Remove the background from a video

Select a clip, press Remove BG and the subject is lifted off its background frame by frame, with no green screen and the sound kept on its own track.

Remove a video backgroundSee plans

Included on the free plan, for clips up to two minutes long, with no watermark on exports.

A clip of a woman in a yellow jacket selected on the Hugogen video timeline, with Remove BG in the clip toolbar

Background removal on a real timeline

Press Remove BG on a selected clip

Select a clip on the timeline and press Remove BG in its toolbar. No green screen or special lighting is needed, and the tooltip shows the current cost for the clip before the job starts.

The Remove BG tooltip above a selected clip in the video editor

Watch the progress while it works

The clip dims under a progress overlay and the toolbar counts up the share of frames done. Short clips usually take a few minutes, and the rest of the editor stays usable while the job runs.

A clip under the processing overlay, with the toolbar showing 43 percent done

The clip keeps its sound

The finished cutout carries the picture and no audio. Just before the swap, the clip's sound moves to its own audio track, where it can be trimmed, muted or replaced like any other audio clip.

The clip's sound on a separate audio track below the video track, selected

Finish the video on the same timeline

Join the cutout with other clips, add text and captions, trim, change speed or reframe for each platform. The finished video exports as an MP4 with no watermark on any plan.

Two clips joined on the video track, the second one selected, with the first clip's sound below them

How to remove the background from a video

  1. Step 1

    Upload a clip

    Open the video editor and upload an MP4, MOV or WebM clip, or pick one from the library. Clips up to two minutes long are processed in one go.

  2. Step 2

    Press Remove BG

    Select the clip on the timeline and press Remove BG. The percentage climbs as frames are processed, and the cutout replaces the clip when it finishes.

  3. Step 3

    Add a background and export

    Put a color, a picture or a second clip behind the cutout, then export the finished video as an MP4.

Made for footage with one clear subject

Background removal works best on footage with one clear person or product in it, and it opens up a handful of common edits.

Talking head videos
a speaker placed over a new scene
Product clips
a product on a clean color
Reels, Shorts and TikToks
a person over a second clip
Reaction videos
a creator layered over the clip under discussion
Intros and outros
a subject over a brand color

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Questions and answers

Video background removal is included on the free plan, and signing up needs no card. The Remove BG button shows the current cost for each clip before it runs, and the pricing page lists the credits each plan includes.

Video is processed frame by frame, and a short clip usually takes a few minutes. The editor stays usable while the job runs, and the clip shows the percentage done.

Background removal works on clips up to two minutes long. A longer video can be split on the timeline first, and each part processed on its own.

No green screen or special lighting is needed. The AI finds the person or product in each frame and removes everything behind it.

The cutout sits on the timeline like any other clip. Put a color, a picture or a second clip behind it, and the subject plays over it in the preview and in the export.

The finished cutout has picture only. The clip's sound moves to its own audio track before the swap, and it plays and exports with the video as before.

Videos export as MP4, a format with no transparency. The cutout is always exported over whatever sits behind it, such as a color, a picture or another clip.

Exported videos carry no Hugogen watermark on the free plan or on any paid plan.

Lift a subject off any background

Upload a clip, press Remove BG and put the subject over a new color, picture or clip, with no green screen.

Remove a video background