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Turn comics and manga into editable layers

Upload a flat comic, manga panel, or anime-style image and separate it into editable layers — characters, backgrounds, speech bubbles, text, and effects. Move what you want. Replace what you want. Keep the rest intact.

Character preparation

Upload your comic

PNG, JPG or WebP

Character, dialogue and background layers
Editable PNG output
After
Before

Comic or manga panel → Character · Speech bubbles · Text · Effects · Background → Editable PNG layers

Use a clear panel with visible characters, dialogue, and background. The tool creates new layers from visible pixels; hidden-area reconstruction can reconstruct small hidden regions, but it does not recover the artist's original file.

Your source artwork stays private

Uses 30 credits per image

Processing time varies with image complexity. Detailed characters and complex poses may take longer.

What gets separated

Change one part without redrawing the page

Comic and manga panels hold more than a subject and a background. Split characters, dialogue, text, and effects into their own layers so you can edit one piece at a time.

Character-first layers

Separate characters from clothing, props, and the surrounding scene so you can move, hide, or reuse one figure without touching the rest of the panel.

Speech bubbles and text as their own layer

Pull dialogue and lettering away from the artwork underneath, so translation, redesign, and repositioning don't mean repainting the panel.

Recover parts hidden behind other objects

When a speech bubble or foreground object covers part of a character, hidden-area reconstruction uses AI to reconstruct a plausible version of the hidden area.

Reuse art you already like

If the right character, pose, or scene already exists inside a finished panel, separate it and use it again instead of generating a new image.

hidden-area reconstruction generates a plausible reconstruction of hidden areas. It does not recover pixels that were never visible in the source image.

Upload, split, and edit

01

Upload your panel

Add a manga page, comic panel, webcomic frame, or anime-style illustration.

02

Let AI separate the scene

The model identifies characters, speech bubbles, text, effects, and background, and builds a layer for each one. hidden-area reconstruction reconstructs small hidden regions where needed.

03

Edit, reuse, or export

Work with the layers in the result workspace. Move a character, hide a bubble, swap the background, or download the pieces for your next project.

Where layer separation helps

Translate manga without rebuilding the page

Separate speech bubbles and text from the artwork so translated dialogue doesn't have to sit on top of the original lettering.

Turn a panel into motion

Extract characters, props, effects, and backgrounds to build parallax, motion comics, or short-form video from a single still image.

Reuse a character in a new scene

Move a separated character into another background, change the framing, or reuse a pose in promotional artwork.

Fix one part of an AI-generated panel

If a generation is mostly right but one element is wrong, separate it instead of regenerating the whole image and hoping the rest stays the same.

Best for panels with visible structure

Works well with manga pages, comic panels, webtoons, and anime-style illustrations where characters, dialogue, and background are visually distinct.

It doesn't recover the source file

hidden-area reconstruction can reconstruct plausible hidden regions, but it can't restore the artist's original PSD, vector art, or pixels that were never in the image.

Built for editable reuse

The separated layers are meant for moving, hiding, translating, and recomposing — not pixel-perfect restoration of the original artwork.

Comic & Manga into Layers FAQ

What does this comic and manga layer splitter do?

It separates a flat comic, manga, or anime-style image into layers such as characters, speech bubbles, text, effects, and background, so you can edit one piece without touching the rest.

How is this different from background removal?

Background removal usually gives you a subject and a background. This tool is built to separate more parts of a comic panel — characters, dialogue, text, and effects — into layers you can edit independently.

Can it separate multiple characters in one panel?

Yes, when characters are visually distinguishable. Heavy overlap, very small figures, or complex poses can make separation harder.

Can it remove or separate speech bubbles?

Yes. Speech bubbles and lettering can be separated from the artwork, which is useful for translation, redesign, or removing dialogue from a panel.

What is hidden-area reconstruction?

hidden-area reconstruction reconstructs plausible content for parts of a character or scene hidden behind another element, such as a speech bubble covering part of the hair.

Does hidden-area reconstruction reveal what was actually behind the object?

No. If those pixels were never in the original image, there is nothing to literally recover. hidden-area reconstruction generates a plausible reconstruction based on the visible artwork.

Can I use this on AI-generated manga or anime art?

Yes. It's useful when a generation is mostly right and you want to change one element without regenerating the whole image.

Can I use the layers for animation?

Yes. Separated characters, effects, and backgrounds can be prepared for parallax, motion comics, or short-form video, though you may still need to refine individual layers.

What kinds of images work best?

Clear, reasonably high-resolution artwork with recognizable characters and distinct scene elements produces the strongest results. Heavily compressed or very low-resolution images are more challenging.

Does this work for webtoons and manhwa too?

Yes. The workflow isn't limited to traditional manga — it also works with webtoons, manhwa, Western comics, and other illustrated styles.

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