PhotoAiD Shadow Remover

PhotoAiD Shadow Remover evens out the light on a face by taking away harsh shadows. You upload a photo, click once, and the AI returns it with the shadow reduced. There is nothing to paint, mask or select. It is built for passport and ID photos, which usually have to show even lighting and no strong shadow on the face. It adjusts the light already in the picture rather than lighting the scene again.

It is one of a set of free web tools from a company that makes passport and ID photos. The same shot can carry on to background removal or cropping. It is free to use, with no account and nothing to pay for.

Use PhotoAiD Shadow Remover if:

• You are taking your own passport or ID photo and need even lighting on the face to meet the rules.
• A shadow from a hat, hair or side lighting falls across someone's face in a portrait.
• You want a one-click fix with nothing to paint or mask.
• You want a free result with no account, since PhotoAiD offers these web tools free.
• You are also fixing the background or size of an ID photo, which PhotoAiD's other free tools handle.

Skip PhotoAiD Shadow Remover if any of these describe you:

• You want to remove the shadow an object casts on the ground or a wall, as in product photos. A hard shadow on the ground was left in place in testing. Other shadow removers target cast shadows.
• You want manual control over which shadow stays and which goes. This is one automatic pass with no brushing, so you take the result it gives or nothing.
• The photo is dark or badly lit all over. Evening out one shadow will not rescue a picture that needs a full relight.
• You want to keep dramatic shadow on purpose, for a moody portrait. This tool flattens it, since even light is what ID photos are judged on.