Big News for Busy Photographers: Aftershoot’s AI Retouching Is Here — and It’s Free Until September 2025
Hey Shutter Circle crew — here’s something to get excited about. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck behind your screen late at night, painstakingly zapping blemishes, fixing flyaway hairs, and praying that your portraits don’t end up looking plastic… this one’s for you.
Our friends at Aftershoot have just dropped their brand-new AI Retouching tool — and they’re giving it away for free to every photographer until September 2025.
One More Reason to Love AI — Done Right
We all know how much time culling and editing can steal from our lives, but retouching? That’s the real timesink. And let’s be honest — when you rush it, it shows. Nobody wants portraits that look airbrushed into oblivion.
That’s why Aftershoot’s new AI Retouching is such a game-changer. It handles real-world fixes — smoothing skin, cleaning up glare, banishing that random bin in the background — all while keeping your images looking honest and natural. You stay in control. The AI just does the boring bits for you.
A Tool That Understands Real Photographers
“Photographers told us they spend way too long retouching, and that it often ends up looking fake,” says Harshit Dwivedi, Aftershoot’s Founder and CEO. “We built AI Retouching to fix both: it’s fast, it’s unlimited, and it keeps portraits looking real.”
Co-Founder Justin Benson sums it up perfectly: “Retouching used to be a slow grind. Now you can get those hours back — and focus on what you really love doing instead.”
And that’s exactly the spirit we love here at Shutter Circle — more time shooting, more time connecting, less time wrestling with pixels.
So, What’s Under the Hood?
Here’s a taste of what Aftershoot’s AI Retouching can do for you:
✅ Skin Smoothening (Face & Body) — Gently refines skin without turning people into wax dolls.
✅ Blemish & Wrinkle Removal — Wave goodbye to acne, pigmentation, and deep lines while keeping your subjects looking like themselves.
✅ Face Enhancement — Brightens faces, reduces shine, sharpens those eyes — hello, natural pop!
✅ Glasses Glare Removal — No more distracting reflections hiding someone’s eyes.
✅ Stray Hair Cleanup — Tidies up messy hairs but keeps natural volume and style.
✅ Teeth Brightening — Whiter smiles, believable results.
✅ Object Removal — Zap that rogue photo-bomber or messy background in a click.
✅ Selective Subject Retouching — Perfect for big family shots — fix up Aunt Mary without messing with Uncle Joe.
✅ Presets & Batch Editing — Save your favourite tweaks, sync them across a whole shoot — done.
Free Until September 2025 — So Dive In
The best part? It’s yours for free until September. It works with JPEG and TIFF files, and you can use it alongside edits you’re doing in Aftershoot, Lightroom, or Capture One. After the free ride ends, it’ll roll into Aftershoot’s paid plans — but until then, no strings attached.
Ready to Test It Out?
Here at Shutter Circle, we love anything that frees you up to do more of what you love — shooting, growing, sharing, and learning together. So if you’re keen to ditch the tedious bits and keep your work looking polished and true to your style, give AI Retouching a spin.
Try it out, share your thoughts with the community, and let us know how much time you get back for the fun stuff.
See you out there — and here’s to more time behind the camera and less time glued to the retouching brush.
Your friends at Shutter Circle
