Remove an image background (logos)

Make the background of a logo or graphic transparent so it sits on top of your video.

1. Right-click the image in the Project panel or on the timeline and choose Remove Background… (or select the clip and click Remove Background… in Effect Controls).
2. The background colour is detected from the image border. The preview shows the result on a checkerboard (transparent areas).
3. Adjust if needed:
   • Click the preview on the background to pick its colour; Shift+click to add more colours (for gradients or two-tone backgrounds).
   • Remove: Background touching the edges keeps white parts inside the logo; This colour everywhere also clears holes inside letters such as O, A and e.
   • Tolerance: raise it when bits of background remain; lower it if parts of the logo disappear.
   • Edge softness: smooth, anti-aliased edges with no coloured fringe.
   • Trim transparent edges: crop the empty border around the logo.
4. Click Remove Background.

A new transparent PNG is created and added to the Project panel; the clip switches to it. The original file is not changed and stays in the Project panel. Press ⌘Z to go back.

This works by colour, not AI, so it is best for logos and graphics on a plain background. For a person or object in a photo, use a mask instead. Images that already have transparency (PNG, WebP) keep it.

Shortcuts show the Mac keys: on Windows and Linux use Ctrl for ⌘ and Alt for ⌥.