Product background remover
Marketplaces want the product, centred, on a plain background, at a consistent size. That is a specific job, and this page is set up to do it.
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White background export
Choose JPEG and pick the colour — pure white for marketplaces that require it, or any brand colour for your own site.
Consistent framing
Trim to the product with a fixed padding percentage so every item in a catalogue sits in its frame the same way.
One product at a time
For flat-lays with several items, box the one you are listing rather than accepting whichever the model finds most prominent.
How to prepare a product photo
- 1
Load the product shot
Photographs on any surface work. A plain surface gives a cleaner edge with less correction.
- 2
Box the product
Include the whole item plus a margin of the surface it sits on. That surrounding contrast is what the model uses to find the outline.
- 3
Set padding
Six to ten percent padding keeps items from touching the frame edge. Use the same number across a catalogue for a consistent grid.
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Export for the destination
JPEG on white for marketplace listings, PNG for your own site where the product should sit on your background colour.
What marketplaces usually require
Most large marketplaces want the product to fill the majority of the frame on a plain, usually pure white background, with no props, borders, watermarks or added text. Check the exact rules for the platform you sell on — the specifics differ and they do change.
Exporting as JPEG with the colour set to white gives you a flattened image with no alpha channel, which is what those listing rules effectively assume.
Keeping a catalogue looking consistent
Consistency comes from framing, not from the cutout. Two products photographed at different distances still look mismatched in a grid even when both are perfectly cut out.
Trimming to the subject with the same padding value normalises this: each product is measured from its own edges, so a tall bottle and a wide box end up with comparable breathing room.
Reflective, transparent and dark products
Glass, chrome and clear packaging are genuinely difficult, because parts of the product show the background through them. A cutout will treat those areas as one or the other, and neither answer is fully right.
Dark products on dark surfaces are the other common failure. If you control the photography, shooting on a contrasting surface saves far more time than any correction afterwards.
Common jobs this handles
Marketplace listings
Pure white backgrounds that meet plain-background listing rules.
Category grids
Uniform padding so products line up cleanly next to each other.
Ads and banners
Transparent products that can be placed over seasonal artwork.
Frequently asked questions
How do I put a product photo on a white background?
Run the cutout, then choose JPEG as the export format and set the colour to white. The subject is flattened onto solid white with no transparency.
Can I process a whole catalogue at once?
Not in a single action — images are handled one at a time. The model stays cached between images, so a run of photos goes quickly after the first.
How much padding should I use?
Six to ten percent suits most grids. What matters more than the number is using the same one for every product in a set.
Why does my glass product look wrong?
Transparent materials show the background through them, so a hard subject-or-background decision cannot be fully correct. Restore the areas that should stay, or photograph the item on the surface you intend to publish on.
Go deeper
Product photo backgrounds
A workflow for cutting out product photos for listings and catalogues: framing, padding, white backgrounds, and the materials that give every tool trouble.
How to make a transparent PNG
Create a PNG with a transparent background, understand the alpha channel, and verify the transparency survived the export instead of trusting a preview.