Separate an Image into Editable Layers with AI
Separate subjects, objects, and backgrounds into independent visual layers. Continue editing individual layers with AI, adjust the composition, and export the result as PSD or transparent PNG assets.
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Need hair, face, eyes, mouth, clothing, or body-part layers?
Settings
Leave this blank to let Detailed Layers identify the main editable elements automatically. Or name the parts you want separated.
Want more control over your layers?
Learn how to guide Detailed Layers with simple prompts, choose useful elements, and get cleaner layer structures from different types of images.
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Private File Handling
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Transparent PNG Output
Detailed Layers returns each detected element as its own layer on a transparent background.
Continue Editing in Agent Workspace
Multi-Agent SuiteOpen the layered result in Agent Workspace to clean up elements, create visual variations, or continue working from the same project.
See How Image Separation Works
Separate visual elements into individual layers while reconstructing the background hidden behind them.
Layer Hierarchy
9/9AURA serum bottle
Frosted clear serum bottle with black dropper cap and AURA typography, presented as a standalone product.
Stone display stand
White ceramic bowl
Rolled waffle towel
Metal faucet
Monstera leaf
Beige ceramic cup
Circular window decor
Inpainted background
Final Layers
More Than Background Removal
Background removers create a transparent cutout. ImageToLayers also reconstructs the area hidden behind the subject, giving you complete assets for editing and composition.
Most images are processed in 60–120 seconds.
Separate, edit, and export your image layers
Upload a flat image, separate it into editable visual layers, refine individual elements, and export the result for further creative work.
- Step 1
Upload Your Image
Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP image up to 10 MB. Images with clearly separated subjects and objects usually produce easier-to-edit layers.
- Step 2
Separate the visual layers
Select the processing mode and choose how many independently editable visual groups the AI should attempt to create.
- Step 3
Edit the individual elements
Inspect each layer, split mixed elements, edit a layer, or continue in Agent Workspace when you want new variations or further changes.
- Step 4
Export the Result
Download transparent PNG layers in a ZIP file or export the composition as a layered PSD. Available export formats may depend on your plan.
Example Layering Workflows
See how automatic layer separation speeds up professional tasks.
Product Photo Editing
Problem: Products captured with complex real-world backgrounds.
Solution: Separate the product, supporting elements, shadows, and background so each part can be reviewed or adjusted independently.
Benefit: Achieve precise color correction or composite new elements easily.
Character Preparation
Problem: Characters need to be extracted from their environments for animation or posing.
Solution: Create initial character and background layers before refining body parts in a dedicated character workflow.
Benefit: Jumpstart animation prep by separating the main subject from the background.
Marketing Compositions
Problem: Flat promotional images need to be adapted to new dimensions.
Solution: Separate major visual elements before adapting a flat image into new layouts or presentation formats.
Benefit: Repurpose flat assets into dynamic multi-layer marketing materials.
Parallax Prototypes
Problem: Creating depth from 2D art requires tedious manual masking.
Solution: Create approximate foreground, middle-ground, and background layers for early motion and depth experiments.
Benefit: Quickly test parallax effects with AI-estimated hidden background content.
Explore Image Layering Workflows
Choose a workflow based on the type of image you want to separate or the editable output you need.
Convert and Export
Separate Specific Images
Learn How It Works
Frequently Asked Questions About Image Layer Separation
Answers about layer separation, choosing a layer count, Standard versus Pro, PSD export, and refining your results after generation.
What does Core Layers actually separate?
How many layers should I choose?
What is the difference between Standard and Pro?
What if two objects are combined into the same layer?
Can Image to Layers recover parts hidden behind an object?
Are these the original Photoshop or design-file layers?
Can I export the result as a PSD?
Can I download the layers individually?
What kinds of images work best?
Should I use Core Layers or Detailed Layers?
What if the first result is not detailed enough?
What happens if layer generation fails?
Only need two layers?
Just the subject and the background? Try Background Splitter
When a photo only has one subject in front of a background, Background Splitter gives you a transparent foreground and a reconstructed background in one step, without setting up a full multi-object layer split.

Original photo
The source image with a single subject and background.

Transparent foreground
The subject isolated as a clean transparent PNG.

