Can image to layer recover the original PSD or layers?

No. A JPG or PNG contains no layer data at all — there is nothing to recover. We rebuild usable layers from the visible pixels into a new layered PSD, which is a different thing and worth being clear about.

Is the text editable?

Text comes back as a raster layer with its own transparency, and a headline can separate from body copy when they are visually distinct. Editable type is not supported in this version.

Can I just cut out a person and change the background?

Yes. The person and the background come back as separate layers, and the background is filled in behind the person rather than left with a hole. Hair is the hardest edge — check it in the preview before you download.

What resolution are the layers?

About 0.4 megapixels, whatever the size of your upload: a 4:3 image comes back as 736 × 544 px layers, and the aspect ratio is always kept. That is the resolution the image to layer model works at — we measured it on real runs in October 2026. Uploads can be JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB.

How long does one image take?

In our tests in October 2026: about 13 seconds for 2 layers, 19 seconds for 4 and 33 seconds for 8. If the model has been idle it has to start up first, which can add about a minute. A split that has not finished after 150 seconds counts as failed, and its credits go back automatically.

Which files can I download?

A layered PSD of plain raster layers, one transparent PNG per layer, or a ZIP with both.

Where do my images go?

Only to the services that do the work. Images you split — in the upload box or in Layer Agent — are stored in our cloud storage and sent to the provider that runs the layer model; the finished layer files are hosted by that provider, and kept in our storage too. Chat messages go to our language-model provider. The free PSD save on the home page runs in your browser and uploads nothing. Files in our storage are deleted automatically 30 days after upload; the copies the layer-model provider hosts follow its own retention policy.

Does pricing change with the layer count?

No. A run costs 10 credits whether it returns 2 layers or 8. Credit packs return up to 4 layers; subscriptions up to 8. Splitting one of the layers again is a new run, and a failed run gives the credits back.

Can I use the results commercially?

Yes, on every plan. We claim no rights in your layers. You do need to own the image you upload, or have permission to use it.

Which apps can open the files?

PSD: Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Photopea, GIMP, and Live2D Cubism for character work. PNG: Figma, After Effects, Blender, CapCut and Spine.

Image to Layer AI Free AI splits images into editable layers

Drop in a flat image. Image to layer returns the subject, text and background on separate transparent layers, with hidden areas filled in — as a layered PSD, PNGs or a ZIP.

Sample · 5 layers

Drop an image here

or paste with Ctrl/⌘ V · drop it anywhere on the page

JPG, PNG, WebP · HEIC on phones · up to 10 MB — larger images are scaled down in your browser

See it on another image:

Failed splits refunded automatically
AI separation is live
Images upload only when you start a split

Your layers open in the tools you already use

Examples

Image to layer examples

Five kinds of image, five different stacks. Pick one and take it apart: hide a layer, change the order, look at any layer on its own.

Hard caseCrowded street

sneaker-product-photo.psd — 2 layers

Layers

2/2

Select a layer to see it on its own. Use the eye to hide it and the arrows to change the order.

A sample: the kind of stack an image like this splits into.More on JPG to PSD

A crowded street with overlapping pedestrians, shopfronts and bicycles, shown before an image to layer split

The hard case: a crowded street

Overlapping people are the hardest thing to take apart. Several of them can come out on one layer, and the edges where they touch need a second look — split that layer again, or finish those edges by hand. Better to know that before you upload.

More ways to use it

Image to layer for the file you have

One page per kind of file, each with its own examples — and a free single-layer PSD converter that works in your browser today.

How it works

Image to layer in three steps

No masking and no Photoshop skills — image to layer does the cutting. Every layer comes back on the original canvas, so the stack drops straight back into your image.

aurelia-poster.png
Upload a flat image
A poster, a product shot, a portrait or an illustration — JPG, PNG or WebP.
Sample · 5 layers
The main elements get their own layers
Subject, text and decoration are separated, and the background is rebuilt behind them.
PSDaurelia-poster.psdSample
title
body text
decoration
product
+1 more
Download the layered PSD, PNG or ZIP
Every layer on one shared canvas, ready for Photoshop, Figma, After Effects or CapCut.

background — warm cream backdrop, rebuilt behind the bottle, title and sprigs

Sample

Hover the image to check its edges at 2.5×.

Rebuilt, and checkable

The background comes back whole — and every layer can be checked.

Take anything off the image and the backdrop behind it is already painted in. On this sample the repainted pixels are hatched — put any layer on alpha, black or white and run the loupe along its edges.

The background comes back as one complete layer, not a cut-out with holes in it.
On the samples here, repainted areas are hatched so you can see which pixels are new — check the same edges on your own layers.

What to check

The rebuilt background may not match the real scene.
Text is exported as a raster layer, not editable type.
Hair, glass, smoke and soft shadows deserve a second look.
Crowded scenes may need one more split.

The hatching marks the rebuilt areas on this sample. Rebuilt pixels are generated, not recovered — check them before you ship.

aurelia-poster

Sample · 5 layers

titlefull canvas
body textfull canvas
decorationfull canvas
productfull canvas
backgroundfull canvas

PSD 8-bit RGB, plain raster layers, no groups

Export

Take the layers with you — as a layered PSD.

Every layer from image to layer is the full canvas at its original position, so they stack back into the image you started with.

Convert by format

Why layers

More than a background remover — a real split into layers.

Background remover, masking by hand or image to layer: three ways to take an image apart, and what each one actually hands you.

More than a background remover — a real split into layers.
Feature	Background remover	Masking it by hand	Image to Layers
Main subject cut out	Yes	By handBy hand	Yes
Main elements on separate layers	No	By handBy hand	Yes
Text and graphics separated	No	By handBy hand	Yes
Background rebuilt behind objects	No	By handBy hand	Yes
Aligned on the original canvas	Yes	By handBy hand	Yes
Time and skill	Seconds	20–60 min, Photoshop	One upload

Background remover

One subject on transparency. Everything else goes in the bin with the background, and nothing is rebuilt behind the subject.

Masking it by hand

Everything you want, at 20–60 minutes an image and only if you already know Photoshop.

Image to Layers

The main elements on their own layers, the background repainted behind them, all on one canvas.

Your image, and what happens to it.

Images you upload for image to layer and the layer files made from them are deleted automatically 30 days after upload, on every plan and pack.

Deleting a chat removes it from your chat list; its files go on the schedule above. To have the images you uploaded and the layers made from them erased sooner, email us from your account address and we will delete them; layer files hosted by the model provider follow its own retention policy.

There are no public galleries or share pages. Your files sit behind long, unguessable links — but anyone who has a link can open the file, and the links are passed to the model providers that process your request.

Uploads and image to layer runs need a signed-in account, and uploads are rate-limited. We do not collect device fingerprints.

Your rights — access, export, correction, deletion, complaint

Pricing

Pay per run, not per layer.

Every run costs 10 credits, whether your image comes back as 2 layers or 8 — that is all there is to image to layer pricing. Failed runs are refunded.

Starter

$9.90/mo, billed yearly

450 runs a year, delivered monthly

Recommended

Pro

$14.90/mo, billed yearly

1,100 runs a year, delivered monthly

Studio

$35.90/mo, billed yearly

3,000 runs a year, delivered monthly

No subscription? Credit packs start at $1.99 for 2 runs.

See all plans and credit rules

FAQ

Image to layer questions, answered

Short answers about what image to layer gives you back, how good it is, and what happens to your image.

Split your first image into layers.

Save any image as a PSD for free, right in your browser — or split it into editable layers right here.

Free PSD save · layer splitting with any plan