VSCO Launches AI Lab to Help Photographers Save Time

Oct 15, 2025

Jeremy Gray

VSCO logo and text appear on a blue sky background, next to a phone screen showing the VSCO app interface with a Studio section and two photos: hands with water droplets and a child in a pink dress.

VSCO, the Visual Supply Company, has announced AI Lab. It is a suite of new AI-powered editing tools to help photographers achieve professional-level results inside VSCO.

AI Lab is launching with one tool, Remove, which, as its name suggests, enables photographers to erase unwanted elements from their images without sacrificing resolution or realism. VSCO users can utilize Remove to erase distracting elements from their images, including unwanted passersby and distracting background elements.

“Since our inception, VSCO has supported authentic creative expression and has provided photographers with many ways to achieve their desired success,” says Eric Wittman, CEO of VSCO.

Wittman continues, “We see how much AI is impacting photography, and are focused on bringing AI tools to our community that are designed specifically to support photographers in achieving creative excellence while respecting the art of their photography.”

AI Lab joins VSCO’s prior AI-based offering, VSCO Canvas, which is an AI-powered mood boarding platform designed for creatives and photographers.

Two nearly identical images show a person with a blue umbrella crossing a striped crosswalk in the rain. The left image is labeled "ORIGINAL," and the right is labeled "EDITED.

VSCO’s new AI Lab relies upon Black Forest Lab’s FLUX.1 Context model combined with proprietary, purpose-built tech made for photographers “who demand high-quality edits that look authentic, not artificial,” per VSCO.

A woman in a pink dress walks away holding a plastic bag in both "before" and "after" photos; the "after" image has removed her dark shadow from the ground.

Although Remove is the first tool available in AI Lab, the company is also developing Upscale, which will launch soon. This will enhance image resolution and sharpen details while maintaining color accuracy.

VSCO’s next-generation AI-powered imaging tools aim to help photographers save time and perform less manual editing.

“AI is undeniably shaping the future of modern photography, and Iʼm very pleased with VSCOʼs strategy to add important AI-based instruments that uphold the craftsmanship photographers care about,” says wildlife photographer Philipp Gerasimov. “The VSCO Remove tool delivers edits with required visual fidelity that enhance my photos without compromising creative intent.”

A photo editing app on a smartphone shows a girl in a pink polka-dot dress running outside, with a tool highlighting and removing a shadow on the wall in the background.

AI Lab supports editing high-resolution RAW photos, creates non-destructive copies to preserve original images, and, in the case of Remove, features Brush, Tap, and Lasso tools to select and remove objects.

AI Lab is available now within VSCO Studio on iOS to VSCO Pro members. Pro membership includes unlimited AI editing, other advanced tools, and access to VSCO’s entire library of 200+ presets and film effects.

 Image credits: VSCO