Reconstructed background
The scene behind the subject, rebuilt and reusable on its own.
Need more than two layers, multiple objects, props, or text? Use the workspace above instead.
Explore More Tools in This Series
Choose a focused workflow for the image or project you are working on.
Illustrations and visual design
- Turn Your Finished Illustration Into Editable LayersSeparate characters, objects, and backgrounds from one flat illustration.
- Separate Storybook Characters and Backgrounds Into Editable LayersNeed more room for story text or want to move a character? AI attempts to separate recognizable characters, objects, and scenery from your finished storybook illustration into editable layers for page revisions.
- Separate a flat illustration into layers for 2D animation.AI attempts to separate characters, props, and scenery from your flat image for animation.
- Turn a Flat Collage Into Editable LayersNeed to move a photo, remove a decoration, or change your collage layout? AI attempts to separate recognizable photos, paper pieces, decorative objects, and backgrounds into image layers you can review and rearrange.
- Turn Your Trading Card Design Into Editable LayersYour card design looks finished. But what if you need to change the artwork, update the border, or create another card using the same style? Upload your flattened trading card image and let AI attempt to separate recognizable artwork, frames, symbols, decorations, and backgrounds into visual layers you can review and edit.
- Sticker Sheet to LayersHave multiple stickers, icons, or illustrated objects packed into one image? Upload the sheet and separate supported visual items into individual transparent layers. Use the extracted assets for design, print-on-demand, digital downloads, social graphics, and other creative workflows.
- Separate Game UI into Editable LayersTurn game screenshots into separate UI panels, HUD elements, icons, and interface assets. Refine individual components with AI-powered layer separation.
- Split manga pages into individual panelsHave a full manga page but only need the individual panels? Upload your page, let the tool find the panel boundaries, and separate each scene without cropping everything by hand. Review the panels, adjust the reading order, and download individual PNG files or a layered PSD.
- Remove speech bubbles and text from mangaWant to remove dialogue from a manga panel without redrawing the whole scene? Upload your artwork, mark the speech bubble or text to remove, and let AI help fill the selected area. Keep your original, compare the result, and download a cleaned PNG or layered PSD.
- Extract Clipart from ImageHave a beautiful illustration with several elements, but need each one as a separate image? Upload your artwork and let AI identify individual clipart elements and turn them into reusable transparent layers.
- Extract Characters From a Finished IllustrationLove the characters in your illustration, but need them separately from the background? Upload your artwork and let AI attempt to separate recognizable characters into individual image layers for new designs, stickers, and creative projects.
- Turn your rough sketch into clean line artUpload a rough sketch and let AI help turn overlapping pencil strokes into cleaner outlines. Choose how much detail to keep, review the result, and download line art you can keep editing in your drawing software.
- Color your line art with AITurn your black-and-white drawings into colorful illustrations without coloring everything by hand. Upload your line art, let AI create a color version, and download a PNG or layered PSD so you can keep editing in your drawing software.
Products and commerce
- Product Photo to LayersNeed to reuse a product photo without rebuilding the entire scene? Upload a flat product image and separate supported visual elements into independent layers. Extract the main product, supporting props, foreground objects, and background so you can create new layouts, swap backgrounds, resize compositions, and build fresh ecommerce creatives more easily.
- Separate Products From One Photo Into Editable LayersUpload a photo with several products and let AI separate each product, its props and the background into layers you can move, reuse and export.
- Separate Multiple Products from One PhotoHave several products in one picture but need each one separately? Upload your image and let AI identify individual products and separate them into transparent layers you can reuse.
Image editing and restoration
- Photo to Parallax LayersCreate more depth from a single flat image. Upload a photo and separate visible subjects, foreground objects, and background regions into individual layers for 2.5D parallax animation. ImageToLayers can also reconstruct supported hidden background areas, giving you a better starting point for camera push-ins, depth motion, documentary photo animation, and motion graphics.
- YouTube Thumbnail to LayersWant to redesign a thumbnail without rebuilding everything from scratch? Upload a finished YouTube thumbnail and separate supported visual elements into independent layers. Extract the main subject, background, text regions, arrows, stickers, and decorative graphics so you can create new layouts, test fresh versions, and reuse existing creative assets more easily.
- AI Generated Image to LayersAI image generators are great at creating finished images. They are not always great at giving you the separate assets behind them. Upload an AI-generated image and separate supported subjects, objects, foreground elements, and backgrounds into independent visual layers. Use the result to continue editing, rearrange compositions, replace backgrounds, isolate characters, and build new creative variations without starting from scratch.
- Flattened Image to PSDTurn a flattened image into a new editable layer structure. Rebuild editability from visible content without claiming to recover the original PSD.
- Gemini Image to Layer ConverterDownloaded a flat image from Gemini? Upload it here to separate subjects, objects, shadows, and backgrounds into reusable visual layers—without manually tracing every element.
- Image Layered AI: Split an Image into Editable LayersUpload a flat JPG, PNG, or WebP and use AI to separate it into reusable visual parts. Create subject, object, shadow, and reconstructed background layers, then download the result as a PSD or ZIP.
- AI Image Layer SeparatorSplit a Flat Image into Multiple Editable Layers
- Extract Layers From an ImageUpload a flattened JPG, PNG, or WebP image and let AI recover its major subjects, objects, and background regions as independently editable layers. Review the extracted layers, then export transparent PNG files, a ZIP package, or a layered PSD for further editing.
- Convert an Image to an Editable Layered PSDHave an image you want to edit in Photoshop, but everything is on one layer? Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP and let AI separate recognizable subjects, objects, and backgrounds into raster layers. Export a layered PSD and continue editing without rebuilding every element by hand.