# Remove glare from a photo > To remove glare from a photo, open it in Kenerate's Edit Studio, choose AI Edit and describe the glare — “remove the window glare from the glass of the frame, keep everything else the same”. It works on glasses, framed pictures, windows and flash hotspots, and new accounts get 25 free credits. Glare that has completely hidden text can't be read back — the AI fills it in. URL: https://kenerateai.com/remove-glare-from-photo Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 26 September 2026 ## Key facts - AI Edit: Qwen Image 2.0, one-sentence fix - Magic Eraser: Paint over small spots - Fixes: Glasses, framed glass, windows, flash - Free to start: 25 credits on sign-up ## Steps 1. Open the photo in Edit Studio — Upload the photo with the glare or reflection to Kenerate's Edit Studio (JPG, PNG or WEBP). 2. Describe the glare with AI Edit — Choose AI Edit and say what to remove and what to keep — “Remove the window glare from the glass of the picture frame. Keep the frame and the photo exactly the same.” 3. Or paint over a small hotspot — For one small bright spot, choose Magic Eraser and paint over it. 4. Check and download — Compare with the original — especially any text that was under the glare — then download. ## In depth ### Glare adds light on top of the scene A reflection or flash hotspot adds light over what's behind it. Where it is faint, the scene is still there and can be recovered; where it saturates to pure white, the detail underneath was never recorded. Researchers showed as far back as 1999 that glass which reflects or bends light can't be described by a simple transparency value [1]. ### Filling in what glare hid For blown-out areas the tool must inpaint: patch-based methods such as PatchMatch copy texture from nearby [2], and modern networks such as LaMa use the whole image as context [3]. That is why text under a white hotspot comes back as plausible lines rather than the original words. ### Prevention beats repair Because glare can destroy detail, the best fix is at capture: flash off, shoot at an angle to the glass, and block reflections — then use AI for what's left. References: [1] Zongker et al. — Environment Matting and Compositing (SIGGRAPH 1999): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/311535.311558 [2] Barnes et al. — PatchMatch (SIGGRAPH 2009): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1531326.1531330 [3] Suvorov et al. — LaMa: large-mask inpainting (WACV 2022): https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.07161 ## FAQ Q: How do I remove glare from a photo? A: Open the photo in Kenerate's Edit Studio, choose AI Edit and describe the glare — “remove the window glare from the glass, keep everything else the same”. New accounts get 25 free credits. For one small hotspot, paint over it with Magic Eraser. Q: How do I remove glare from glasses in a photo? A: Use AI Edit with: “Remove the white glare reflections from the eyeglass lenses so both eyes are clearly visible. Keep the face, frames and everything else exactly the same.” The example on this page was made with exactly that prompt. Q: Can AI recover text hidden under glare? A: Not reliably. If the glare has completely washed out part of a page, the AI fills that area with plausible lines — it cannot read what the camera never captured. For documents, re-shoot without flash and use the AI result only for looks. Q: How do I remove reflections in Lightroom or Photoshop? A: In Lightroom, Lightroom Classic or Adobe Camera Raw, open Remove → Distraction Removal → Reflections and click Apply. It is built for reflections on windows and glass. Q: Is there a free way to remove glare? A: Kenerate gives 25 free credits on sign-up to test AI Edit. GIMP's heal tool is free but works only for small spots and takes practice. Q: How do I avoid glare when taking photos? A: Turn off the flash, shoot at an angle to the glass instead of straight on, move the light source or yourself so reflections fall outside the frame, and use a circular polarising filter for glass and water. Q: Why did the AI change more than the glare? A: Vague prompts give the model room to change things. Say exactly where the glare is and end with “Keep everything else exactly the same.” Magic Eraser only changes the area you paint. ## Related pages - Free AI background remover: https://kenerateai.com/free-ai-background-remover - Transparent background maker: https://kenerateai.com/transparent-background-maker - Free PNG maker: https://kenerateai.com/png-maker - White background: https://kenerateai.com/white-background - Remove white background: https://kenerateai.com/remove-white-background - Black background: https://kenerateai.com/black-background - Transparent logo: https://kenerateai.com/remove-background-from-logo - Signature PNG: https://kenerateai.com/remove-background-from-signature - Remove shadow: https://kenerateai.com/remove-shadow-from-photo - Remove text: https://kenerateai.com/remove-text-from-image - Make an image transparent: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-make-an-image-transparent - Remove background in Canva: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-remove-background-in-canva - Remove background in Photoshop: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-remove-background-in-photoshop - Remove background in GIMP: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-remove-background-in-gimp - Remove background on iPhone: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-remove-background-on-iphone - Remove a person from a photo: https://kenerateai.com/how-to-remove-a-person-from-a-photo - All background remover alternatives: https://kenerateai.com/background-remover-alternatives - remove.bg alternative: https://kenerateai.com/remove-bg-alternative - Photoroom alternative: https://kenerateai.com/photoroom-alternative - Pixelcut alternative: https://kenerateai.com/pixelcut-alternative - Canva BG Remover alternative: https://kenerateai.com/canva-background-remover-alternative - Adobe Express alternative: https://kenerateai.com/adobe-express-background-remover-alternative - erase.bg alternative: https://kenerateai.com/erase-bg-alternative - removal.ai alternative: https://kenerateai.com/removal-ai-alternative - Picsart alternative: https://kenerateai.com/picsart-background-remover-alternative - Pixlr alternative: https://kenerateai.com/pixlr-background-remover-alternative - Clipping Magic alternative: https://kenerateai.com/clipping-magic-alternative - PhotoScissors alternative: https://kenerateai.com/photoscissors-alternative - PicWish alternative: https://kenerateai.com/picwish-alternative - Slazzer alternative: https://kenerateai.com/slazzer-alternative - Fotor alternative: https://kenerateai.com/fotor-background-remover-alternative ## Sources - Adobe — Remove reflections in Camera Raw: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/desktop/ai-and-generative-features/remove-reflections.html - Adobe — Remove reflections in Lightroom Classic: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/desktop/process-and-develop-photos/distraction-removal-reflections.html