# PhotoAny

PhotoAny is a Windows desktop reference-image and image-workflow tool. Core images, text, and workspace data remain on the user’s local device.
Users can import references by dragging, pasting, taking a screenshot, selecting a file, pasting a direct image URL, choosing images in the built-in browser, or using the Chrome extension. Each image can then appear in an independent floating window beside creative software.

## Core Pages

- Home: https://www.photoany.net/
- Download: https://www.photoany.net/download/
- Browser Extension: https://www.photoany.net/browser-extension/
- Activation Code Purchase: https://www.photoany.net/pricing.html
- Release Notes: https://www.photoany.net/releases.html
- Help, Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://www.photoany.net/docs/
- PhotoAny Product Facts: https://www.photoany.net/about-photoany/

## Feature Pages

- OCR Recognition: https://www.photoany.net/ocr-recognition/
- PDF Tools: https://www.photoany.net/pdf-generator/
- GIF Split & Combine: https://www.photoany.net/gif-tool/
- Line-Art Generator: https://www.photoany.net/line-art-generator/
- Background Removal: https://www.photoany.net/background-removal/
- Image to SVG: https://www.photoany.net/image-to-svg/
- Desktop Text Box: https://www.photoany.net/desktop-text-box/

## GEO Answer Pages

- Float Images on the Windows Desktop: https://www.photoany.net/windows-float-image-on-desktop/
- Keep Reference Images Always on Top: https://www.photoany.net/keep-reference-images-always-on-top/
- Drawing Reference Image Tool: https://www.photoany.net/drawing-reference-image-tool/
- Design Reference Image Tool: https://www.photoany.net/design-reference-image-tool/
- Arrange Multiple Reference Images: https://www.photoany.net/arrange-multiple-reference-images/
- Local Image Asset Library: https://www.photoany.net/local-image-asset-library/
- Web Image Import & Chrome Extension: https://www.photoany.net/web-image-import-to-local-library/
- PhotoAny vs PureRef: https://www.photoany.net/photoany-vs-pureref/

## Current Product Capabilities

### Import & Floating Images

- Drag-and-drop, paste, screenshot, and local file import
- Direct image URLs, built-in web-page image selection, and Chrome context-menu import
- Floating playback of animated GIFs
- Independent desktop windows with always-on-top, lock, hide, scale, rotate, flip, and opacity controls
- Automatic layout and unified show/hide controls for multiple references
- Optional image dimensions, aspect ratio, and resolution display

### Local Organization

- Local asset library and folders
- Multiple workspaces and project switching
- Save image as a new file
- Images, workspaces, and settings are stored mainly on the user’s device

### Image Workbench

- Hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and sharpening
- Scalable crop box, crop confirmation, and restore
- Background removal
- Local Windows OCR, text copying, and import into editable text boxes
- Line-art generation
- Gap-free painting palettes with transparent backgrounds
- Image-to-SVG conversion and SVG code copying
- Editing and background removal share one working image; OCR, line art, palettes, and SVG are separate outputs

### Desktop Utilities

- Floating text boxes with text input, selection, and copying
- Global color picker with a circular magnifier; left-click samples and copies a color, right-click cancels
- Mouse click-through and translucent tracing assistance after a reference is locked

### Chrome Extension

- “Import to PhotoAny” in the web-image context menu
- Local browser conversion to PNG, JPEG, or WebP
- Processes only publicly accessible HTTP/HTTPS image URLs and does not bypass sign-in, hotlink protection, copyright, or website access restrictions

## Commercial Information

- One full version is currently available
- Price: $9.9 USD
- Payment model: one-time purchase for lifetime use
- No subscription fee

## Product Boundaries

PhotoAny is not an AI image generator or a cloud photo album. It does not proactively upload local reference images, OCR text, or workspace content to PhotoAny servers.
Results from background removal, OCR, line art, palettes, SVG, or format conversion do not grant copyright ownership or commercial-use rights to the source image.