What happens when you press Remove
You mark the area with the brush. The editor takes a 512 px window around what you painted and hands it to the object remover, a 26.6 MB model trained to fill gaps in photos. It predicts what the hidden area most likely looked like, based on the pixels around it. The filled window is then blended back into your full-resolution photo.
Only the brushed area changes. Every pixel outside it stays exactly as it was, so the rest of your photo keeps its original quality. Each removal becomes a new version in History, which means you can remove several objects one after another and step back through them.
Painting a good mask
The fill is only as good as the area you mark.
- Cover the whole object, plus a thin margin. Leftover edges or a shadow outside the brush stay in the photo and the fill tries to continue them.
- Include the object's shadow and reflection. A removed bin with its shadow still on the pavement looks odd.
- Do not paint far beyond the object. The more you cover, the more the model has to invent.
- Set the brush size close to the object's width. Undo stroke takes back the last stroke, and Clear starts the mask again.
Photos where it works and where it struggles
It does best on small to medium objects over plain or repeating backgrounds: a crisp packet on grass, a stain on a wall, a power line across a sky, a person far off on a beach. The model fills those areas with texture that matches the surroundings.
Large areas and structured scenes are harder. Faces, text, fences, tiled floors and window frames have lines the eye expects to continue exactly, and the fill can come back smeared or bent. When that happens, undo, then paint a smaller area and remove it in two or three passes. Each pass gives the model more real surroundings to work from.
Checking the result
Use Hold to compare or the before and after slider to look at the patch. View it at full size as well as fitted to the screen, because a smudge can hide at small sizes. If one removal looks wrong, click the step before it in History and try again with a different brush shape. Up to 20 versions are kept while the page is open.
Check the seam as well. Where the fill meets the original photo, a slight difference in grain or brightness can show on smooth areas such as sky. A second pass painted slightly wider over that seam often blends it.
What it will not do
- Best on small to medium objects over plain or repeating backgrounds.
- Large areas and structured scenes such as faces, text and fences can come back smeared. Paint a smaller area or run it again.
- The model fills a 512 px window around the painted area, so very large objects in big photos are harder to fill convincingly.
- It invents plausible content; it cannot show what was really behind the object.
Devices and downloads
The object remover model is a 26.6 MB download, MIT licensed, and the editor asks you to press Download before fetching it. After that it is cached in your browser. It runs in a background worker, on WebGPU when your browser offers it and on WebAssembly otherwise. This is an advanced tool: each removal takes around two and a half seconds on WebAssembly on a typical laptop, and less with WebGPU.
| Model | Download | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Object remover | 26.6 MB | MIT |
Advanced · faster with a GPU: A heavier network. It runs on any device, quickly where the browser offers WebGPU and slowly where it does not. See what is stored on this device.
Step by step
- Open the photo. Drop, paste or choose the image with something to remove.
- Paint over the object. Cover it and its shadow with the brush, using Undo stroke or Clear to correct.
- Press Remove. The model fills the area and blends it into the full photo.
- Repeat and export. Remove more objects one at a time, compare, then save.
Questions about object remover
Does removing one object lower the quality of the rest of the photo?
No. Only the brushed area is changed. Every pixel outside it is left exactly as it was in your full-resolution photo.
Why does the filled area look smeared?
The area may be large or full of lines the eye expects to continue, like a fence or text. Undo and remove it in smaller pieces.
Should I paint over the object's shadow too?
Yes. Anything outside the brush stays, so a shadow left behind gives the removal away.
Can I take out several things from one picture?
Yes. Remove them one at a time. Each removal becomes its own version in History, so you can step back from any of them.