As AI technology continues to advance, the imaging industry is entering a new phase of development. Enterprise imaging needs have undergone a structural shift, moving away from fragmented use of individual functions toward an integrated AI imaging capability system that spans multiple scenarios, devices, and end-to-end business workflows.

Against this backdrop, FaceUnity has comprehensively upgraded its AI imaging solution. Drawing on an advanced technology stack and a complete portfolio of capabilities, enterprises can obtain more professional, comprehensive, and efficient AI imaging capabilities from a single provider, accelerating product innovation and deployment.

A Next-Generation AI Imaging Foundation Makes Advanced Capabilities Accessible to Enterprises

In recent years, rapid advances in large models have brought a new leap in AI image processing capabilities—combining the semantic understanding and content generation strengths of large models with the precise processing of conventional computer vision algorithms to improve visual results, efficiency, and stability.

The central upgrade to FaceUnity’s AI imaging solution follows this technological direction: it establishes a next-generation AI imaging foundation and creates an efficient, integrated AI imaging workflow.

FaceUnity’s Integrated AI Imaging Workflow

At the input stage, the solution supports multimodal inputs, including images, videos, and live camera streams, and is compatible with a wide range of mainstream file formats.

At the processing stage, it deeply integrates advanced AI large models with mature proprietary computer vision algorithms developed over many years:

On one hand, core technologies such as structured face and body analysis, high-precision image semantic segmentation, generative adversarial networks, and adaptive image enhancement enable more than 50 AI algorithm capabilities, including blemish and acne removal, texture-preserving skin smoothing, skin-tone unification, AI full-body reshaping, makeup and stickers, and wrinkle removal from clothing.

On the other hand, FaceUnity’s proprietary AI image large model with tens of billions of parameters further expands the scope of intelligent image processing.

As an advanced model for this specialized field, it understands the fundamentals of real-world photography and image retouching. Like a professional retoucher, it understands lighting, recognizes people, and distinguishes scenes. When processing images, it can accurately analyze visual elements and produce realistic, natural results. It already powers innovative features such as AI bystander removal, AI outfit changes for ID photos, AI lawn restoration, AI portrait relighting, and AI super-resolution, expanding the possibilities for image creation.

By combining conventional computer vision algorithms with generative AI, FaceUnity has built a comprehensive AI imaging capability system. It meets the stringent requirements of professional imaging scenarios for detail quality and consistent results while offering smarter, more efficient solutions for complex image editing.

A Comprehensive Imaging Capability System with 200+ Features for Every Business Scenario

With FaceUnity’s standardized, integrated full-stack technology foundation, enterprises no longer need to connect multiple separate imaging tools. A single solution provides a comprehensive AI imaging capability matrix, from consumer entertainment to professional applications, for diverse business scenarios.

For latency-sensitive scenarios such as live interactions and on-device capture, the solution delivers millisecond-level processing and enables intelligent facial enhancement, body reshaping, dynamic filters, and AR stickers. Function modules can be freely combined and continuously expanded to support new experiences. While keeping portraits realistic, natural, and free from distortion, it balances smooth performance, low power consumption, and low latency to deliver rich, engaging imaging interactions.

For post-processing scenarios such as intelligent photo album editing and commercial retouching, the solution uses a lossless, native-resolution processing architecture. It supports detailed portrait enhancement, color grading, and optimization of backgrounds, clothing, and other details in images with hundreds of millions of pixels. It preserves image detail and texture while meeting professional commercial imaging standards. Combined with AI large model capabilities, editing tasks that once required complex operations and professional expertise can be processed intelligently and automatically, greatly improving creative efficiency and the user experience.

The solution currently integrates more than 200 intelligent portrait processing capabilities and more than 50 professional color adjustment capabilities, along with over 1,000 filters, makeup templates, and creative assets. Through modular combinations and customized integration, it can precisely address the distinct business needs and key challenges of different sectors, supporting applications across portrait retouching, video editing, and image optimization.

An Efficient Engineering Engine Drives AI Imaging at Scale

For enterprises, strong AI imaging results depend on mature engineering capabilities for commercial deployment. Conventional imaging technologies often require extensive adaptation across platforms, offer poor device compatibility and limited batch throughput, and incur high integration and development costs. FaceUnity’s efficient engineering engine addresses these challenges through end-to-end optimization, bringing AI imaging technology from laboratory prototypes to stable, large-scale commercial use.

For large-scale processing, the solution supports batch operations and efficiently serves high-throughput scenarios such as commercial photography, live photo delivery, and batch retouching for e-commerce, improving processing efficiency and delivery capacity across enterprise imaging operations.

For platform compatibility, the solution supports major systems including HarmonyOS NEXT, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, iPad, Web, Unity, Flutter, Electron, and Uni-App. Enterprises do not need to develop separate adaptations for each platform, significantly reducing cross-platform development costs. The solution is also finely optimized for different hardware configurations and supports a wide range of entry-level and mid-range devices, maintaining smooth performance while reaching more devices and users.

In addition, the full range of imaging capabilities can be quickly accessed, integrated, and deployed through a lightweight, highly compatible, standardized SDK. Supporting APIs are also available for flexible integration with different development environments and business models.

Whether building mobile imaging products, professional desktop tools, industry-specific imaging systems, or enterprise AI imaging platforms, companies can adapt, customize, and fine-tune the solution to their business scenarios and computing resources. This supports high concurrency and stable operation while reducing development and maintenance costs and accelerating AI imaging deployment at scale.

Empowering Industries and Unlocking the Value of AI Imaging

To date, FaceUnity’s AI imaging solution has been widely adopted in key industry scenarios, including mobile devices, short-form video creation, live streaming, and high-end commercial photography.

Mobile Imaging: Deep Technical Partnerships with Leading Smartphone Manufacturers

FaceUnity has established deep partnerships with leading domestic smartphone manufacturers, covering the full imaging workflow from real-time capture in native phone cameras to offline photo album editing. The solution has been deployed on more than 100 smartphone models and has reached hundreds of millions of smart devices in total.

Short-Form Video and Social Live Streaming: Large-Scale Adoption on Domestic and International Platforms

In China, the solution serves major live-streaming platforms such as Huajiao and Huya. Internationally, it provides deep support for social, short-form video, and live-streaming products including Josh and Meetme, powering end-to-end visual processing for video calls, live streams, and short-form video creation. Its platform SDK has been invoked more than 100 billion times,

Commercial Photography: Liuguang Retouching Creates a Professional Automated Workflow

FaceUnity’s proprietary professional AI portrait retouching tool, Liuguang Retouching, gives photography studios a complete intelligent workflow covering tethered capture, portrait enhancement, color adjustment, a large-model creative toolbox, and batch presets. It replaces repetitive manual steps and multiplies retouching delivery capacity while maintaining commercial image quality standards.

FaceUnity’s AI imaging solution has now been validated through a large number of commercial deployments and recognized by more than 4,000 leading industry customers. Looking ahead, FaceUnity will continue to advance innovation at the intersection of AI and intelligent imaging, develop solutions that are smarter, more systematic, and better aligned with industry needs, and drive continued innovation and value creation in the AI imaging industry.