I did not know Remove.bg did video background removal without a green screen until last month

I have been using Remove.bg for still image background removal for a couple of years and it is so embedded in my workflow that I stopped thinking about it as a tool I had chosen and started thinking of it as just how background removal works.

Last month I found out it does video too and I want to write about that specifically because I think a lot of people who use it for images do not know the video capability exists.

Video background removal without a green screen is something I have needed on multiple projects and the solutions I had been using were complicated and inconsistent. Green screen footage from clients is often poorly lit. Software-based chroma keying requires careful setup and still struggles with certain colors. The quality was always a compromise.

Remove.bg's video background removal applies the same computer vision approach it uses for images to video frames. Complex edges including hair handle well. The output is usable in ways that consumer chroma keying tools often are not.

The API is what makes video processing at volume practical. For a workflow that regularly handles client-submitted footage that needs background removal before editing, being able to process batches through the API rather than uploading files individually is a meaningful operational difference.

The Desktop App handles the occasional single video without requiring API setup. The existing Photoshop plugin integration covers the still image side of the same projects.