Cut out a car from a photo

The example is a row of cars at a car meet, and you want the red one on the right. A background remover keeps every car in the row and the people with them, so it can't give you the red one alone; a cutout keeps only the car you box.

Before

The red car between the blue car and a silver one, a man standing behind it.

After

Only the red car, on a transparent background, the other cars and the man gone.

What you get

• The car you choose in a PNG with a transparent background, cropped to the car.
• The cars beside it, the people and the car park left out.

In the Editor

1. Open the photo in the Editor (Add images). It opens in Cutout with Area chosen.

2. Drag a box around the red car, roof to tyres. The box takes in a little of the silver car it touches and the man standing behind it; the cutout keeps only the red car: 1 credit.

   

3. Choose Show result. The checkerboard is transparent space.

   

4. Choose Copy, or export a PNG; to put the car on a colour, choose Color in Export (Copy, download or export a result).

In the Agent

Name the car by its colour instead of drawing (Ask the Agent):

The Agent gives the red car alone, on a transparent background.

What to check

In Show result, check the car's edge where it touches the silver car, and that no part of the man behind it or of the cars beside it stayed. If a part of the red car is missing, fix the cutout with a click; if a piece of another car or a person stayed, take it out with an Exclude click.

Common mistakes

• Removing the background of a photo with several cars. Remove background picks the photo's main subject itself, so you can't say which car it keeps. Cut the car you want out with a box.
• Choosing JPG for a transparent PNG. JPG can't hold transparency, so Export puts the car on a colour. Keep PNG or WebP.