AI Enhance vs. AI Retouch — What's the Difference?
These sound similar but solve different problems:
- AI Enhance fixes the whole photo — flat lighting, washed-out colors, low contrast. It's an auto-correction, similar to the "auto" button in a photo editing app, but tuned specifically for making photos look more vibrant and balanced.
- AI Retouch is specifically for faces — it smooths skin texture (reducing shine, minor blemishes) while leaving the rest of the photo untouched. It uses face detection to find where to apply the effect, so it doesn't blur your background or clothing.
When to Use AI Enhance
A photo taken in flat, overcast light, or one that just looks a bit "muddy" and low-contrast. Enhance stretches the tonal range and boosts saturation slightly — most photos benefit from a light touch here, even ones that already look decent.
When to Use AI Retouch
A close-up portrait or selfie where skin texture is more visible than you'd like — under harsh lighting, or just at high camera resolution. Retouch is deliberately subtle by design: the goal is "still looks like you, just a little smoother," not a plastic, over-edited look.
Can You Use Both?
Yes — there's no rule against running a photo through Enhance first, downloading it, then running it through Retouch (or vice versa). Many people get their best results using Enhance for the overall photo, then Retouch just for a portrait shot.
A Word on Over-Editing
Both tools include a strength slider for a reason — full strength isn't always the right choice. A photo that looks "obviously edited" often looks worse than the original. Start around the middle of the slider and adjust from there rather than maxing it out by default.
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