This photo-tweaking time-saver is a perfect Google Photos power-up

The way we edit images is in the midst of a massive reinvention right now.

Adjustments that once required costly software and professional-level know-how are suddenly at our fingertips 24/7—with instant results and not even an ounce of skill required.

And yet, for all the fantastic feats these fancy new AI image remixing genies of ours can accomplish, there are still times when a simple specialty tool can save the day and make your life instantly easier.

Today’s Cool Tool is a perfect example. It’s an incredibly useful photo-editing resource that does one specific thing and does it insanely well.

And—oh, yes—it’s completely free to use.

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A bulk image editing powerhouse

For full disclosure: The tool we’re about to talk about has been at the top of my mind lately because it’s one of the many advanced resources I share in my recently updated Android Photography Master Class​.

But it isn’t relevant only for Android users. And it’s just too darn useful to keep behind closed gates and not share more broadly.

➜ The tool is called PhotoStack​, and it’s a web-based app that makes it entirely effortless to edit images in bulk—for instance:

• Resizing a bunch of images to specific dimensions
• Making an entire set of images sharper
• Adding a specific sort of border or even watermark onto a lot of images at once
• Or removing the data (including, at times, location info) that’s often baked into photos before you share ’em somewhere

✅ It couldn’t be much easier to use either.

• You just open up the PhotoStack website​ . . .
• Click or tap the “Edit images” button . . .
• And then either click or tap the “Import” button or just drag and drop images directly onto the page.

You can then use any of the options on the screen to adjust your images as needed, and any changes you make will be applied to all of the images at the same time.

When you’re done, all that’s left is to click or tap the “Export” button, and all of your edited images will be saved back onto your device. Told ya it was easy, right?!

PhotoStack is open source and completely free to use. And, critically, your images are never uploaded anywhere. All of the processing happens in your own browser, on your own device, without any privacy compromises.

In a world filled with AI sorcery and the endless asterisks that accompany that, it’s a simple, supremely useful tool that’s well worth your while to hang onto for the right occasion.

• PhotoStack is 100% web-based​—no downloads required. (Though you can install it as a progressive web app for easy ongoing access, if your browser offers that ability; look in your browser’s main menu when the site is open to see if the option is present.)
• It’s free, with no limits or catches. You can opt to make a donation to support the developer if you like, but it’s never required.
• And the app doesn’t collect or save any images, require any sort of sign-in, or ask for any manner of personal info. Its privacy policy​ is almost shockingly short and simple.

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