Image transparency
Fade a photo by any percentage — apply it to the whole image, or drag out a rectangle to fade just that area.
Two ways to make something transparent
"Fade" scales down the alpha channel of a region — the whole image or a zone you drag out — regardless of what color is there. "Remove a background color" instead works spot by spot: click anywhere and every pixel connected to that spot by a similar color turns transparent, following the actual shape of what's there — not the whole image. That keeps unrelated details safe even if they happen to share a color. Click again on a separate spot (like the hole inside an "O") to remove that too, or draw a rectangle or freehand outline first to fence off where a click can spread — handy when one part of an image needs a gentler setting than the rest. Because transparency needs an alpha channel, the result always downloads as PNG, even if you started from a JPEG.
Can I fade just part of the image?
Yes — click and drag on the preview to draw a rectangle; only that zone gets the transparency applied. Click "Clear zone" to go back to fading the whole image.
Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No — everything happens on a canvas in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
How does "Remove a background color" handle logos or text on a solid background?
Click the background once — it selects that connected area only, following the actual outline of your artwork, not a rectangle and not the whole image. A closed shape like the hole inside an "O" isn't connected to the outer background, so it needs its own click if you want it removed too — this keeps small same-colored details inside your logo safe by default, which matters most when there's little contrast between what you want to keep and what you want to remove. Raise the tolerance if some background pixels are slightly off-color (shadows, JPEG compression) and get missed; lower it if the selection starts eating into the artwork itself.
Why do I still see faint white or colored pixels around the edges?
This happens because the outer edge of most logos and photos is anti-aliased — the very edge pixels are a genuine blend of the subject and the background color, not purely one or the other. The tool already softens and colour-corrects that blended edge automatically, but a low-quality or heavily compressed source image can still leave a faint fringe. Use the "Edge cleanup" slider to shrink the visible edge by a pixel or two — that's usually enough to remove it completely.
One part of my logo needs a different tolerance than the rest — how do I handle that?
This happens with logos that mix bold shapes and thin, delicate details, like fine text under a solid emblem: a tolerance high enough to fully clean the emblem often eats into the thin text too, and a tolerance gentle enough to protect the text leaves background around the emblem. Switch to the "Rectangle area" or "Free selection" tool and draw an outline around just the part that needs different treatment — the tool then switches back to "Magic click" automatically. Any click after that only spreads inside the area you drew, so you can raise or lower the tolerance for that spot alone without touching what you've already selected elsewhere. Use "Reset area" to go back to clicking anywhere on the whole image.
