A few months ago I had a group photo from a trip where one friend was missing — she'd left early. I opened Photoshop, spent 20 minutes fighting selection masks, and gave up. The result looked terrible.

I figured: this is a problem with a clear solution. Someone should make it easy.

Validating before building

Before writing a line of code, I went looking for evidence that other people hit this wall too.

It didn't take long. Reddit threads, Quora questions, random Facebook groups — people asking how to add a family member who missed the reunion, how to combine two decent shots into one, how to put their kid next to a theme park character without actually going. Common, everyday problems that Photoshop technically solves but realistically doesn't — not for people without the time or skill to learn it.