Product element extraction
Select the bottle, its label, or the shadow. Download a layer as PNG.
Sample layers you can click, hide, and drag. Your own image is split in the editor.
Extract object
Extract an object from an image onto its own layer
Separate an object into its own layer by splitting the image so the subject is a transparent PNG you can download, while the rebuilt background stays on another layer.
Split a photo so the subject, its shadow, and the background are separate. Click the object and download that layer as a transparent PNG.
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Drop an image to split it into layers
Separate the subject, text, and background, then move or resize any layer.
How it works
- 1. Upload the photo. A person, product, or object.
- 2. Split the subject. The cutout keeps its place on the canvas.
- 3. Download the PNG. Or export every layer as a ZIP.
Free preview: 1 split per day at 1K, no sign-up. A full 2K split is 5 credits.
How it works
1
Upload the picture
Product photos, characters, and any frame with a clear subject work better than a crowd of overlapping items.
2
Split, which is the extraction
There is no second cut-out pass. Each detected object is already a layer with its own position.
3
Click the object
Solo it, hide the background, or download that PNG. The action panel lists extract, hide, move, recolor, and replace.
4
Keep or drop the scene
Leave the background plate if you still need the scene. Hide it if you only want the object.
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Export
Download the object PNG, or save the whole stack as a PSD. A 2K split is 5 credits either way.
Subject on its own
The object is already a transparent layer after the split.
Background stays
The rebuilt plate remains, so the scene is not a hole.
Move it
Drag the object without taking the background with it.
Separate an object into its own layer
“Extract object from image”, “separate object into its own layer”, and “put this object on its own layer” describe one action. You point at a thing in a flat picture and you want that thing alone, with transparency, still the same pixels rather than a new drawing of it.
Image Layered does this by separating the whole frame. The object you wanted is one layer. Nearby objects may be their own layers too. Download only the one you need, or hide the others. There is no text prompt that isolates “the red sneakers” by name; you select the layer the split produced.
Background stays, which is different from a one-click cut-out
A background remover throws the scene away and returns a subject. This split keeps a background plate and fills the area the object covered. That matters when you want to move the object and still show the room, or when you want to remove the object and keep the scene.
To remove an object and keep the background, hide or delete that object layer and leave the filled plate. The fill is a reconstruction, so patterned walls, text behind the object, and thin structures can look soft. If the object and the thing behind it were never separable, they will still share a layer. This section covers that “remove object, keep background” need; it is not a separate tool.
Recolor, replace, and send the layer onward
Once the object is alone, recolor it for 3 credits without changing the silhouette, or replace it for 4 credits when the object itself should become something else. Text on a label is a different layer when the split succeeded; change it with Edit text or remove it with Remove text.
Save the project, download the PNG, or open the PSD in PhotoCraft. The flat 5-credit split does not bill you per object. A full-resolution 2K split costs 5 credits and includes the PSD and the PNG ZIP. The price does not grow with the number of layers. Arranging a project and downloading a finished export do not add another charge. A failed or timed-out split is refunded. Guests can run one 1K preview a day and cannot export that preview.
Separate one product, then decide what happens to the scene
Upload a packshot and split it. Click the product layer and download the PNG if the next layout only needs the item. Open the background layer in the same stack if the next layout needs the table without the item. That second choice is the “remove the object, keep the background” version of this page. It is not a different uploader. Hide the product and judge the fill. A plain backdrop will look fine. A label that ran behind the product will not.
If the product should stay and only its color should change, do not download yet. Recolor the product layer for 3 credits and compare the logo. If the logo shifted, the logo was not its own layer and you should undo by returning to the saved project rather than painting over the mistake. Replace, at 4 credits, is for a different object in the same place, not for a careful recolor.
Text on the product is its own decision. Edit text when the claim is wrong and the letters separated. Remove text when the badge should disappear. Neither step is a vector label. PhotoCraft is where you mask an edge the split left attached to a shadow.
There is still no field where you type “the red sneakers” and receive only that pair. You select the layer the separator produced. If the shoes and the floor share a layer, the extraction is not finished, and no extra prompt will cut them apart inside this app.
Deliver the object and say what the edges did
When you send the PNG, say whether the shadow came with it and whether any label text stayed on the product layer. Those two facts decide if the next designer can drop the file on a new background. If the edge is soft in a way the source was not, do not sharpen it inside the splitter. There is no brush. Either accept the edge or mask it in PhotoCraft. Separating an object into its own layer is a success when the silhouette matches the source, not when the PNG is merely transparent somewhere.
If the request was “delete the object and keep the room”, deliver the background plate instead of the PNG and point at the filled region. Call it approximate. A client who needed the original pixels behind the object needs the raw photo, which this tool cannot see.
When not to use it
- There is no prompt box that extracts “only the bottle” by description. You select the layer after the split.
- Do not use it when the object is tangled with hair, fur, glass, or another object. Those edges often stay shared, and there is no brush.
- Do not expect a perfect fill where the object covered detailed type or a repeating pattern.
- A single-subject background remover is simpler if you will discard the scene and never edit layers.
- The extracted PNG is raster. It is not a vector trace of a logo or icon.
Small details in a busy photo can stay stuck to a neighboring layer. There is no manual brush.
Frequently asked questions
Can I separate an object into its own layer without deleting the background?
Yes. The object and the rebuilt background are different layers. Download the object, or hide the background.
Can I remove the object and keep the background?
Hide that object layer. The plate behind it was filled during the split. Check the fill before you deliver it.
Can I extract more than one object?
Yes. Each separated layer downloads on its own. The split itself is still one 5-credit operation at 2K.
Does extract include recolor?
The split does not recolor. Recolor is a later edit on the selected layer and costs 3 credits. Replace costs 4.
Can I put two objects on their own layers in one upload?
Yes, when the split separates them. You download each layer. You do not pay 5 credits per object.
Is Image Layered free?
Yes — you can split one image per day at 1K without an account to preview the layers. Full-resolution 2K layers and PSD/PNG ZIP export use 5 credits per split.
What file do I get?
A layered Photoshop PSD where every element is its own named, transparent layer at its original position, or a ZIP of transparent PNGs plus a composite.
What images work best?
Posters, product shots, social graphics, characters and AI-generated images with clear subjects. Very busy photos can merge small details into one layer.
What happens if a split fails?
Credits are refunded automatically when a split fails or times out.
Are my images private?
Uploads are used only to create your layers and are not shown publicly or used for training.
Can I use the layers commercially?
Yes, you can use exported layers from your own images in commercial work.