What’s new

Urban Chic paints your portrait as a flat, hand-painted fashion illustration, with a new bold hair colour every time you make one.

Blue Drawing turns it into a bold ink portrait in black, white and bright sky blue.

Colored Lines draws you in a few loose marker lines, each in its own colour.

They work in the version you already have: the new effects appear in the Effects panel on their own.

Effects are part of Pro and use 4 credits each.

Portraits now fill the frame, so no thin empty strip appears below the shoulders.

Photos with lots of hair above the head are framed better.

Before a cloud edit, Aaavatar explains that your photo is sent securely, processed and sent back.

The welcome screen now shows the Aaavatar blue background straight away.

It’s ready to go even when you’re offline.

A new photo now appears centered as soon as the background is removed, instead of moving into place a few seconds later.

The first photo you add after an update is ready sooner.

Quit during a cloud edit? Next time you open Aaavatar, you now really get the result or your credits back.

While the background is removed, it gently fades in and out around the person in the photo, then fades away when the cutout is ready.

With Reduce Motion on, you only see the final fade.

Add name, Frame and Background now wait until a new photo is fully cut out, so the rename window is never empty.

Opening another portrait during an import no longer pulls you back to the import.

Drop a photo and it’s on the canvas right away. The background is removed and your portrait is ready in about a second and a half, instead of four to six.

The first photo you add after opening Aaavatar is quick too.

Photos from an iPhone now come in the right way up.

Dropping a new photo into an open portrait keeps your zoom.

Your library takes less space: Aaavatar keeps your original photo as it was.

Setup has one step less. Aaavatar now always goes for the sharpest cutouts and gets what it needs in the background.

Add more photos than your plan allows and Aaavatar tells you right away, instead of leaving some out without a word.

Quit during a cloud edit? Aaavatar finishes it the next time you open the app. If it can’t, you get your credits back.

While a cloud edit runs, you see it happen on the portrait itself.

If one of our cloud services is down, you get a clear message, and it never costs credits.

Sticker borders are no longer doubled, and balloons keep their string.

New photos no longer come in smaller than the original.

You can send us feedback straight from Settings.

The Generate option is hidden until it works reliably. Failed attempts never cost you credits.

Everything else works as before: your own images, the gallery, Unsplash and colours.

Updates downloaded but didn’t install. Now they do.

If an update fails, Aaavatar tells you and lets you try again or download it yourself.

Your library and settings stay right where they are.

Go to Settings › Preferences › Migration and choose Import from this Mac.

Your portraits come along with their names, dates and original photos.

Importing twice never gives you doubles.

Moving to a new Mac? You can still import from a backup file.

Folders keep every team or project in one place. Select several portraits and change them all at once.

Backgrounds are removed automatically when you add a photo.

Pick a colour, a gradient, your own image or a photo from Unsplash as the new background.

A new editor for framing, light and colour, all in one place.

Effects such as Balloon, Windy and Sticker are part of Pro.

Cloud edits like Fill in body use credits. Starter is free, and Pro includes credits.

Export as a square, circle or rounded PNG, in three sizes.

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