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Enhance.cam Open Eyes
Enhance.cam opens closed eyes in a photo automatically, showing you the result before you buy credits for the clean download.
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Media.io Open Eyes
Brush over closed eyes, type what you want, and it generates open ones, on credits rather than a subscription.
FreemiumBeginnerWeb
Overview
Media.io's Open Eyes fixes a photo where someone blinked. It is not automatic. You brush over the closed eyes to mark them, then type a prompt such as open eyes, and the AI generates them in that spot. Only the area you brush changes, so in a group shot the person who blinked is fixed and nobody else is touched.
It runs in any browser and is one tool inside Media.io, Wondershare's online platform. Work is metered in credits, and Media.io states a fix costs as little as one credit. You need an account, and free credits arrive on signup and daily after, so trying it costs nothing. Beyond those, credits come from a membership subscription or from one-off packs. Media.io states exports carry no logo.
Key features
✓Brush over the closed eyes to mark them
✓Type a prompt to say what you want
✓Only the brushed area changes
✓Rebuilds the eye area you marked
✓Credit system, no subscription required
✓Media.io states a fix costs as little as one credit
✓Free credits on signup & daily after
✓Vendor states exports carry no logo
✓Runs in any browser, nothing to install
When to use
Use Media.io's Open Eyes if:
- Someone shut their eyes and there is no other shot.
- Your photo is a group shot and you want one person changed. Only the area you brush is touched.
- You want a say in the fix rather than accepting whatever an automatic pass decides.
- You do not want a subscription. This runs on credits, so you pay for the photos you fix.
- You want to try it for nothing, which the free signup and daily credits cover.
- The face is reasonably large and well lit, which is what decides whether the result holds up.
When NOT to use
Skip Media.io's Open Eyes if any of these describe you:
- You want it done for you. Brushing and prompting every photo is work, and Fotor's version opens the eyes automatically, with a choice of how far.
- You have several photos to fix. Free credits are capped per day, and marking each one by hand adds up.
- The face is small in the frame, in shadow or turned away. There is little for the model to build from there.
- You have another frame where their eyes are open. Use that instead of a generated fix.
- You want to compare approaches first. insMind's version works the same brush-and-prompt way, and other open closed eyes tools do it automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Not necessarily. Media.io meters this in credits and states you pay only for what you use, with a photo fix costing as little as one credit. You do need an account, and free credits arrive when you sign up and daily after that. When you need more, credits come either from a membership subscription or from one-off packs you buy outright, so you can top up without committing to a monthly bill. If you fix a blink photo twice a year, a pack suits you better.
Because it is a general AI editing tool aimed at one job rather than a dedicated open-eyes button. You mark the area and describe the change. The cost is a few seconds per photo. The benefit is that nothing outside your brush stroke is altered, so the rest of the picture is exactly as you shot it.
No, only the eyes you brush. An automatic tool decides for itself which faces need work and can change people you were happy with. Here you mark the one person who blinked and everybody else is left alone.
The face, not the prompt. The AI builds the new eyes to match the face it can read, so a large, evenly lit face looking toward the camera is the easy case. A face that is small in a group shot, in shadow, turned to the side, or partly hidden by hair or glasses glare gives it much less to work from. Check the result at full size rather than as a thumbnail, since that is where a mismatch shows.
Media.io states that exports from this tool are clean, with no logo on them. That is the vendor's own claim. Check your first export at full size before you plan around it. The meter here is credits rather than a watermark, so what limits free use is how many fixes you can run per day.
Alternatives to Media.io Open Eyes
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insMind Open Eyes
Brush over the closed eyes, type a prompt, and it opens them, rescuing the shot where somebody blinked.
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Fotor Open Eyes
Replaces closed eyes in a portrait with AI-generated open ones, at three opening levels.
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Evoto AI Open Eyes
Evoto feature that opens closed or squinting eyes in a portrait, using reference photos to match the real person.
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