Background Remover
Remove a flat background by sampling its color. Your image stays on this device.
Preview
About Background Remover
Click the background and get a transparent PNG back.
What is Background Remover?
Background Remover works by colour. You click the background in the preview to sample its colour, and every pixel close enough to that sample turns transparent. It is precise on flat, even backdrops such as a white studio sweep, and it is the wrong tool for a busy street scene. Product sellers and designers who shoot on plain backgrounds get a clean cut-out processed inside the browser.
How it works
Upload an image
Choose a file. It is loaded into a canvas in your browser and is not sent anywhere else.
Sample the background
Click the background in the preview. That pixel colour becomes the one being removed.
Review the cut-out
The preview updates as you sample, so you can see the edge you will get before downloading.
Download transparent PNG
Export as PNG to keep the transparency, or as JPG if a solid background is acceptable.
Perfect for
Who uses it: Product sellers and designers working with clean, plain-background images.
Key features
Click to sample the colour
You choose exactly which colour is removed, rather than leaving it to a guess.
Click anywhere to re-sample
Sample another spot on the background to remove a different shade without restarting.
Live transparent preview
The preview updates as you move the slider, so you can see the edge you are going to get.
Transparent PNG export
Download a real alpha channel that drops cleanly onto any background colour.
Runs on your device
Your image is processed in the browser and is never uploaded to Pure Snap.
Local and private
Cut-outs are processed on your device without uploading the source image.
Tips for best results
- Shoot the product against a plain, evenly lit backdrop. This tool removes one colour, not a scene.
- Choose a backdrop colour that appears nowhere in the product, or parts of the product will vanish too.
- If the subject's edges start disappearing, it shares the backdrop colour — reshoot against a colour the product does not contain.
- Click a background pixel near the subject rather than in a corner, where the lighting may differ.
- Export as PNG. Saving as JPG discards the transparency you just created.
Common questions
Will it work on a busy photo?
No. It removes pixels close in colour to the one you click, so it needs a flat, even backdrop. A cluttered scene comes out ragged.
Is my image sent anywhere?
No. The photo is read into a canvas in your browser and processed there, so it never leaves your device at any point.
How is it priced?
The applicable credit cost is shown before use. Processing stays local to your browser.
The subject is disappearing too. Why?
The subject shares a colour with the backdrop. Click a background pixel away from the subject, and reshoot against a colour the product does not contain.