Best Image Generation & Editing AI Tools (3,621)

Image Generation & Editing brings together AI tools that create new pictures and tools that fix or change pictures you already have. On the creation side, Text to Image and AI Photo & Image Generator tools turn a written prompt into illustrations, photos, avatars or product shots, while Image to Image tools start from a reference picture and restyle or vary it. Narrower generators focus on one output, such as headshots, wallpapers, textures or profile pictures. On the editing side, you will find background removers and replacers, object and watermark erasers, inpainting and outpainting tools that repaint or extend part of a frame, and repair tools for upscaling, sharpening, colorizing and AI Photo Restoration.

To choose, decide first whether you are generating from nothing or improving an existing photo, because the two sides are built differently. For generation, compare control options such as aspect ratio, style presets, reference images and character consistency, and check whether results come with a commercial-use license. For editing, check maximum input and output resolution, batch processing and whether edits run in the browser or on a server. Look at how credits are counted, since many tools charge per image or per upscale, and read the privacy policy before uploading photos of real people. For face-related edits, make sure you have the consent of the person shown.