HD Background Removal

Using HD Background Removal is recommended when you want to remove the background of a high-resolution image (≥ 2K) to get more detailed subject edges:

To enable the feature, add this HTTP header to your API call: pr-hd-background-removal: auto

If you want to give it a try, here's the code to reproduce the example above:

curl --location 'https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'pr-hd-background-removal: auto' \
  --form imageFile=@/absolute/path/to/image.jpg \
  --form referenceBox=originalImage \
  --output result-hd-background-removal.png

Here are several examples of what HD Background Removal can achieve:

Don't hesitate to download the images locally and zoom on the edges to better see the difference.

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(original image)

(without HD Background Removal)

(with HD Background Removal)

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(with HD Background Removal)

3

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(original image)

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(original image)

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(original image)

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(original image)

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(with HD Background Removal)

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(original image)

(without HD Background Removal)

(with HD Background Removal)