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Edit images without uploading them

Crop, straighten, adjust, and filter your images in a non-destructive editor. Every edit is a step you can revisit, and the original is never touched. Your photos stay on your device.

Free license includes the full local app. No credit card required.

an image open in the blackbear editor with adjustment controls

What you can do

Non-destructive by design

Edits are a stack of steps on top of your original, never burned in. Remove or change a step any time; the source pixels stay pristine.

Crop and straighten

Crop to the frame you mean, rotate, flip, and straighten with fine control until the horizon sits level.

Tone controls

Brightness, contrast, and saturation that respond as you drag, powered by the same native engine on every device.

Filter presets

One-tap looks when you want a fast finish, applied as steps you can still adjust or remove later.

Export your way

Download the edited result as PNG, JPEG, or WebP with quality control. The edit stack folds into the file on the way out.

Images in your workspace

Images live beside your notes, docs, and canvases: drop them on slides, embed them in pages, and share them end-to-end encrypted.

With Pax

Pax works across your files, images included: ask them to find the right image, open it beside your work, and keep the library filed with tags and folders.

You stay in control of what Pax sees: mark any file, folder, or tag as read-only or hidden, and review every restriction in Settings.

How blackbear compares

vs Photoshop

blackbear is free with no subscription and covers the everyday edits: crop, tone, filters, export. No cloud account required.

vs Google Photos

Google edits your photos in Google's cloud. blackbear edits locally: your images never leave the device unless you choose encrypted sync.

vs Canva

Canva wants your images on their servers. blackbear does the everyday edits on your device, in the same private workspace as your notes and docs.

Edit photos in private

A free image editor with non-destructive edits, filters, and PNG, JPEG, and WebP export. Free. Private. Yours.

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