There are plenty of apps that add filters, stickers and dramatic color grading to your photos. But what if all you want is something very specific: keep yourself visible in a photo, and quietly protect everyone else's privacy? That is exactly the problem Just Me is built to solve.
Instead of being yet another "everything and the kitchen sink" photo editor, Just Me focuses on one job and does it really well – letting you share photos where you are the hero, without dragging your friends, family or colleagues along for the ride.
Why We Needed Something Like Just Me
Think about the kind of photos that end up online these days:
Most of the time, the people standing next to you never actually consented to have their faces posted on social media. They might not like it, their company might not like it, or it might even be a privacy issue in certain professional settings.
But you still want to keep and share the picture – because you look great in it.
Just Me is that small, practical bridge between "delete the photo" and "post everyone's face everywhere." Instead of forcing you to choose, it gives you a way to keep yourself in the frame while respecting everyone else's privacy.
How Just Me Works In Plain English
The flow is deliberately straightforward:
You pick any photo where there are multiple faces – friends, family, office photos, you name it.
Behind the scenes, Just Me uses a face-detection engine to scan the image and find all visible faces. You do not have to draw boxes or manually mark anything.
The app shows you a row of face thumbnails. You simply click "This is me" under your own face.
This is where the fun begins. You choose from different privacy effects that get applied to every other detected face in the picture.
The result is a new, processed image that you can download and share, knowing you are visible but everyone else is protected in some way.
It's literally a few clicks from original group shot to a privacy-safe, social-media-ready version.
The Privacy Effects: From Serious To Playful
Once you have selected which face is yours, Just Me lets you decide how aggressive or playful you want to be with the rest of the photo.
1. Blur And Darken Everything Except You
This is the "cinematic spotlight" mode.
The app heavily blurs and darkens the entire photo, then brings your face back in full clarity inside a circular spotlight. The result looks like you are standing in focus while the world around you fades into the background.
This mode is perfect when:
Faces in the background become very hard to recognise, but the overall mood of the original image is still there.
2. Focus On My Head Only
This option does exactly what it sounds like: it crops the image down to your head and a bit of surrounding area.
No background, no other people, no distractions.
It is especially useful for:
You get the convenience of an automatic headshot without having to crop manually.
3. Replace Everyone With Lemons
This is where the personality of the app really shows.
Instead of simply hiding people, Just Me can replace every other face in the image with a bright lemon icon. The lemons are sized to cover each face properly, turning the photo into something that looks both anonymous and intentionally funny.
Use this when:
4. Replace Everyone With Smiley Faces
Similar idea, different style.
This mode covers all other faces with large smiley icons. It keeps the tone lighthearted, almost cartoon-like, and is great for family shots, casual gatherings, or anything you want to keep friendly and fun without showing who was actually there.
5. Censored Bars Across Every Other Face
Sometimes you want zero ambiguity.
The CENSORED mode places bold black rectangles across every other face and prints the word "CENSORED" in white text. It looks deliberate, obvious and a little bit cheeky.
You might use this when:
Either way, nobody is going to mistake it for a random blurring effect.
Why Just Me Is Different From A Normal Photo Editor
You could, in theory, do some of this manually using a heavy photo editor, but in practice:
Just Me flips that workflow around.
The whole idea is that you should not need design skills or editing experience to protect people's privacy in your photos.
Real-World Scenarios Where Just Me Shines
Here are some practical situations where this little app can save you time and awkward conversations.
You have a great shot of yourself in a big group at a company event. You want to use it for your LinkedIn banner or personal website, but your colleagues may not want their faces published. Just Me gives you a safe version where only you are clearly visible.
Maybe you took a photo after giving a talk or training session. The participants did not explicitly agree to have their faces posted. With Just Me, you can still show that it was a group without exposing individual identities.
Friends or relatives with children are often very protective of their kids' online presence. Using lemons, smileys, or blur modes lets you share your moment while keeping the kids anonymous.
If you are a blogger, YouTuber or social media creator, you often need "you-centric" visuals that still feel real and natural. Just Me is a quick way to convert casual group photos into content you can safely reuse.
Designed To Be Simple, Not Stressful
The app deliberately avoids clutter. There is no maze of menus, no twenty different sliders, no complicated editing timeline. Instead, you get a clean flow:
The rest happens behind the scenes.
If you want something polished for your personal branding, you can pair the output from Just Me with your usual design tools, but most users will find that the raw output is already good enough to post straight away.
A Small Tool With A Clear Purpose
At its core, Just Me exists for one very specific reason: to make it easy to share photos of yourself without casually exposing everyone around you.
It respects privacy, saves time and still manages to have a bit of fun with lemons, smileys and dramatic "CENSORED" bars. Whether you are a privacy-conscious professional, a parent who is careful about what goes online, or simply someone who wants cleaner, more "you-focused" photos, this tiny app quietly does the job that big photo editors often overlook.
You keep the memories. You keep the attention. Everyone else gets to stay out of the spotlight.
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