Evoto unveils version 8.0, a major update integrating advanced culling, retouching, and marketplace tools to streamline workflows and support high-volume photography and video editing.
Evoto has unveiled version 8.0, a substantial update that expands the platform beyond standard portrait editing and into culling, workflow automation, video retouching and marketplace selling. The company presented the release in New York, positioning it as an attempt to cut the repetitive work that photographers often associate with post-production.
At the launch event, Jay Peterson, Evoto AI’s US revenue and marketing director, said the company’s approach is built around listening to working photographers rather than guessing at their needs. Demonstrations from industry figures highlighted that message. Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler said she wanted more time back from retouching, while showing how Evoto’s facial refinement tools could deliver a client-ready result in under half a minute. The platform’s culling tools are already designed to filter out blurred, overexposed, underexposed and eyes-closed images, as well as duplicates, and Evoto says the new release pushes that process further with story-based review.
The main addition on the selection side is Storyline Mode, which lets users sort shoots into chapters such as preparations, ceremony and reception. Rather than forcing every frame into a fixed chronological sequence, the system keeps uncertain images unassigned, leaving final judgement to the photographer. That approach is aimed at high-volume work, where culling can consume hours, and it reflects a broader industry move towards AI-assisted selection that supports, rather than replaces, editorial control.
The desktop software also gains a wider set of retouching tools, including precision freckles and acne adjustment, face shadow removal, clothing moiré removal, sweat stain removal and liquify background repair. Evoto has also added generative expand and an orientation-aware AI crop for repurposing images across different formats. On the mobile side, the Evoto app now supports tethered capture, allowing presets to be applied in real time so clients can see an image close to its final appearance while the shoot is still under way.
Evoto 8.0 also extends into moving image. A new in-workflow retouching plug-in for DaVinci Resolve Studio 19 and Adobe Premiere Pro lets editors adjust face and skin detail without leaving the video timeline, with tools such as hair shine, teeth whitening and facial fullness. The company says the goal is to preserve a subject’s appearance across changing shots and lighting, rather than invent features that are not already present. Separately, its new Asset Hub gives photographers a place to buy and sell presets, AI Looks, backdrops and skies, with creator applications opening on 22 September 2026 and review and earnings details scheduled to follow on 29 September.
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