# Green screen despill

The Remove Background API offers a feature to handle green screen despill.

Green screen despill works by automatically removing colored reflections that have been left on the main subject by a green background, learn more about it in [this blog article](https://www.photoroom.com/blog/image-background-removal-technology-comparison#3-important-features).

{% hint style="info" %}
Please note that the green screen despill feature is currently in beta and is subject to changes.
{% endhint %}

To enable green screen despill, set the argument `despill` to the value `true`:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="200" align="center"></th><th align="center"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><em>(original image)</em></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/I8k8WtSFJJ9LiWvjW2tK" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><code>despill=false</code></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/AFXPUM6WsuR7nrxOXIet" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><code>despill=true</code></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/WEgXWHPiOcUwoP5wR7nw" alt=""></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Known limitations**

* This feature only works for green screen: it will not do anything for pictures that use a blue screen or any color other than green
* All green color tones on the main subject will be affected by the feature: this means that for a person wearing green clothing, the color of the clothing will be modified
  {% endhint %}

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

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sdk.photoroom.com/v1/segment \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --form 'image_file=@"/path/to/your/image.jpeg"' \
  --form 'despill=true' \
  --output result-with-green-screen-despill.png
```


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