Powerful macOS photo editor with HDR support, AI background removal, LUT colour grading, batch processing, and complete privacy. No subscription, no ads, no "pro" version
Transform Your Photos with Powerful Editing Tools — No Subscription Required
Photo Pixel Filter is a powerful yet easy-to-use photo editor for macOS that combines professional-quality image processing with an intuitive interface. Whether you’re enhancing holiday photos, restoring old images, creating artistic effects, or processing hundreds of files at once, Photo Pixel Filter gives you the tools to achieve stunning results in just a few clicks.
Create your own unique look using more than 150 colour and pixel adjustments, advanced HDR support, LUT colour grading, photo compositing, AI-powered background removal, and professional-quality resizing.
Unlike many photo editors, everything happens entirely on your Mac. Your photos never leave your computer, no account is required, and there are no subscriptions or advertisements.
Why You’ll Love Photo Pixel Filter
• Edit photos with over 150 colour and image effects
• Create and save custom workflows (presets)
• Batch process hundreds of photos automatically
• Full HDR editing and HDR-to-SDR tone mapping (macOS 14+)
• Professional LUT colour grading support
• AI-powered background removal for people and focused subjects
• Advanced blur, sharpen, bokeh and portrait effects
• OCR text recognition for single photos or entire batches
• High-quality photo resizing with artefact reduction
• Composite multiple photos using creative blend modes
• Extensive noise reduction and photo restoration tools
• Fun artistic filters including painting, sketch, comic and watercolor effects
Supports Professional Photo Formats
Photo Pixel Filter supports a wide range of image formats including RAW, NEF, CR3, DNG, HEIC, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and many more.
Professional Colour Tools
Fine-tune exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, temperature, gamma, tone curves, RGB channels, histograms and colour grading. Apply LUTs, create monochrome conversions, remove haze, correct colour casts and achieve the exact look you want.
Advanced Image Processing
Crop, rotate, straighten and correct perspective. Remove backgrounds, apply selective blur and sharpening, restore old photos, reduce noise, resize with exceptional quality, and experiment with dozens of creative artistic effects.
Privacy First
• No subscriptions
• No advertisements
• No account required
• No photo uploads
• All processing performed locally on your Mac
Whether you’re a photographer, photojournalist, content creator, designer, or simply someone who loves editing photos, Photo Pixel Filter delivers professional results without complexity.
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Right out of the "box" it did exactly what I needed and have been looking for. Thank you Jos!
- Update for macOS 26
Version 2.0
The developer, Jan Nutbroek, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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