How to use PhotoVim

Step-by-step guides for the work people actually do — removing backgrounds, erasing objects, making thumbnails.

• Follow Photoshop tutorials without Photoshop: layers, masks and blend modes

  Practice layers, masks and blend modes in PhotoVim without a subscription. Find familiar tools, try a photo-editing exercise and learn the limits.

• How to open a PSD file without Photoshop

  Open and edit PSD files online with PhotoVim. Inspect layers, check font compatibility, then export a copy without installing Photoshop.

• Remove a background without Photoshop

  Cut the background out of a product or portrait photo in your browser and save it as a transparent PNG.

• Erase people and objects from a photo

  Remove passers-by, power lines, or watermarks and fill the gap so it looks untouched.

• Make a YouTube thumbnail (1280 × 720)

  Start from the right canvas size, place your photo, and make the text readable with a stroke and shadow.

• Change an ID photo background

  Turn a photo you took at home into an ID photo by replacing the background with a flat color.

• Build product detail images

  Put your product photo and copy together into the long images shops use on product pages.

• Refine an AI edit as a layer with a mask

  How to receive an AI result as a layer with a mask instead of a flattened image, keep only the part you want, and bring the rest back to the original.

• Rescue a flat, dark photo with Levels and Curves

  How to bring back contrast in a dark photo and fix a color cast with the same Levels and Curves dialogs as Photoshop.

• Blur a photo background online (no Photoshop)

  How to keep the subject sharp and blur only the background so a portrait or product photo stands out. Works in the browser.

• Set exact photo size and resolution (DPI) for print and ID photos

  How to set width and height in pixels or centimeters and resolution to 300 so the file meets print and ID photo requirements.

• Curve text for thumbnails with Warp Text

  How to bend type into an arc, flag or wave so YouTube thumbnail and product titles stand out.

• Open a PDF as layers and edit it (no Photoshop)

  How to pick pages from a PDF, open them as image layers in the browser, edit, and save back to PDF or PNG.