How to Edit Photos on Windows

What Windows Photos and Paint Can't Do

Windows Photos handles basic cropping, rotation, and auto-enhance. Paint and Paint 3D do simple annotations and drawings. But neither can remove an unwanted person from a photo, replace a background, fix complicated lighting issues, or upscale a blurry image. For that level of editing, the traditional options are Photoshop ($22.99/month), Lightroom, or learning GIMP's complex interface. AI-powered browser editing skips all of that. You describe the result you want, and the AI handles the technical execution — no layers, masks, or selection tools required.

Photo Edits You Can Do on Windows

• Remove unwanted objects — photobombers, power lines, signs, trash, or clutter
• Replace or remove backgrounds — product photography, portraits, or creative swaps
• Fix lighting and exposure — brighten dark rooms, correct overexposure, even out harsh shadows
• Enhance image quality — sharpen blurry photos, reduce noise, upscale low resolution images
• Replace the sky — swap gray overcast for blue sky, golden hour, or dramatic storm clouds
• Creative transforms — vintage film looks, painting conversions, anime style, color grading changes

Fast Windows Editing Workflow

Open EditThisPic in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox and drag your photo directly from File Explorer or your Desktop into the editor. You can also paste screenshots or copied images with Ctrl+V. This is especially useful for editing screenshots — take a snip with Win+Shift+S, paste it directly into the editor, and clean it up. After editing, the download goes straight to your Downloads folder. Pin the tab or bookmark the page for quick access.

Free Windows Photo Editors Compared

Windows Photos does auto-enhance and basic adjustments. Paint handles simple annotations. GIMP is powerful but notoriously difficult to learn — most people give up before mastering basic tasks. PhotoScape X is free but limited to filters and effects. Canva's free tier focuses on graphic design, not photo editing. Photoshop costs $22.99/month and has a steep learning curve. EditThisPic in the browser gives you advanced results without learning any software. Object removal, background replacement, lighting fixes, and quality enhancement through plain English descriptions.

Editing Screenshots and Screen Captures

Windows users frequently need to clean up screenshots for presentations, documentation, or social media. Take a screenshot with Win+Shift+S, paste directly into EditThisPic with Ctrl+V, and describe what to change: 'remove the taskbar,' 'blur the personal information,' 'crop out the browser UI,' or 'clean up the background.' This is faster than opening the screenshot in Paint, manually selecting areas, and trying to edit them with basic tools.

Tips for Windows Users

For the sharpest preview while editing, set your display scaling to 100% or use a high-DPI monitor. If you're editing photos from a phone or camera, transfer them to your PC first for the fastest upload — dragging from File Explorer is quicker than browsing. For batch consistency, keep a text file with your best prompts and reuse them. If Windows Defender or your browser flags the download, this is a false positive — the file is a standard image. Right-click and select 'Keep' to save.