# Transparent background maker > Kenerate's transparent background maker removes the background from a JPG, PNG or WEBP and gives you a PNG with a transparent background in a few seconds — Cutout for everyday photos, Cutout HD for hair, fur and glass. New accounts get 25 free credits and downloads have no watermark. URL: https://kenerateai.com/transparent-background-maker Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 26 September 2026 ## Key facts - Modes: Cutout · Cutout HD for hair, fur and glass - Free to start: 25 credits, no watermark - Output: PNG with full alpha transparency - Works on: People, products, pets, logos, art ## Steps 1. Upload a photo — Add a JPG, PNG or WEBP — a person, product, pet, logo or drawing. 2. Choose Cutout or Cutout HD — Cutout for most photos; Cutout HD for hair, fur, lace and glass. 3. Download the transparent PNG — Save the PNG, or put the subject on white, black or any colour first. ## In depth ### Transparency is a fourth channel Porter and Duff's 1984 compositing paper introduced the alpha channel — the A in RGBA — so each pixel carries its own opacity alongside red, green and blue [1]. A transparent background is simply a layer of pixels whose alpha is 0. ### Formats that can store it Only some formats can hold transparency: - PNG — optional full alpha channel; the W3C published the Third Edition in 2025 [2]. - WebP — lossy or lossless with alpha, standardised as RFC 9649 in 2024 [3]. - AVIF — stores alpha as a separate image item at the same bit depth [4]. - GIF — only one fully transparent palette colour, no soft edges [5]. - JPEG — no alpha at all; JFIF allows only greyscale or colour channels [6]. ### Why some cut-outs get a halo Graphics software stores alpha two ways: straight (colour and opacity separate) or premultiplied (colour already multiplied by opacity). Microsoft notes premultiplied alpha gives better results when images are filtered or layered [7]; when the two are mixed up, edge pixels come out too dark or tinted — the thin fringe you sometimes see around a cut-out on a new background. Downloading a clean PNG and placing it on the final backdrop in one step avoids most of it. References: [1] Porter & Duff — Compositing Digital Images (SIGGRAPH 1984): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800031.808606 [2] W3C — PNG Specification, Third Edition (2025): https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/ [3] IETF RFC 9649 — WebP Image Format (2024): https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9649/ [4] AOMedia — AVIF specification: https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ [5] W3C — GIF89a specification: https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt [6] ITU-T T.871 — JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF): https://www.itu.int/epublications/publication/itu-t-t-871-2011-05-information-technology-digital-compression-and-coding-of-continuous-tone-still-images-jpeg-file-interchange-format-jfif [7] Microsoft Learn — Premultiplied alpha: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/win2d/premultiplied-alpha ## FAQ Q: What is a transparent background maker? A: A tool that removes everything behind the subject of a photo and saves the result as a PNG whose background pixels are fully transparent, so it can sit on any colour, slide or design. Q: Is it free? A: Free to start: new accounts get 25 credits to test. After that, one-time credit packs that never expire — no subscription. Q: How do I make a picture's background transparent? A: Upload it, let Kenerate cut out the subject, and download the PNG. The background is transparent — you'll see a checkerboard in most editors. Q: Which format keeps a transparent background? A: PNG (used here), WebP and SVG keep transparency. JPG can't — a transparent area saved as JPG turns white. Q: Can I make a transparent background for a logo? A: Yes. Cutout HD keeps thin lines and small text. If you have the original vector logo, export an SVG instead. Q: Does it work on hair and glass? A: Yes — use Cutout HD. It keeps flyaway hair, fur and see-through glass as soft, partly transparent edges. Q: Can I keep only one object? A: Yes. Object Pick lets you type what to keep, like “the watch”, and removes everything else. Q: Can I use the transparent images commercially? A: Yes. 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