PixelVault’s image editor lets you edit and mark up images entirely in your browser. Crop to the part that matters, rotate or flip the image, then add arrows, boxes, ellipses, highlights and text — and blur or pixelate anything sensitive — before exporting a clean PNG or JPG. Nothing is uploaded, which is exactly what you want when the image is a private conversation, an invoice, an ID or an internal dashboard.
It combines the basics of a photo editor with fast annotation. Crop and straighten the framing, rotate 90° or flip to fix orientation, then point things out with arrows, box or circle a detail, highlight a passage, or drop in text with your choice of font, color and size. The blur and pixelate tools permanently obscure faces, names, emails and account numbers — the hidden pixels cannot be recovered from the saved file.
Everything stays editable while you work: select any annotation to move, resize or recolor it, double-click text to change the words, and undo or redo any step — including crops and rotations — with a keystroke. Keyboard shortcuts (1–7 for tools, V to select, Delete, Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z) keep you quick.
How it works
Your image is drawn to a canvas, and each annotation is painted on top in order. Crop, rotate and flip flatten the current result into a new working image so they can be stacked and undone. Selection handles live on a separate overlay canvas, so they are never included when you export. Blur and pixelate read from the underlying image and redraw that region obscured. Exporting encodes the flattened canvas as PNG or JPG.
Why local processing matters
An image editor that runs locally means the sensitive thing you are trying to hide is never sent to a server in its original, unredacted form. Uploading first would defeat the purpose. With PixelVault the image — and the private details you are blurring — stay on your device from start to finish, and edits are instant because there is no upload round-trip.
Supported formats
- PNG — Lossless export; keeps sharp text, edges and transparency.
- JPG — Smaller export; flattened onto a white background.
Common use cases
- Crop, rotate and annotate a screenshot before sharing it.
- Blur names, faces or account numbers in an image.
- Add arrows, boxes and text to explain a bug or write a how-to.
- Straighten and reframe a photo, then highlight the key part.