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Cut out a portrait

Isolate a person or object from your photo so just the subject prints on the case — four ways to do it.

2 min read · April 27, 2026

Sometimes you want just the subject without anything around it. The app has four tools for that.

AI Expand
AI Cartoon
Portrait Cutout
Remove Background
Remove Color
Wand menu (AI tools)

The four cutout tools

Tap your image, then the wand in the image toolbar. You'll see:

AutoCutout. Tries to identify and isolate the main subject from any photo. Works on people, pets, products, food. Quick first try.

Portrait Cutout. Tuned specifically for people. Needs a clear human head in the frame to work. The result usually beats AutoCutout when the subject is a person.

Remove Background. Drops everything behind the subject. Similar to AutoCutout, with sharper edges — reach for this when you want a tighter crop around the subject.

Remove Color. Erases one specific color from the image. Use this on photos with a flat-color backdrop (a green-screen shot, a white-wall portrait) when you want surgical control over what gets dropped.

Setting up a good cutout

Three things make any cutout cleaner:

  • High contrast between subject and background. Person on a sky, on a plain wall, on a solid color floor.
  • Sharp focus on the subject. A crisp source photo gives the AI clean edges to work with.
  • One main subject. When several people are clustered together, the AI does best if you pick a photo where one person is clearly the focus.

Each tool takes a few seconds — you'll see "Generating, please wait…" while it runs.

After the cutout

Once the subject is isolated, you can: