How to DIY PNG Cutouts to Customize Your Photo for Perfection

Master the art of DIY PNG cutouts for perfect photo customization with our step-by-step guide! Start now with CapCut's image background remover, the ultimate tool for precise PNG cutouts.

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CapCut02/28/2024
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Are you tired of your photos looking just like everyone else's? It's time to elevate your creative game. A PNG cutout offers a splendid solution, allowing you to break free from the mundane by incorporating intricate details, imaginative elements, and personalized flair into your designs. By using PNG cutouts, you can integrate various components into your photos, be it a stunning backdrop, whimsical characters, or intricate overlays—that will make your work stand out in a crowd. Let’s explore how to DIY a PNG cutout to customize your photo.

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Understanding PNG Cutout

PNG cutout is a digital technique used to remove the background of an image to create a transparent area around the subject. It involves isolating the subject from the rest of the image, allowing it to be easily placed on different backgrounds or layered with other elements. This technique is commonly used in graphic design, photography, and digital art to customize images, create compositions, or enhance visual elements. You can use it for personalizing photos, creating transparent logos, or prepping images for presentations, websites, and social media.


PNG cutout transparent image

Now that you have learned about the details of PNG cutouts, let's delve deeper into the process of cutting out a subject in PNG format. This skill is essential for designers, photographers, and anyone who works with digital images.

How to cut out a subject in PNG

Want to create stickers and memes, or just isolate objects for graphic design purposes? Then, CapCut cutout is just what you need. It is a highly efficient image background remover that enables you to easily cut out the subject from an image, by automatically removing the background, and saving it as a transparent PNG or JPG file.

It's worth checking out if you are a content creator, graphic designer, or anyone looking for a simple way to edit your flyers and posters, thanks to its wide device compatibility and free access.

Key features

  • High precision and fast recognition
  • It uses advanced algorithms to detect and remove backgrounds precisely. It can also accurately identify the subject's edges to produce clean cutouts with impressive speed.
  • Smart color picker
  • It allows you to pick colors from a wide range of vibrant, solid colors to customize your background.
  • Auto removal
  • This feature removes the background of images quickly, leaving no room for error, without degrading the quality of the images.
  • Background customization
  • Once you have removed the background, CapCut cutout allows you to replace it with a new one. Choose from a library of pre-existing background colors, or upload your custom background.

Steps to make a PNG cutout for a photo with CapCut

Struggling with complicated editing software for PNG cutouts for your photos? With CapCut cutout, you can easily remove backgrounds and make professional-looking cutouts in just a few simple steps.

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    Step
  1. Upload
  2. Upload your PNG image from your device. You can also import it from your Google Drive, CapCut cloud space, or Dropbox.
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    Upload image to CapCut cutout
  4. Step
  5. Remove & change the background
  6. Enable the auto-removal function by toggling it on to remove the background automatically.
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    Erase background of image with CapCut cutout
  8. Next, customize your background by adding a solid color or using the smart color picker to insert colors that complement the image. You could also upload a custom image and use it as the new backdrop.
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    Add new backdrop to image in CapCut cutout
  10. Step
  11. Export

Finally, click ''Export'' to download the edited image to your device. In the Export options window, you can create a file name, choose a format(options are PNG and JPEG), and select a resolution.


Export image in CapCut cutout

If you're a small business owner looking to elevate your online store's product images or a content creator wanting to make your products stand out on social media, you can use CapCut product photo to cut out your product shoots and then customize impactful product images.

How to cut out a product shoot

CapCut product photo is an innovative editing tool designed to cut out and enhance product images. With a wide range of features such as filters, effects, and adjustments, it will turn your dull, uninspiring product photo into eye-catching, professional-looking images that help boost sales and engagement.

Key features

  • Automatic background removal
  • It automatically removes the background of your product image in seconds without you lifting a finger.
  • Natural product shot generation
  • It is designed to create realistic and visually appealing product shots because it carefully considers factors, such as lighting and shadows, to provide a professional look to your images.
  • Wide variety of styles
  • It offers many styles to suit your product photography needs. Whether you're looking for popular trends, outdoor or indoor themes, or floral-themed posters, CapCut has a style to match your desired aesthetic.
  • Multiple canvas sizes supported
  • It supports various canvas sizes, including 1:1 (square), 9:16 (vertical), 16:9 (landscape), and more. This flexibility allows you to tailor your product shots for different platforms such as social media, eCommerce websites, or posters.

Steps to PNG cutout with CapCut product photo

Say goodbye to cluttered backgrounds with CapCut product photo and hello to crisp, polished product images that showcase your goods and services in the best light possible.

