The image editor now works for everyone (not just registered users), we added precise crop controls, fixed the sharpening preview, and adjusted our tier limits to be more generous.
We’ve been showing imgfast to more people lately and realized some of our limits were a bit too strict for real-world use. Modern phones shoot huge photos, so our old 6MB limit for anonymous users wasn’t cutting it. Time for some changes.
Image editor for everyone
Previously, you had to create an account to crop and image or use the editor. That felt unnecessarily restrictive - if you just want to crop a photo or adjust brightness, you shouldn’t need to sign up for anything.
Now the editor works for everyone, logged in or not. Upload an image, click Edit, do your thing. Same features, no account required.
Better crop controls
The crop section got a nice upgrade:
Free/Ratio toggle - Instead of hunting through the dropdown for “Free” mode, there’s now a dedicated button right next to the ratio presets. Click Free to draw any selection, or pick a preset ratio from the dropdown.
Precise coordinate inputs - Four input fields (X, Y, Width, Height) now appear when you’re cropping. They show the exact pixel coordinates in the original image dimensions. Super handy when you need to crop to specific values, like exporting a 1920x1080 thumbnail. Type in the numbers directly instead of dragging and hoping you got it right.
The values update live as you drag the crop rectangle, and you can type values to move/resize the selection. Feels much more like a proper editing tool now.
Fixed the sharpening preview
Here’s a fun one: our “sharpening” preview was… broken. Not real sharpening at all. Oops.
Original implementation was way to expensive and made a laptop go brrrr. So we disabled it and kinda forgot about it. We now rewrote it to use actual convolution-based sharpening. It now applies a proper Laplacian kernel to enhance edges, which is what sharpening actually does. The preview matches what you’ll get in the final output.
The catch with real sharpening is that it’s computationally expensive - doing pixel-by-pixel convolution on every frame made cropping laggy. So we added debouncing: the editor draws immediately without sharpening (keeping things smooth), then applies the sharpening effect after you stop interacting for 300ms. Best of both worlds.
Updated tier limits
We bumped up the file size limits across the board:
| Tier | Daily Images | Max File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Unregistered | 5 | 20 MB |
| Free | 50 | 20 MB |
| Lite | 200 | 30 MB |
| Pro | 1000 | 75 MB |
The main change is that unregistered users can now upload much larger files (was 6MB, now 20MB). Free users can also upload large files and have higher limits now. Your photos should work now.
We also enabled social media presets for everyone. The preset buttons for Instagram, Twitter, etc. used to be a registered-user feature, but honestly there’s no good reason to gate that.
The daily limit for unregistered users went down from 20 to 5 - we figured that’s enough to try out the service, and if you need more, creating a free account takes 30 seconds. No credit card nonsense.
All formats for everyone
This was already the case, but worth mentioning: every image format works for every user. JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIF, JXL, PDF, TIFF - all of them. The only exception is RAW camera files (NEF, CR2, ARW, etc.) which remain Pro-only because they’re resource-intensive to process.
What’s next
We’re thinking about batch editing features - applying the same crop/adjustments to multiple images at once. No promises on timing, but it’s on our radar.