AI Inpaint

Brush over the photobomber, the trash can, the ex, the date stamp. The AI fills the area with whatever was probably behind it — sky, wall, grass, ocean — or whatever you describe instead. Free tier with no signup; photos stay private.

What inpaint actually does

Inpainting masks a region and asks a generative model to predict pixels that fit the surrounding context. Modern diffusion-based inpaint (what we use) is dramatically better than the old patch-clone tools — it understands that the missing patch is "between two trees" or "on the table next to the cup" and synthesises plausible content.

You can use it two ways. (1) Pure removal: brush, leave the prompt blank, AI fills with background. (2) Replacement: brush, type "potted fern" or "stack of books", AI puts that object in the masked area, lit and angled to match the scene.

How to inpaint a photo

1. Upload your image. JPG, PNG, WebP. Max 25 MB; we downscale to 2048px on the long edge for speed.
2. Brush over what to change. Drag to paint a mask. Brush size and softness adjust on the toolbar.
3. (Optional) Type a replacement. Leave blank to remove, or describe what should be there.
4. Generate. Usually 6–12 seconds. Re-roll if the first pass doesn't land.

When inpaint shines (and when it doesn't)

Best results: removing isolated objects (a sign in front of trees, a person on a beach, a power line in a sunset, a logo on a wall). Tricky: removing things that overlap a face or detailed pattern, or things that are really large relative to the frame. For full-on background swaps, use Replace Background — that's a different tool optimised for subject-vs-background separation.

If you only want background gone (not replaced), Remove Background handles that with one click and no brushing.

Privacy

Photos are processed on our GPU servers, never persisted longer than 24 hours, and never used for training. Sign in to keep originals saved against your account; sign-out users get an anonymous session that expires.