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Software for creating, editing, generating, and transforming images and video, including AI-assisted workflows.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20262,063 stories
Qwen Image 2.1↗ qwen.ai · HN · 199 comments · 739 points · Sep 20, 2026
MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID↗ xusheng.dev · HN · 435 comments · 861 points · Aug 24, 2026
Want your images back? That'll be $5↗ lutr.dev · HN · 267 comments · 664 points · Jun 17, 2026
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving↗ qwen.ai · HN · 377 comments · 705 points · Apr 20, 2026
DaVinci Resolve – Photo↗ blackmagicdesign.com · HN · 296 comments · 1147 points · Apr 14, 2026
20252,359 stories
Affinity Studio now free↗ affinity.studio · HN · 793 comments · 1217 points · Oct 30, 2025
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image↗ developers.googleblog.com · HN · 475 comments · 1093 points · Aug 26, 2025
4o Image Generation↗ openai.com · HN · 599 comments · 1072 points · Mar 25, 2025
GIMP 3.0↗ testing.gimp.org · HN · 508 comments · 1312 points · Mar 17, 2025
DeepSeek releases Janus Pro, a text-to-image generator [pdf]↗ github.com · HN · 674 comments · 912 points · Jan 27, 2025
20241,798 stories
Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen↗ creativebloq.com · HN · 268 comments · 912 points · Oct 17, 2024
Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative↗ pikimov.com · HN · 258 comments · 1150 points · Jul 01, 2024
KidPix↗ kidpix.app · HN · 124 comments · 921 points · Jun 18, 2024
The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is using video as an input↗ simonwillison.net · HN · 484 comments · 1136 points · Feb 21, 2024
Sora: Creating video from text↗ openai.com · HN · 2231 comments · 3647 points · Feb 15, 2024
20231,420 stories
Generate images in one second on your Mac using a latent consistency model↗ replicate.com · HN · 10 comments · 37 points · Oct 27, 2023
Aurel Manea: I decided to make my photos available in full resolution for free↗ aurelm.com · HN · 7 comments · 64 points · Sep 24, 2023
The ReMarkable Streaming Tool v2: Elevating Remote Work Efficiency↗ blog.owulveryck.info · HN · 4 comments · 50 points · Aug 20, 2023
I used Stable Diffusion and Dreambooth to create an art portrait of my dog↗ shruggingface.com · HN · 5 comments · 56 points · Apr 16, 2023
My new hobby: finding public domain images that Getty sells for $500↗ twitter.com · HN · 2 comments · 46 points · Mar 19, 2023
20221,150 stories
Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text↗ makeavideo.studio · HN · 384 comments · 979 points · Sep 29, 2022
The image in this post displays its own MD5 hash↗ retr0.id · HN · 130 comments · 766 points · Sep 23, 2022
I replaced all our blog thumbnails using DALL·E 2↗ deephaven.io · HN · 322 comments · 677 points · Aug 08, 2022
OBS – Open Broadcaster Software↗ obsproject.com · HN · 238 comments · 669 points · Jun 21, 2022
Imagen, a text-to-image diffusion model↗ gweb-research-imagen.appspot.com · HN · 634 comments · 988 points · May 23, 2022
20211,045 stories
Manim: An animation engine for explanatory math videos↗ github.com · HN · 67 comments · 576 points · Aug 20, 2021
Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos↗ 3b1b.github.io · HN · 75 comments · 905 points · Mar 18, 2021
20% of requests for Wikimedia Commons are for one image of a flower↗ phabricator.wikimedia.org · HN · 362 comments · 1388 points · Feb 08, 2021
DALL·E: Creating Images from Text↗ openai.com · HN · 267 comments · 1266 points · Jan 05, 2021
Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering↗ surma.dev · HN · 200 comments · 1290 points · Jan 04, 2021
20201,256 stories
Zoomquilt (2004)↗ zoomquilt.org · HN · 132 comments · 878 points · Nov 23, 2020
Studio Ghibli releases 400 free-to-use images↗ ghibli.jp · HN · 124 comments · 647 points · Sep 23, 2020
Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies↗ storycreatorapp.com · HN · 291 comments · 868 points · Aug 04, 2020
OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming↗ obsproject.com · HN · 362 comments · 1518 points · Apr 01, 2020
Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain↗ smithsonianmag.com · HN · 123 comments · 1115 points · Feb 25, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Ember-1↗ fireworks.ai · HN · 242 comments · 566 points · Sep 27, 2026
Qwen Image 2.1↗ qwen.ai · HN · 199 comments · 739 points · Sep 20, 2026
Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos↗ launchvideo.io · HN · 222 comments · 424 points · Sep 24, 2026
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography↗ security.apple.com · HN · 352 comments · 539 points · Sep 16, 2026
OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor↗ openshot.org · HN · 140 comments · 603 points · Aug 31, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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Highest rated · the last 30 days

Qwen Image 2.1↗ qwen.ai · HN · 199 comments · 739 points · Sep 20, 2026
OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor↗ openshot.org · HN · 140 comments · 603 points · Aug 31, 2026
Ember-1↗ fireworks.ai · HN · 242 comments · 566 points · Sep 27, 2026
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography↗ security.apple.com · HN · 352 comments · 539 points · Sep 16, 2026
Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos↗ launchvideo.io · HN · 222 comments · 424 points · Sep 24, 2026
Show HN: Free alternative to graphics design giants↗ scissor.studio · HN · 31 comments · 66 points · Sep 28, 2026
Show HN: MultiMatte, a Promptable Image Background Removal Model↗ usefeyn.com · HN · 8 comments · 57 points · Sep 10, 2026
Show HN: VODForge – a free local desktop UI for YouTube video/playlist downloads↗ getvodforge.com · HN · 13 comments · 39 points · Sep 06, 2026
KDE's new Photos app offers a sleek alternative to Gwenview↗ omgubuntu.co.uk · HN · 18 comments · 20 points · Sep 08, 2026
Show HN: RxFilm Studio–Create and edit your product videos with AI agent↗ filmstudio.rxlab.app · HN · 15 comments · 19 points · Sep 23, 2026

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