What Is Background Removal and Why Does It Matter?
Background removal is the process of isolating the main subject in a photograph by cleanly cutting away the surrounding background. The result is either a transparent PNG, a clean white background image, or a subject placed onto a new custom background of your choice. For any business selling products online, background removal is not a luxury — it is a necessity.
Major eCommerce platforms including Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, and ASOS all require product images to have a pure white or transparent background. Studies consistently show that clean, distraction-free product photos drive higher click-through rates and increase conversion by up to 30%. When customers can see exactly what they are buying without visual clutter, they trust the product more and are more likely to make a purchase.
Did you know? Amazon's official image guidelines require the main product image to have a pure white background (RGB 255, 255, 255) with the product taking up at least 85% of the frame. A professional background removal service ensures your listings are fully compliant and visually competitive.
Who Needs Background Removal Services?
Our background removal service is used by a wide range of clients from around the world, including eCommerce store owners, photographers, advertising agencies, and individual entrepreneurs. Here are the most common use cases we handle every day:
Types of Background Removal We Offer
Not all background removal jobs are the same. A simple product on a plain backdrop requires a different technique from a model with flowing hair or a transparent glass product. At Jahid Babu Tech, we have the skill and experience to handle every level of complexity:
Simple Clipping Path
Ideal for products with straight or geometric edges such as boxes, books, electronics, and hard goods. We use the Photoshop pen tool to draw a precise path around the subject. The result is a perfectly clean cutout with no rough edges or pixelation. This is the most cost-effective option for large volume product catalogues.
Complex Clipping Path
Used for products with curves, holes, or multiple separate components — such as jewellery, furniture, bicycle wheels, or wire mesh. These require significantly more detailed path-drawing but produce an equally clean result. Our team has edited millions of such images for European and North American eCommerce retailers.
Hair & Fur Masking
Portraits, fashion shots, and pet photography require a completely different approach. Hair, fur, and fine fibres cannot be clipped — they must be masked using advanced channel-based or refine-edge techniques in Photoshop. This preserves the natural flow and detail of hair strands against any new background without the ugly halo effect you get from automated tools.
Transparent Object Masking
Glass, crystal, liquids, and semi-transparent packaging require specialist compositing techniques. We isolate the subject while preserving its natural transparency, reflections, and refractive qualities so the product looks completely natural on its new background.
Ghost Mannequin / Invisible Mannequin
A popular technique used by clothing brands to give garments a 3D, worn appearance without the cost of a live model shoot. We remove the mannequin or model from inside the clothing and seamlessly reconstruct the interior of the garment for a professional, catalogue-ready result.
Our Background Removal Process
We follow a structured quality-controlled workflow to ensure every image meets professional standards before delivery:
Industries We Serve
Over 14 years, Jahid Babu Tech has built long-term relationships with clients across many industries. Our background removal service is trusted by businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the United States. We understand the image standards required by different markets and platforms, and we tailor our output accordingly.
For fashion retailers, we understand the importance of maintaining fabric texture and colour accuracy. For jewellery brands, we know that even the finest reflection must be preserved. For automotive dealers, we ensure that chrome bumpers and glass windshields look completely natural against a white showroom-style backdrop.
Photoshop Background Removal vs. Automated AI Tools
Many websites today offer instant, automated background removal using artificial intelligence. While these tools are fast and useful for casual personal use, they fall short for professional product photography in several important ways. AI tools frequently struggle with fine hair, complex edges, similar foreground-background colours, and transparent objects. The results often contain rough, jagged edges, unwanted colour fringing, and missing fine details.
Manual Photoshop background removal, performed by an experienced editor, produces consistently superior results. The pen tool allows for sub-pixel precision, giving you edges so clean they look natural even at full zoom. For businesses whose brand image depends on the quality of their product photography, professional manual editing is always the correct choice.
Our promise: Every image we deliver is individually edited and quality-checked by a human professional. We never use automated AI background removal tools on client work unless explicitly requested. Your images deserve the quality that only skilled human hands can provide.
How to Get Started
Getting started with our background removal service is quick and straightforward. Simply contact us via the form below or email us directly at jahidbabutech@gmail.com. Share a few sample images and tell us your requirements — background colour, file format, deadline, and volume. We will provide a free quote within a few hours. For new clients, we offer a free trial on up to 3 images so you can evaluate the quality of our work before committing to a larger order.
We accept payment via PayPal, Wise (TransferWise), and bank transfer. For regular clients with ongoing volume, we offer flexible monthly billing arrangements.