Designkit launches free browser-based image background remover for sellers

What the tool does

The Free Image Background Remover removes the background from a product photo, portrait or other subject in seconds, according to Designkit. The company describes it as designed for everyday commercial work, from preparing a new marketplace listing to adapting an established catalog for a seasonal campaign.

The tool turns existing photographs into cutouts or white-background product images that can be resized for each channel. After the first cutout, the image stays in the same editor, where the user picks a background and an export size. Transparent cutouts and solid colors are both available.

According to the company, a user can:

• isolate a product, person or other subject automatically;
• load as many as 15 photographs for processing in the same run;
• keep the empty area transparent, fill it with white or black, or select another color;
• set dimensions for a particular destination, including Amazon, Etsy, TikTok and YouTube.

Aimed at repetitive ecommerce work

Designkit argues that online sellers often need several versions of the same photograph. A product page may require a white background, an advertisement may call for a branded color, and a social post may need a transparent cutout. Doing each variation by hand can turn one usable photograph into a long series of small editing jobs.

Instead of tracing an object manually, moving it into another editor, filling the background and resizing the result, a seller can prepare the asset in a single browser workflow, the company says. It adds that this is particularly useful when a catalog update involves dozens of products or when campaign materials must be adapted quickly for several channels.

"A good product photograph may need to appear in many places, but businesses should not have to rebuild it for every listing, advertisement, or social post," said Michelle Darmawan, a Designkit spokesperson.

Designkit lists uses such as marketplace listings on Amazon, Shopify, eBay and Etsy, product catalog refreshes, social creatives, and ad creatives that need clean cutouts and branded solid backgrounds. The platform also offers AI-generated backgrounds, studio-style product imagery and promotional social videos for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

Video background removal on the same platform

Alongside the image tool, the Designkit platform has a separate Video Background Remover for existing footage. Teams can upload saved clips in MP4, MOV or M4V format, or paste a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Facebook link for a clip already posted online.

According to the company, the processing follows the subject as the video plays and clears the background in each frame. Footage does not need to be shot against a green screen, and the editor does not have to draw a new mask as the subject moves. Designkit says product demonstrations, clips featuring a presenter and social posts can be reused this way.

Availability and what it means for sellers

The free image background remover is available now through Designkit. Users can upload and preview images for free without signing up, with up to 100 free background removals each day under the company's current offering. The wording suggests the daily limit could change.

For small sellers and marketing teams, the main appeal described in the announcement is consolidation: cutting out a subject, applying a background and setting a channel-specific size in one place, with batches of up to 15 images per run. Designkit describes itself as an AI-powered design platform for e-commerce, social media and digital advertising, and positions the free tool as an entry point to its wider set of image and video features.