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Get clean product photos with the background removed
Phone photos of your products turned into clean cut-outs on white or brand-coloured backgrounds, ready for your shop and posts.
When to use it
When adding new products
Step by step
Shoot in good light
Place the product near a window on a plain surface and take a few photos from the same height. Wipe the lens first.
Remove the background
On an iPhone you can press and hold the product in the Photos app to lift it out of the picture. In Canva, the background remover is under Edit on a photo if your plan includes it. Many Android phones have a similar tool in their photo editor.
Place it on a clean background
In Canva, make a square design in white or your brand colour, drop in the cut-out, add a soft shadow, and duplicate the design for each product so they match.
Write alt text while you're there
Ask your AI assistant for a one-line description of each photo for your shop's image description field.
Prompt to copyWrite alt text (under 125 characters) for this product photo for [shop name]. Product: [name, colour, material]. Describe what's visible, plainly, for someone using a screen reader. Don't start with 'image of'.
What you get
Before: candle on a cluttered kitchen counter. After: candle centred on a cream square with a soft shadow, matching the other 11 products. Alt text: 'Amber glass jar candle with a wooden lid and a kraft paper label.'
Tips
- Check the cut-out edges at full size; fine details like fur or lace sometimes need a second go.