Free photo editor and design tool

Edit photos and design thumbnails on your phone

Nova Studio opens in your browser. Layers, brush, text, shapes and crop in a simple app that fits your phone. Make a YouTube thumbnail, a poster or a social post, or fix a photo. No install, no sign-up, and your photos never leave your device.

No installNo accountWorks offlinePhotos stay on your device

12tools
16blend modes
12shapes
9ready sizes
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What you get

The tools you reach for, made for a thumb

Big buttons, pinch to zoom and everything one tap away. On a computer you also get keyboard shortcuts and a docked layers panel.

Layers

Stack photos, text and shapes. Change opacity and 16 blend modes, hide, lock, reorder, duplicate and merge. Up to 40 layers.

Brush and eraser

Size, soft edge, opacity and smoothing, and pen pressure on a stylus. A paint bucket and an eyedropper for colours.

Text that stays editable

8 fonts, bold, italic, outline, shadow and a box behind the words. Tap it again to change it.

Shapes

12 shapes with fill and outline: star, heart, arrow, speech bubble and more. They stay editable and sharp at any size.

Selections

Rectangle, ellipse, lasso and magic wand. Add, subtract, invert and feather. Paint, fill and erase only inside the selection.

Layer masks

Hide parts of a layer without erasing them. Paint the mask with the brush, invert it, or apply it for good.

Copy, cut and paste

Copy any selection, paste it as a new layer, or lift it out and drag it somewhere else.

Retouch

Clone, heal and spot heal to remove blemishes and wires, dodge and burn to lighten and darken, and smudge. All undoable.

Layer styles

Drop shadow, outline and glow on any layer. They stay editable and are saved with your design.

Ready templates

Twelve designs for YouTube, Instagram, Stories and posters. Change the words, colours and pictures.

Passport photos

Official sizes with a face guide, and print sheets with 6 copies on 4 × 6 inch or 30 on A4.

Remove the background

One tap on a photo of a person. It runs on your device and makes a mask you can paint back. Or just select the person. PRO tag, free for now.

Photoshop files

Open a PSD, or save your design as a PSD with its layers, opacity and blend modes. Export all your designs in one ZIP.

Adjust, filters and looks

Light and colour sliders with a live histogram, auto light, blur, sharpen, grain, vignette and 13 one-tap looks. Change the whole picture or only a selected part.

Move, scale and turn

Drag, pinch-sized handles, turn that clicks at 45°, flip, and Fit or Fill the canvas in one tap.

Crop to any shape

Free, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16 and 3:2, with a grid. Change the canvas size, image size, turn and flip.

Ready sizes

Instagram post, portrait and Story, YouTube thumbnail, cover, A4 poster and passport photo. Or type your own.

Saved for you

Works are saved automatically on your device. Keep many in My designs. Unlimited undo and redo.

Export and share

JPG, PNG, WebP or PSD at 25%, 50%, 100% or 200%, then share to WhatsApp, Instagram or any app. Or send the picture to Nova Animate.

How it works

From a photo to a finished picture in four steps

  1. StartOpen a photo, take one with the camera, or pick a ready size such as YouTube thumbnail.
  2. Add and arrangeAdd pictures as layers, then text and shapes. Move, scale and turn them with your fingers.
  3. PolishCrop, paint, fill and set opacity or a blend mode until it looks right.
  4. ExportChoose JPG, PNG or WebP, then download it or share it to any app.
Who it is for

For anyone who needs a picture, fast

YouTubers and creators

Make thumbnails with big outlined text, shapes and your photo, right on your phone.

Small businesses

Posters, offers and product posts at the right size for Instagram and WhatsApp.

Students and teachers

Covers, charts, class posters and projects without installing software.

Everyday photos

Crop, turn, resize and add words to the pictures in your gallery.

What is next

Nova Studio keeps growing

Coming next: removing a background in one tap, sending a picture to Nova Animate or Nova Clip, and more. It is part of the Nova family with Nova Clip for video and Nova Animate for cartoons.

Questions

Nova Studio, answered

What is Nova Studio?
Nova Studio is a free photo editor and design tool that opens in your browser. You can open a photo or start a blank canvas, then use layers, masks, selections, a brush, text, shapes, crop, colour adjustments, filters and looks to make thumbnails, posters, social posts and edited photos.
Is Nova Studio really free?
Yes. Everything in it is free to use for now, with no sign-up and nothing to install. A few tools carry a PRO tag (remove background, PSD files, export all). They are free today; the tag shows what may become paid later.
Can I remove the background of a photo?
Yes, for photos of people. Open Menu, then Remove the background. A small cut-out model runs on your device (it downloads once, about 1 MB, so you need the internet the first time). The result is a mask, so you can paint parts back. Nothing is uploaded.
Can I open or save Photoshop (PSD) files?
Yes. Open a .psd file like any photo, or choose PSD when you export. Layers, names, opacity, blend modes and hidden layers are kept. Text and effects from Photoshop become plain pictures.
Do my photos get uploaded?
No. Photos are opened and edited on your own device, and your designs are saved in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Nova Studio is made for phones first, with big buttons, pinch to zoom and sheets that slide up. It also works on tablets and computers, in Chrome, Edge and Safari.
Can I make a YouTube thumbnail or an Instagram post?
Yes. Pick a ready size (YouTube thumbnail 1280 × 720, Instagram post 1080 × 1080, portrait 1080 × 1350, Story 1080 × 1920 and more), add a photo, text and shapes, and export a JPG, PNG or WebP.
Can I fix the light and colour of a photo?
Yes. Tap Adjust to change brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, warmth and more while you watch the picture and a histogram. Add blur, sharpen, grain or a vignette, or try a ready look such as Vivid, Noir or Vintage. Select an area first to change only that part.
Can I make a passport photo?
Yes. Start from Passport photo (35 × 45 mm) or US passport (2 × 2 inch). A dotted guide helps you fit your face, and Export can make a print sheet with 6 copies on a 4 × 6 inch sheet or 30 on A4. Always check your country’s rules for the head size and background.
Are there ready templates?
Yes. Twelve templates for YouTube thumbnails, Instagram posts, Stories and posters. Everything in them is a normal layer, so you can change the words, colours and pictures.
Is it like Photoshop?
It uses the same ideas, such as layers, masks, selections, blend modes, a brush, text and crop, in a simple app that fits on a phone. It does not have everything Photoshop has. More tools are on the way.
Does it work offline?
After you open it once, yes. Designs are saved on your device and you can export without internet.

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Make your first design today

It takes a minute to start. Open Nova Studio, pick a size, add some text and export.