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Take your photos from blah to brilliant with Canva's free online photo editor. Upload, edit, and share instantly from one place.

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Edit your photo in seconds with Canva's free photo editor

Upload instantly. Drag and drop your image to the editor with ease and start editing right away. JPEG/JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, SVG, and PSD (Photoshop) formats are supported.
Polish your pictures. Rotate your images with precision and crop them to any aspect ratio.
Drag and drop design elements to your image. Elevate your photo with millions of icons, stickers, frames, text, and stock images from our free design library.

Photo filters editing using the Canva Photo Editor on a mobile device

Beautiful effects, filters, and adjustments

Add filters & effects to create your style. Choose from a range of stunning, adjustable filters for a style that sets your photo apart. Try the trendiest looks, add shadows, or blur the background to instantly add depth to your image.
Take control of your photos. Perfectly adjust warmth, brightness, and saturation using simple adjustment sliders. Need to make precise edits? Edit the whole image, foreground, or background separately. Crop to standard ratios or use Smart Crop for the ideal photo composition.
Enhance your photos instantly. Strapped for time? Use Auto-adjust to enhance your image with a tap. With Canva's free photo editor, you can choose to adjust the whole image, the foreground, or the background independently.

Make complex edits simple with our AI Photo Editor

Add, replace, or remove elements. Don't bother with complex photo editor software — easily add or replace parts of your image with Magic Edit, and make your subjects stand out by removing photo-bombers with Magic Eraser (Pro), or by hiding backgrounds with Background Remover (Pro).
Redesign your photos (Pro). Break your image into editable elements using Magic Grab. Reposition, resize, and add filters and effects to your subject independently of the background, or vice versa.
Go beyond your image's borders (Pro). Extend an image in any direction. Magic Expand lets you fix awkward framing, save zoomed-in images, or turn a vertical shot into a horizontal one. Get the perfect shot for your design in seconds.

Collage of custom mockups using Smartmockups on Canva Photo Editor

Edit photos, design and print, all from one place

Thousands of ready-made templates. Add your photo straight to any design. Whether that's a photobook you want to print, a profile picture, or an Instagram post, Canva has thousands of templates ready to customize.
Quick product mockups. The picture-perfect solution for products of any shape or size. Choose from our vast library of 8K+ customizable mockups for technology, print, packaging, apparel, and home & lifestyle products.
Collaborate on the go. Collaborate on your photos and designs in real-time, plus leave comments or assign actions on specific parts for your team to come back and address.

How to edit your photos in 3 easy steps

1. Upload your image

Upload your photo straight into Canva or get started with one of our templates.

2. Edit your photo

Add filters, effects, adjustments, or customize with frames, text, or stickers.

3. Download and share

Download and share your photos instantly to your favorite platforms or save for later.

Design on the go from any device

Download the photo editor app to design, edit, review, and share your work from any device, anytime, anywhere.

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Start inspired with photo collage templates

Discover how much more you can do with your photos.

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Your questions, answered

No. Unlike other photo editors, we don't leave a watermark on your photo after you've edited it. The Canva photo editor is free to use — and there's no catch.

Yes, you can use our free online photo editor on your desktop and the mobile app. Simply upload your photo to get started editing online. When your photo opens in the editor, select it to view all our photo editing tools. To use the photo editor:

From your homepage, click Create a design on your desktop. On mobile, tap the + button.
Select Edit photo and upload an image straight from your device.
You can choose to edit the photo or use it in a design.
Your photo will open in the editor.
Select your image and hit Edit image to see our variety of editing options.

You can upload JPEG/JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, and SVG image formats to our free online photo editor. You can also upload your PSD (Photoshop) files and continue working on them. When you're done, retain your photo's format or easily convert it to another with our Image Converter.

You can export your image as JPEG/JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, and SVG after editing them on our photo editor online for free.

No. Our photo editor app is completely free. You can use it as many times as you like. Some features, like our Background Remover tool, are only available on Canva Pro.

To make a photo collage, use our free photo editor and design tool. It's the easiest design tool you'll ever use – we have thousands of photo collage templates to choose from, and you can easily add your own photos. Best of all, it's free!

With our best free photo editor, here are a couple of ways to edit photo backgrounds:

You can add depth of field to your image by blurring out backgrounds and foregrounds with our Auto Focus tool.
You can also use our Background Remover tool on Canva Pro to explore a new look or change your photo's scenery.
Is your image background overexposed? Now you can edit the foreground and background of your image independently. Canva automatically detects the background and foreground, giving you precise control to make any adjustments.

The best free photo editing software is feature-rich and easy to use just like our own online photo editor. With our intuitive and user-friendly interface, editing photos by adding effects, filters, text, or other image adjustments is a breeze. It's available as a free browser-based app or you can download the free desktop and mobile apps to edit your photos anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

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