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Layer splits made with Image to Layers
A hand-picked selection of real results — the original on top, the layers it was separated into below.
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Shown with permission under our gallery licence, which covers results generated with signup credits. Results on paid plans are private and never appear here. See our Terms of Service for the full terms.
What a layer split actually looks like
Every picture on this page started as one flat file — a JPG or a PNG with everything baked together. The AI read it, decided which parts belong to which depth, and rebuilt each one as a separate transparent PNG. Nothing was cut out by hand, and nothing was redrawn. What was hidden behind the subject gets filled in so the background stands on its own.
That distinction matters, because most tools sold as background removers stop after one cut: subject in front, everything else discarded. A layer split keeps everything. A street photo might come back as the person, the bicycle, the shopfront, and the sky, each on its own layer with a real alpha channel. Stack them in the original order and you get the picture you started with. Move one and you have something the flat file could never give you.
How to read these examples
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The original, on top
The large image in each card is exactly what was uploaded, untouched. No crop, no colour correction, no retouching before the split.
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The layers, underneath
The small tiles are what came back. The checkerboard is not part of the image — it marks the transparent regions, so you can see where each layer genuinely ends.
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The layer count
Every result is labeled with how many layers it was split into. That number is chosen before generation, anywhere from 2 to 17 layers, and it affects the result more than any other setting.
Which images split well
Not every picture separates cleanly, and the gallery is honest about that — the examples here are picked because they show the range, not because they are the only ones that worked. In general, the model needs visible depth cues: something clearly in front of something else. A portrait against a busy street separates well. A flat colour field with no overlap has nothing to separate. These subjects tend to give the most usable results:
- Portraits and full-body shots, where the person lifts off the background
- Posters and album art built from stacked graphic elements
- Illustrations and concept art with a clear foreground, middle, and sky
- Product photography that needs the object free of its surface
- Street and travel photos with layered depth from front to horizon
- Game and character art headed for rigging or 2.5D parallax
What people do with the layers
The most common reason to split an image is motion. A still photo separated into four or five planes can be pushed into a parallax shot in After Effects or a scroll-driven scene on the web, because each plane moves at its own rate and the gaps behind them are already filled. The same applies to Live2D and 2.5D character work, where a rig needs the arms, hair, and body as independent pieces before anything can move.
The quieter use is editing. Once the subject and the background are separate files, you can relight one without touching the other, swap a sky, restyle a product shot for a different campaign, or hand a designer a stack they can rearrange instead of a flat file they have to mask by hand. Layers download as transparent PNGs named in stacking order, so dragging the whole set into Photoshop, Figma, Procreate, or Affinity gives you a layered document straight away.
How results end up here
Nothing reaches this page automatically. Results generated with signup credits carry a gallery licence that lets us display them, but that licence only grants permission — a person still reviews each one and decides whether it belongs here. The great majority never get picked.
Results generated on a paid credit pack or subscription are private and are never shown, no matter how good they look. Buying any plan also turns everything previously generated on that account private, which removes it from consideration entirely. If you would rather your work never appear here, that is the switch. The full terms are on our Terms of Service page.
Split one of your own
Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP and pick how many layers you want. New accounts start with credits, so the first split costs nothing.
Split your own image