background-removal-workflowlisted

# Background Removal `remove_background` produces a transparent PNG or WebP cutout for **2 credits**. It's the cheapest genuinely useful operation on the platform and the one that makes everything downstream easier. A clean cutout is the master asset: from it you get white-background listing images, lifestyle composites, video references, mockups and ad creative, without re-cutting each time. ## The call ``` remove_background( image="<product photo>" ) → transparent PNG or WebP ``` 2 credits. That's it — no prompt, no model choice, no iteration loop. ## Why it's the first step, not a last resort | Downstream use | Why the cutout helps | |---|---| | White-background listing images | Composite onto pure white with a controlled shadow | | `replace_background` scenes | Cleaner subject separation, better relighting | | Video `reference_images` | Model isn't distracted by the original scene | | Multi-product composites | Products can be arranged freely | | Packaging mockups | Clean edges against any surface | | Ad creative and social | Product over brand colour, text, gradient | | Email and web | Transparent over any page background | **Cut out first, then decide the background.** Doing it the other way — generating scenes from a photo with its original background still in it — gives the model competing context and produces worse separation. ## PNG or WebP | | PNG | WebP | |---|---|---| | Transparency | Yes | Yes | | File size | Larger | **Considerably smaller** | | Mar