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Pixer guides

Point it at a folder and see your photos — RAW, HEIC, non-destructive edits and offline AI.

Viewer & formats How to View and Edit RAW and HEIC Photos on a Mac Without Importing

Open a folder in Pixer and your RAW, HEIC, JPEG and PSD photos are just there. No catalog, no import, no second copy, and edits never touch the original.

Read guide → Non-destructive Non-Destructive Editing in Pixer: Sidecars, Save vs. Export

Where Pixer stores your edits, what File > Save does to the original, how Export differs and which formats cannot be rewritten.

Read guide → AI tools (Pro) Pixer's Offline AI Tools: Remove Background, Erase Objects, Enlarge 4×

Remove backgrounds, erase objects, click to select a subject, enlarge 4× and fix exposure from a face, all running locally on your Mac with Pixer Pro.

Read guide → Batch How to Batch Edit, Resize, Rename and Export Photos on Mac

Apply one look to many photos, then resize and rename on export with a filename template using {name}, {n}, {date}, {w}, {h} and {camera}.

Read guide → Why Pixer Tired of Photo Apps That Force Imports and Copies? A Folder-First Alternative on Mac

Catalog-based photo apps copy files, build databases and lock you in. Pixer opens a folder and edits non-destructively, leaving your originals alone.

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