Pitu

Free selfie and photo editing tool

Pitu is a free-to-use selfie camera and photo editing app developed by Tencent. It allows you to take perfect selfies on your phone and more, creating fantastic images for sharing on various social media platforms. With this app, it’s as easy as taking a photo, adding the effect you want, and sharing it online.

Pitu is similar to other photography tools like Beauty Camera or InstaBeauty - Makeup Selfie Cam in helping you make the most out of every photo you take. However, this app separates itself with its wealth of fun and cute features to complement your shots.

Making photo edits easier

With Pitu, editing photos is made a lot easier with its Intelligent Editor feature. Through this capability, the app automatically suggests filters or light settings based on the photograph–depending on whether it is in an oversaturated or bright location or if it is a high-contrast shot. This helps beginners to better find what settings suit the pictures they have taken, saving time from testing each filter or light setting.

Also, one feature that definitely sets this app apart is the AI Magical Cutout that lets you put yourself against an animated digital background. The app first cuts the person out of the picture automatically and lets you choose which animated background you’d like to use. For example, if you want to shelter from a meteor rain or fall through clouds and bubbles, this app has it.

Unfortunately, there are some filters that are insensitive with certain user groups. One filter, in particular, has attracted the ire of users because it is based on blackface, which is inappropriate. Also, while the interface is mostly visual, which makes it intuitive to global users, the text prompts and guides are mostly in Mandarin. It limits the navigability of the app for non-Mandarin speakers.

Enjoy your smart photo editor

Pitu represents the next stage in photo editing, integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning to spare users the manual labor in editing their photos. With just a few clicks, you can get that picture-perfect shot that usually takes time to edit using other apps. While it is advanced for photo editors, it could use more consideration especially since it has users all around the world. Recommended.