PhotoGlimmer

An offline AI photo editor for Linux and Windows that adjusts people and backgrounds separately, keeps photos local and doesn't require a GPU.

PhotoGlimmer is an AI photo editor for photographers who want to brighten underlit people without changing the whole image. It separates people from the background so you can correct portrait lighting while keeping the surrounding scene as it is.

Separate people and background: Brighten or darken either part of a photo independently, or blur the background to reduce distractions.
Individual portrait edits: Adjust people separately or in groups, with nested selections for editing a face independently of the body.
Lighting and color controls: Correct shadows, midtones and highlights, adjust white balance and color temperature, or apply face relighting, eye enhancement and skin adjustments.
Editable AI selections: Refine generated masks manually when the automatic outline needs correction, particularly in cluttered scenes.
Preview and export: See slider changes in a live preview, compare edits with undo and redo, and retain EXIF metadata in edited images.

The desktop app runs fully offline on Linux and Windows. It uses Google's MediaPipe and OpenCV for people identification, processes photos on your computer and sends no image data to servers. It can handle large photographs without a GPU and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (LGPL-2.1). Cluttered images can make separating people from the background harder.