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# Static Background
## Overview
The Image Editing API allows you to replace the background of the input image with a new static background.
This new static background can be created using either a solid color or another image.
{% hint style="info" %}
If you're looking to create ai-generated background, please check out the [AI Backgrounds](/image-editing-api-plus-plan/ai-backgrounds.md) feature.
{% endhint %}
### Solid Color
To replace the background with a solid color, set the argument `background.color` to an hexadecimal color code (e.g. `FF0000`):
| *(original image)* | `background.color=D3D3D3` | `background.color=ADD8E6` |
| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|  |  |  |
|  |  |  |
If you want to give it a try, here's the code to reproduce the example above:
```bash
curl --request POST \
--url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
--form imageFile=@/path/to/image.png \
--form padding=0.1 \
--form background.color=D3D3D3 \
--output result.png
```
Try it now!
{% hint style="info" %}
When replacing the background with a solid color, consider also adding an [AI Shadow](/image-editing-api-plus-plan/ai-shadows.md) for a more visually pleasing result:
{% endhint %}
### Static Image
To replace the background with a static image, set the either the argument `background.imageFile` (available only when [using the `POST` endpoint](broken://pages/xItuUNPEgAlIrn1G1dmE)) or `background.imageUrl`:
| *(original image)* | *(static image)* | *(result)* |
| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|  |  |  |
|  |  |  |
If you want to give it a try, here's the code to reproduce the example above:
```bash
curl --request POST \
--url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
--form imageFile=@/path/to/image.png \
--form padding=0.1 \
--form background.imageFile=@/path/to/background.png \
--output result.png
```
{% hint style="info" %}
When replacing the background with a static image, consider also adding an [AI Shadow](/image-editing-api-plus-plan/ai-shadows.md) for a more visually pleasing result:
{% endhint %}
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