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Green Screen Remover

A free green screen remover for photos: drop in a JPG, PNG or WebP and get a transparent PNG. No sign-up, and the picture stays on your device.

Or drop a file here, or paste with Ctrl+V

PNG, JPG or WebP, up to 25 MB

100% private:On-Device

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Green screen remover for photos, not video

This green screen remover works on still images. Upload a photo shot in front of a green backdrop, or a frame you saved from a video, and you get a PNG with the background gone. It does not take video files, so a clip needs a video editor or a video tool.

A classic chroma key tool is given one colour and deletes everything close to it. This tool runs in your browser, looks at the whole picture, decides which part is the subject and makes the rest transparent. You never pick a green or move a tolerance slider.

In our tests on portraits, hair, fur and thin strokes the edges held up; check yours against the original in Compare. Your picture is processed in your browser and never uploaded to our servers.

Made for

  • Photographers with a green backdrop
  • Streamers and YouTubers
  • Video editors with a frame
  • Sellers and designers
  • Teachers and students
  • Anyone with a green screen photo

Remove a green screen: colour key or subject detection

Two ways to get the green out of a photo, and where each fits.

This toolColour-key tool
What decides what goesA model picks out the subjectPixels close to the colour you choose
Your setupUpload, then downloadPick the colour, set tolerance and softness
Green on the subjectNot tied to a colourCan be cut along with the screen
Other coloursNot colour basedBlue or any custom colour
Even, flat screen neededNot required, still helpsSome keying guides warn that uneven light can leave patches
Fine controlNone, no brush or slidersSliders for tolerance and edges
OutputPNG at original size, or on a colourUsually a transparent PNG

Before you upload, and how to check the result

A few minutes of checking saves a bad edge in the final design.

  • Use a JPG, PNG or WebP under 25 MB; you do not need to convert a camera JPG to PNG first.
  • Some video-keying guides recommend an evenly lit screen and some distance between the subject and the screen. This green screen remover uses subject detection, not a colour-key setup, so those rules are a guide to your shoot rather than a setting here.
  • Compare the result with the original in the Compare view: stray green on skin or hair is easy to see against a White or Black background.
  • Open the Compare view and look at the hair, hands and the edge of clothing before you download.
  • Switch the background to White, Black or a custom colour: stray green shows up fast on a contrasting colour.
  • Add several photos from one shoot together, then use Download all as ZIP to save every PNG at once.
  • If a patch of green or part of the subject is wrong, try another photo; there is no brush to fix it by hand.

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