    Step
  1. Import image
  2. At the bottom of the editing panel, click on "Plugins" and choose "Product photos". From there, you can upload your product photo from your device, CapCut cloud space, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
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    Upload product photo to CapCut product photos
  4. Step
  5. Edit image
  6. Select the aspect ratio that you prefer. Next, explore the diverse range of realistic backgrounds and choose the one that suits your needs. Finally, click on the "Generate" button to create the output.
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    Generate product photo with CapCut product photo tool
  8. Choose the best product from the generated results. Or regenerate the results if you're unsatisfied. You can also select ''Start over'' to restart the process.
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    Generated product image in CapCut product photos
  10. Edit your product photo by accessing the editing options on the right side of the pane. Select ''Filters'' to apply Retro or Delicacy filters to enhance your product design's visual appeal.
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    Apply filters to product image in CapCut product photos
  12. Use visual effects to highlight key product features, draw attention to important details, or elevate the overall appearance of the image.
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    Apply effects on a product image in CapCut product photos
  14. To remove the background of the photo, you can turn on the auto-removal function.
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    Remove background from product photo in CapCut product photos
  16. Click ''Adjust'' to enable the AI-color correction function.
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    AI-color correction function in CapCut product photos
  18. The Smart tools kit includes four image editing tools: an Image upscaler, Image style transfer, Low-light image enhancer, and Old photo restoration. The Image upscaler increases image resolution resulting in sharper and more detailed visuals. The Image style transfer can transform the look and feel of your images by applying image styles such as Manga and Oil painting. The Low-light image enhancer improves image quality in low-light conditions, while the Old photo restoration tool helps repair damaged images and bring them back to life.
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    Smart tools in CapCut product photos
  20. To achieve the desired level of transparency in your design, you can adjust the opacity levels accordingly.
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    Adjust opacity level in CapCut product photos
  22. Step
  23. Optimize and export

If you're done editing, you can export your product image by clicking "Export" in the top right corner. From there, you can download the photo to your device, copy it as a PNG, or share it directly on Facebook and Instagram.


Export product photo in CapCut product photos

As your business grows, you may need to shift more focus on product photography. This stage would also require that you master the ability to cut out product shoots with precision to ensure you are presenting your merchandise in the best possible light. Whether you're a graphic designer working on a magazine spread that requires cutting out models or a social media influencer looking to create stickers and memes, you need to know how to cut out a face or head.

How to cut out a face or head

To cut out a face or head from a photo, you can use Fotor. Fotor is a powerful online photo editing platform that offers various features, including the ability to cut out specific objects or subjects from an image. Here's how you can use Fotor to cut out a face or head.

    Step
  1. Upload your photo from your device or drag and drop it onto the interface.
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    Upload image to Fotor
  3. Step
  4. Within seconds, the tool will remove the background automatically.
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    Remove background with Fotor
  6. But if you still want to chop out parts of the picture, you can use the in-built AI background generator to make creative custom big head photos. Simply click ''AI background generator''.
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    Create custom big head photos with Fotor
  8. Or click ''Erase/Restore'' if there are still some unwanted parts. Use the Erase tool to highlight those areas and then click ''Apply''.
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    Create a custom PNG cutout with the Erase tool in Fotor
  10. Step
  11. You can customize the background by using solid colors, blurring the background, selecting from its stunning background templates, or uploading your custom image as a new backdrop.
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    Customize PNG cutout with Fotor
  13. Step
  14. Save your edited image to your device by selecting ''Download''. You have two options; HD Image and Preview Image. Keep in mind that you will have to upgrade from the free version if you want to download HD Image. But the Preview Image is free.
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    Save your edited image to your device by selecting ''Download''

Conclusion

Creating a DIY PNG cutout is an excellent way to customize your social media flyers, product images and ecommerce websites. By using CapCut product photo and CapCut cutout, you can easily cut out shapes quickly and efficiently. They offer automatic background removal, natural product shot generation, a wide variety of styles, support for multiple canvas sizes, and additional editing options. To get started with a DIY PNG cutout and take your photo customization to the next level, try using CapCut today.

FAQs

  1. How do you cut shapes fast?
  2. To quickly cut out shapes in your image, you can use the CapCut online photo editor. Simply upload the image and select the "Shapes" option. From there, you can choose from a variety of shapes to apply to your image. Place the shape on the image and use the toolbar on the right to adjust the basics, opacity, and arrangement until you achieve the desired effect. After editing, you can use CapCut cutout to remove the background and customize it. Give it a try now!
  3. How can I cut out part of a PNG picture online?
  4. PNG cutout is a great technique to cut out part of a poster, flyer, or banner whose background doesn't quite fit the aesthetic you're aiming for. To do this, upload the image into the CapCut online photo editor. Once the photo is uploaded onto the interface, select it. Click on the crop icon above the image and drag it to cut the unwanted parts out. After saving the cropped image, you can upload it to CapCut cutout to remove the background. It is that easy, sign up today!
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