Layers and masks
Layers, groups, and layer masks. Work the detail without flattening until the very end.
Layers, masks, vectors, and real PSD files. Plus an assistant that removes backgrounds, erases objects, and upscales photos: local when your machine can handle it, over the API when it can't.
Editor
Four ways in: a perpetual license for one person or the studio, a subscription with credits included, or a standalone credit pack. Local mode never adds a per-image cost.
Layers, groups, and layer masks. Work the detail without flattening until the very end.
Non-destructive adjustments: the original stays intact and any change can be reverted later.
Reusable effects on any layer, with the same result in every export.
Editable type and vector shapes inside the same composition.
Opens and saves PSD files: you go in and out of your studio workflow without converting anything.
Windows, macOS, Linux, and a 12 MB web build you can open in any browser.
Assistant
Each task runs on your machine or against the API, with the same button. If you have the hardware, you pay nothing per image; if you don't, you pay cents.
Clean subject cutout with real transparency, ready for a catalog or a packshot.
Mark what doesn't belong and the fill continues the background: wires, signs, people walking by.
Raises resolution and cleans up detail for print or e-commerce.
Type “the sky,” “the car,” or “the shirt” and it gets selected so you can edit just that.
Also in the same panel: prompt-based editing (“make it night, without moving the framing”) and adding people from up to 4 reference photos.
Automation
Every engine command fires over JSON or over MCP. A script walks the shoot folder and repeats the same recipe across all 300 photos, with nobody touching the UI.
942
engine commands, one per action.
// illustrative schema
{
"command": "export.batch",
"args": {
"source": "shootings/2026-10-27",
"recipe": "catalog-1200",
"format": "psd"
}
}
Local vs cloud
The numbers are measured, not estimated: reference machine with 8 GB of RAM, 1200×800 image.
| Local (your machine) | Cloud (API) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | On your machine, offline | At the model provider |
| Cost per image | USD 0 | Remove background USD 0.0006 Prompt editing USD 0.01 / megapixel |
| Time (1200×800) | ≈ 178 s to remove a background | ≈ 5–10 s |
| RAM | 4.5 GB at peak | Uses no local resources |
| Requires hardware | Yes: CPU/GPU with headroom | No: runs on modest laptops |
| Your photos | Never leave your machine | Sent to the provider for processing |
| Best for | Your own volume, sensitive material | Machines without a GPU, rush jobs |
Plans
Three ways in: a perpetual license, a subscription with credits included, or a standalone credit pack. Local mode never adds a per-image cost.
$90,000one-time
$150,000one-time
$13,500/ month
$35,000per pack
Prices in Argentine pesos. Local AI has no per-image cost; in the cloud, a background cutout uses 1 credit and a prompt edit uses 5 credits per megapixel.
Questions
No. Neblia is a standalone editor, not a plugin and not a copy: it is its own application, built from the open-source PhotoCraft project (MIT license) and with no connection to Adobe. What it does share is the format: it opens and saves real PSD files, so you can keep working on the files your studio already has.
Only if you use cloud mode. In local mode the model runs on your machine and images are never uploaded anywhere. In API mode the photo is sent to the provider that processes the task and you get the result back: if the material is sensitive or under contract, stay local.
The editor works just the same: the AI also runs on the CPU. On the reference machine (8 GB of RAM, no dedicated GPU), removing a background takes about 178 s per 1200×800 image and peaks at 4.5 GB of RAM. If that doesn't work for the volume you handle, switch to API mode and the same task finishes in seconds for USD 0.0006.
Download
Native installer for Windows, macOS, and Linux. There is also a 12 MB web build if you would rather not install anything.
Already installed? See the first steps →