Cut the subject. Pick a backdrop.
AI cuts the subject loose, then drop them onto a paper color, a paper texture, a gradient, or a backdrop photo of your own. Drag to reposition, scale to fit. Studio finish without the studio. Nothing uploads. For multi-photo brand work, grab a proper app.
Replace the background of a photo
Cut the subject out of a photo and set them on a new backdrop — a flat colour, a gradient, a paper texture, or a photo of your own.
What you can change
- Backdrop
- Custom
- Your photo
- Colour
- Size
- Across
- Up/down
- Recenter
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Pick a backdrop — paper colours, gradients, lined, grid, dot or kraft paper, a colour of your own, or your own photo — then scale the subject and drag it into place.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Lining up the backdrop…
Replace the background of a photo
Cut the subject out of a photo and set them on a new backdrop — a flat colour, a gradient, a paper texture, or a photo of your own.
What you can change
- Backdrop
- Custom
- Your photo
- Colour
- Size
- Across
- Up/down
- Recenter
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Pick a backdrop — paper colours, gradients, lined, grid, dot or kraft paper, a colour of your own, or your own photo — then scale the subject and drag it into place.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Lining up the backdrop…
Six places it makes the photo land
- 01 for products
A clean kraft-paper backdrop for an Etsy product photo
Your kitchen counter is a terrible product backdrop. Drop the photo, the AI cuts the product loose, drop a kraft-paper texture behind it. Now it reads as 'considered' instead of 'snapped between work calls'. Etsy buyers buy from listings that look like listings.
- 02 for portraits
A studio-color backdrop on a phone selfie
Pro portrait studios use seamless paper rolls — paper-cream, terracotta, moss, sky. The same effect is one tap here: cut the subject, fill the background with a flat studio color, done. The photo reads as planned, not as available-light.
- 03 for journals
A photo that lives on lined-paper journal background
Cut yourself out of a vacation photo, drop on lined-paper backdrop. Now the image reads like a notebook page — even before you add captions, washi tape, or stickers. The lined-paper backdrop signals 'memory in a journal' without writing a word.
- 04 for brand
Headshots on consistent brand backdrops
Team headshots taken in 14 different rooms with 14 different lights still need to look like one company. Cut everyone, paste them onto the same paper-cream backdrop, post the gallery. They're now visually a team — even though the shoot wasn't.
- 05 for pets
A polished pet portrait for a print
Pet photos are usually 80% messy living room. Cut the dog, drop on a moss-green seamless. Now you've got a printable portrait. Frame it, hang it, watch the dog refuse to acknowledge it. Better than a Petco mall portrait, free.
- 06 for couples
An engagement photo on a sunset gradient
Posed engagement photos are great. Posed engagement photos with the actual sunset they wanted — instead of an overcast Tuesday — are better. Cut the couple, drop on the sunset gradient backdrop. The pixels lied; the feeling didn't.
Frequently asked
Does the photo upload anywhere? +
No. The cutout runs in your browser, in a background worker — on your graphics card through WebGPU where that exists, on WebAssembly where it does not. The segmentation model downloads once (about 105 MB, runtime included) and your photo never leaves your device. The compositing is local too.
How does this differ from the Background Remover tool? +
The Background Remover gives you a transparent PNG of the subject (for layering elsewhere). This tool composites that cutout directly onto a new background and exports a finished JPG. Use Background Remover for further design work; use this when the goal is a single 'subject on backdrop' image.
What backgrounds can I use? +
Seven flat colours (paper, cream, kraft, terracotta, moss, sky, ink), four paper textures (lined paper, grid paper, dot grid, kraft paper), three gradients (sunrise, sunset, mint), a colour you pick yourself, or a backdrop photo of your own.
My subject's edge looks rough. Why? +
AI segmentation is good but not perfect. Hair, fur, motion blur, and low-contrast edges produce slight artifacts. Photos with a clear, well-lit subject (portraits, products, pets in good light) cut cleanest. For commercial print work where edges matter, treat this as a starting point.
How big is the export? +
Same dimensions as your original photo, JPG at 92% quality. So a 4000×3000 phone photo exports at 4000×3000 with the new background baked in — the on-screen preview is scaled down to fit your screen, but the export is not. For social-ready sizes, run the result through the Crop & Resize tool afterward.
Can I drag the subject around? +
Yes — click and drag on the canvas to reposition. The size slider in the side panel scales the subject from 30% to 180%. Combine: drop the dog onto a kraft backdrop, scale up to 130%, slide left so the right side of the frame breathes.
now what?
A few things you can do once the backdrop is right
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Drop Shadow
Lift the subject off the new backdrop with a soft long shadow.
Open
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Color Replace
Change one colour instead of the whole backdrop.
Open
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Pinterest Pin Maker
Reframe the result to vertical 1000×1500 with a title band.
Open
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Social Banner
Crop wide to a LinkedIn or X header with a title overlay.
Open
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Photo Mat & Border
Print the result inside a paper mat for a journal or wall.
Open
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Film Grain
Dust the new backdrop with Tri-X grain to age it down.
OpenThe rest of this shelf
Background Remover
Cut the background out of any photo in one click.
Open
Text Behind Subject
Drop a word behind your subject, magazine-cover style.
Open
Photo Filters
Eight looks plus the original — vintage to cinematic.
Open
Halftone Effect
Comic dots, risograph red, punk-zine textures.
Open
Pencil Sketch
Photo to graphite drawing in two clicks.
Open
Duotone Effect
Map photo to two colors — Spotify, sunset, riso.
Open Make proper layouts
in a proper app.
One subject on one backdrop is a piece. When you want a brand-consistent product catalog, a layered editorial composite, or a campaign — a real design app handles it.