AKVIS Retoucher AI 13: Photoshop Plug-in Review

Introduction

AKVIS provides a range of AI powered photo editing applications that make complex image enhancement tasks straightforward. Whether the goal is restoration, refinement, or creative styling, their tools deliver efficient, high quality outcomes with minimal manual work.

AKVIS Retoucher AI 13 is designed to make photo restoration and object removal significantly easier and more accurate. The plug in uses AI powered algorithms to repair damaged areas, eliminate unwanted elements, and seamlessly reconstruct missing details in old or imperfect photos. Instead of manually cloning or patching sections, Retoucher analyzes surrounding textures and intelligently fills gaps, helping you restore images, remove distractions, and enhance overall visual quality with far less effort. You can read our review of their previous version here.

AKVIS develops a range of graphic software tools, including Retoucher AI 13, which is designed to simplify the restoration and cleanup of older or damaged photos. The company also offers an extensive collection of Photoshop plug ins such as as Pastel, OilPoint, AirBrush, Sketch, Neon, Refocus, SmartMask AI, Chameleon, MultiBrush, Enhancer, Decorator, Inspire AI, etc.

You can download a free 10-day trial version of Retoucher AI 13 from the AKVIS site.

Our point of contact for this review was Kat Kharina from AKVIS, and we appreciate her support.

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How To Use

After installing Retoucher AI 13, you can proceed with the following steps, or simply read along for a quick, guided overview.

1. Start by launching your image editor of choice, like Adobe Photoshop with the Retoucher AI 13 plug in enabled. Alternatively, the Retoucher AI 13 standalone program offers a streamlined option if you want to work independently of a host application.
2. Next, open an image in AKVIS Retoucher AI 13, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Image opened in AKVIS Retoucher AI 13
4. The AKVIS Retoucher AI 13 interface is outlined below, with each description corresponding to the areas marked in Figure 1, above:

5. A. Open and Save Buttons

6. The ten buttons in this area:
1. Launch the AKVIS Retoucher page in your browser.
2. Open, and
3. Save images
4. Print
5. Load Selection
6. Save Selection
7. Show/Hide Selection
8. Batch Processing
9. Undo, and
10. Redo

7. B. Selection Buttons

8. The fourteen buttons in this area:
1. Selection Brush
2. Exclusion Tool
3. Eraser
4. Selection Bucket
5. Magic Wand
6. Local Run
7. Patch Tool
8. Spot Remover
9. History Brush
10. Clone Stamp
11. Chameleon Stamp
12. Crop Tool
13. Hand
14. Zoom

9. C. Mode and Play Buttons

10. The three buttons in this area:
1. Express mode
2. Advanced mode
3. Run

11. D. Information Buttons

12. The four buttons in this area:
1. Provide info about your program and version.
2. Opens documentation
3. Brings up Preferences
4. Provides information about program updates

13. E. Navigator

14. On the top right, you'll find the Navigator. This also lets you choose the area of the image to be shown in the Preview pane.

15. F. Settings Panel

16. Options in the Settings Panel change, depending upon the tool chosen within the Selection Buttons area.
3. We clicked the Selection Brush button, as shown highlighted in red Figure 2, below.
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   Figure 2: Selection Brush button
4. We then drew over the areas that we want to retouch. If you have an image that’s so hopelessly scratched, like he one shown in Figure 3, below, you can start with just a few areas. We dragged or clicked on some areas on the left side of the image, and then clicked the Run button, highlighted in red within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Highlight areas to retouch
5. You can see the retouch results, as shown in Figure 4, below. Compare with the image shown in Figure 1, previously on this page.
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   Figure 4: First round of retouching
6. Continue making selections and then activate the Run command. Since our sample image is in such a bad state, we had to make minute selections many, many times.
7. Here is the result of what we achieved, as shown in Figure 5, below.
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   Figure 5: Retouched image

Here are some Before and After samples created using AKVIS Retoucher AI 13:

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Specifications

Photoshop Versions: Photoshop CS-CS6, CC, CC 2014 and above, Elements v.1-14, etc. More information can be found on the AKVIS Compatibility page.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Site: AKVIS
Price: USD $87 and above
Trial Version: Available

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