Apply Filter. The photo becomes a little darker, softer and less colourful.

Can the enhancer fix a blurry or grainy photo?

No. It only changes brightness, contrast and colour. For slight softness try Sharpen Image, and for grain try the Denoiser.

Is this really AI?

No. It is a set of standard colour adjustments controlled by one slider. It works the same way on every photo and does not invent anything.