Remove image backgrounds, then refine the cutout by hand.

Background Remover lifts the subject out of a photo and hands you a clean cutout - transparent, dropped on a solid color, or floated over a soft blur - with erase and restore brushes to perfect the edges by hand before you save.

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Foldout transforms user-supplied files locally. It does not generate synthetic people, voices, likenesses, or media from prompts.

Foldout Background Remover tool screen on macOS with a cutout preview and refinement brushes
Processes on your MacTool work stays inside the local app.
Signed and notarizedBuilt for Apple Silicon Macs.
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What it does

Cut the subject out of a photo with a clean edge.

Get a transparent PNG cutout of the subject.

Fine-tune the edges with erase and restore brushes.

Save it transparent, on a solid color, or over a blur.

Work through product shots and portraits one after another.

Detailed capabilities

What Background Remover covers.

Concrete features, inputs, and workflow details for this tool.

A clean cutout to start

Foldout separates the subject from its background and gives you a transparent cutout as a starting point for product shots, portraits, and logos.

Brush it to perfection

Erase and restore brushes let you knock out a stray edge or bring back a wisp of hair, so the matte is exactly right before you export.

Finish three ways

Save the result as a transparent PNG, place it on a solid brand color, or float it over a blurred version of the original for instant depth.

How to use it

From opening the tool to saving the result.

  1. 01

    Add one or more images.

  2. 02

    Let Foldout create the first cutout.

  3. 03

    Use erase or restore to correct the result.

  4. 04

    Save the cutout output.

Questions

Before you try Background Remover

Can I fix a bad cutout?

Yes. Erase removes unwanted kept pixels, and Restore brings subject pixels back.

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