Photo & Video Editor
Download

Photo Cutout

Learn how to use photo cutout to separate character from the background.

Photo Cutout

Note: Photo Cutout is currently only available when editing an image in a timeline within a video project.

  1. Select an image clip in the timeline editor, then tap [Cutout] in the clip-editing toolbar.
  2. Use the Cutout interface to access [Quick Removal], [Modify Area], [Stroke], [Invert], and [AI Cutout].

Access and Review Cutout

The available background-removal tools work in different ways:

Tool Description
Quick Removal Quickly removes a green-screen background with one tap. It works best with images where the person or subject can be clearly distinguished from the background. The process runs entirely offline and on-device, but results may vary depending on the image.
Modify Area Manually remove or restore the background, or remove unwanted parts of the image, using a brush.
AI Cutout Uses AI to remove backgrounds from a wider variety of images, including images that can't be processed by Quick Removal. Using AI Cutout consumes credits. For more information, see Credits.

Check the [Save cutouts to my stickers library] checkmark to save the cutout result as a sticker that you can use in later projects.

Customize Stroke

You can add a outline to the character that's been cutout using the [Stroke] function.

  1. Tap [Stroke] in the Cutout interface.
  2. Choose a preset stroke style and select a color.
  3. Adjust the stroke [Size] and [Opacity].

Customize Cutout Stroke

Invert the Cutout

  1. Tap [Invert] to reverse the selected and transparent areas.
  2. Review the result in the preview.
  3. Tap [Done] to apply the cutout.

Invert Cutout

Frequently asked questions

Photo Cutout is available when you edit an image in the timeline of a video project. Select the image clip and tap [Cutout].

[Quick Removal] quickly removes backgrounds offline and on-device. It works best with images where the person or subject can be clearly distinguished from the background, but can fail to process sometime. [AI Cutout] can remove backgrounds from a wider variety of images, it upload the image and uses AI to process the image. It cost credits to process AI Cutout.

Yes. Use [Modify Area] to manually remove or restore the background, or remove unwanted parts of the image with a brush.

Yes. Select the [Save cutouts to my stickers library] checkmark before applying the cutout to save the result as a sticker for later projects.