OptiClean

OptiClean is an eraser tool. A macOS and iOS app that uses AI inpainting to erase people, objects, text, logos and watermarks from photos, with video cleanup on macOS. Positioned as a local, privacy-conscious alternative to web cleanup services, Lama Cleaner and manual Photoshop work.

OptiClean is a native macOS and iOS app for erasing distractions from photographs and video clips. Rather than asking you to clone out blemishes with a brush, it uses AI inpainting: you mark the area you want gone (a stranger in the background, a stray object, a logo, a watermark), and the app reconstructs what should plausibly sit behind it. The same cleanup workflow extends to video on macOS, which is the less common half of the offer and the main reason to look past a standard photo retoucher. The tool is aimed at people who shoot or collect images and need them clean quickly: photographers tidying a frame before delivery, social media and marketing teams stripping stray marks or branding, and anyone working with AI-generated imagery who wants to repair artifacts. The developer also positions it for retouching AIGC output, which fits the broader pattern of generative images arriving with small visual faults that need patching before publication. In practice the workflow is selection first, then generation. You open an image or clip, paint over the region to remove, and let the model fill the gap. The FAQ addresses input resolution and offers suggestions for getting better results, which implies output quality depends on how tightly you mask the target. The stated use cases are narrow and honest: people removal, watermark removal, object removal and AIGC retouching. Where it fits is the local, Apple-only alternative to browser cleanup services and open-source tools such as Lama Cleaner, and a lighter option than doing the same job manually in Photoshop. The homepage FAQ explicitly frames those three comparisons, and it also addresses whether pictures leave the machine, making privacy a stated selling point. The tradeoff is scope: this is a dedicated eraser, not a full editor, and availability is tied to the Apple ecosystem.