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Use Your Product Photos on Every Channel: How to Remove the Background in Photos

Level up your product photos with soona. Learn how to remove background from a picture.

Claire Oswald
product marketing manager

We know that creative content is king, and the visual appeal of your product can make or break a sale. However, not everyone has the luxury of a professional photo studio or a bottomless budget for elaborate photoshoots.

Enter the realm of post-photo magic! Today, we're diving into the art of background removal, transforming mundane kitchen table setups into captivating product images. The best part? You don't need to be a photo editing master to achieve it.

Ready to turn your ordinary product photos into extraordinary sales magnets? Let's get started!

5 ways to remove your background

So, we’ve discussed who should remove the background from their image, why it needs to be done, and even common things to look out for that need removing. All that’s left to do now is run through the different ways that you can remove your background. It all comes down to two ways you can do it: either automatically, using an app or photo editing software, or manually. We’ve detailed each way, below.

With so many online retailers looking to make their images perfect, the demand for easy-to-use photo editing apps and software has never been higher. Below, we’re highlighting just a few of the most popular software available.

1. soona Media Editor

Free to use, soona created Media Editor—a whole new suite of creative tools to help your content go further. Customize your images by removing the background to fit whatever you sell, wherever you sell! By using soona’s Media Editor tool, featuring remove background capabilities, you can easily and seamlessly remove the background of a picture in three easy steps:

Select your image from your soona gallery to get started.
Click “remove background” and watch the tool effortlessly remove the background.
Download and publish your high-resolution image to wherever you post and sell.

Canva

Canva is a popular design tool choice for a reason. Offering thousands of templates, graphics, and effects, you can create content for your store that has a professional feel, while remaining true and consistent to your brand.

Paid subscribers can use the one-click background remover feature by simply uploading an image, navigating to “effects” and choosing “background remover.” Wait a couple of seconds, and then voila! You’ve got an image with no background to play around with.

With so many design features, you can replace the background with whatever you want. Canva has a diverse product offering and can be used across all your content for promotion.

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

For a non-designer, Adobe’s suite of products can seem overwhelming, especially if you’re just looking to quickly remove the background of your product photo. But with previous experience editing photos, it can be a great option for creating that picture-perfect image.

With Photoshop, you can make your background transparent, remove objects, and even match the background to fill in gaps left behind by the unwanted objects that were removed. It’s even incorporated AI into its features, allowing you to AI-generative fill your background.

Paintshop

Another popular tool, Paintshop is geared toward beginners. Remove or change your background with this software’s free features and tools. The caveat is it can only be used in Windows.

Manually

If you’re not sure about using a software or automation tool, there are also a few different ways you can manually remove the background from your product images, using your phone or computer.

iPhone

Open your files and find the photo you want to edit.
Tap and hold the photo.
Select “quick actions” when the menu appears.
Tap “remove background”. The image is then saved to your files.

Mac

Right-click on the image that you want to edit.
Hover over the “quick actions” option in the menu.
Click “remove background.” The image is then saved to your files.

Windows

Select the photo you want to edit.
In the toolbar, select Picture Format > Remove Background.
The default background will be colored magenta, signaling that this is the section marked for removal.
Click Keep Changes.

Why remove background from product photos?

There are several reasons you might wish to remove the background.

To maximize your investment in product content and repurpose those assets for marketing across all channels.
To comply with branding guidelines or marketplace rules.
To ensure your images are on-brand and consistent with your store imagery.

What to remove from your background

Common examples of objects to look out for in your product images:

People

If you took your product photo in a busy place, you’re bound to have people in the background. It’s best to remove them.

Distracting elements

Remove any flashy, colorful, or otherwise distracting objects in your background.

Unwanted objects

Look for objects accidentally featured in your photo that need to be removed or replaced.

Get all the product photo edits you need with soona

You now have options for removing your background images with ease. You can also replace it with any color, design, texture, or graphic that you want, to make your product photos shine.