Magic Layers – Split a flat image into named, editable layers

Magic Layers is an AI tool that turns a flat image into editable layers. Download individual images or export a layered PSD for your next design.

Named layers

Transparent PNG

Position for every layer

See what comes apartFrom flat to flexible

One flat poster, six independent layers. Select a layer to see exactly where Magic Layers found it in the original image.

An illustration of real Magic Layers output. Every layer comes back named, described, and positioned.

Not a folder of anonymous crops. Every separated element arrives ready to use in the tools you already work in.

Transparent PNG layers

Each element comes back as a PNG with a clean alpha channel, ready to drop into Photoshop, Figma, Canva, a slide deck, or a game engine.

Named and described

The AI labels every layer it finds — "Gold circle", "Headline", "Product bottle" — so you know what a file is before you open it.

Each layer keeps its detected position and stacking order. Click a layer to highlight exactly where it sits in the original image.

Describe what you want back — every person, just the clothes, the headline — and pick the target count from 2 to 15 images. You pay only for what comes back.

Upload, submit, and return for your layers.

Drop in a PNG or JPEG. Large images are resized automatically before upload. Your file stays private.

Choose a target of 2–15 images and optionally describe the split. Submit the task; after confirmation, you can leave the page. Tasks run one at a time per account.

Follow progress in My tasks. When a task completes, preview individual layers, download them or export a layered PSD. PSD export uses existing results and no extra credits.

Image layer separation is the process of taking one flat, already-rendered image and splitting it back into its individual visual elements — background, subject, text, and decorations — as separate images with transparency.

Magic Layers does this automatically. You upload a single PNG or JPEG, optionally describe what to separate — for example all the people in a photo or the clothes on a model — and get back a base image plus one transparent PNG per element, each with a name, a short description, and the position it occupied in the original. Nothing about the source file is needed: the separation is inferred from the pixels, so it works on images you no longer have the project file for.

A background remover gives you one subject on a transparent background. Magic Layers separates every major element, so you can move, replace, or restyle any part of the image.

One subject, one cutout

Everything else is discarded

Text and decorations stay flattened

Rebuild the rest by hand

Magic Layers

Every major element separated

Each layer named and described

Text, subject, and decorations split apart

Download only the layers you need

Built for the work you do

Anywhere a finished visual needs to become editable again.

Marketing creative variations

Split a finished campaign visual into background, headline, product, and badges — then test new copy and layouts without hunting for the lost source file.

Recompose one thumbnail for vertical stories, square posts, and wide video covers instead of masking the subject out by hand every time.

Presentation assets

Pull charts, icons, labels, and shapes out of a flat slide screenshot and rebuild it as a clean, editable composition.

Game and UI prototyping

Turn flattened concept art and interface mockups into separate characters, panels, and props for parallax scenes and clickable prototypes.

E-commerce imagery

Separate the product, price label, and background surface so you can restage a shot for a new placement or marketplace.

Studying a design

See how a visual is built by stepping through its layers — useful for learning composition and planning your own original version.

Every layer costs 20 Credits, and you are only charged for the layers you get. Choose a monthly plan or a one-time pack.

Up to 5 output images, including the base, at 20 Credits each

Use Credits whenever you need another Magic Layers job.

100 Credits · up to 5 output images (including the base)

No subscription required

Credits do not expire

Direct result download

One-time payment · Credits do not expire

Layer counts, formats, credits, and what Magic Layers can and cannot recover.

Magic Layers analyses one flat PNG or JPEG and separates the major visual elements inside it — text, subjects, decorations, and background — into individual images. You get a base image plus a set of transparent PNG layers, each with a name, a description, and its position in the original.

A background remover produces a single cutout of one subject and throws the rest away. Magic Layers separates every major element it finds, so the headline, the product, the badge, and the background all come back as independent layers you can edit separately.

You choose the target count — from 2 to 15 images per job, counted as one base image plus layers. The model aims for your target and may return fewer; you are billed for every image the job actually returns.

Yes, after the upload finishes and the task submission is confirmed. Processing continues in the background. Each account runs one task at a time, in submission order, with up to 10 unfinished tasks. My tasks shows progress and results. If the next task needs more Credits, the queue pauses until you add Credits or cancel that waiting task. Running tasks cannot be cancelled; completed tasks can be downloaded or deleted.

Each output image costs 20 credits, including the base image, and starting a job needs at least 20 credits per image you select. There is no upfront hold: after the job you are billed for every image actually returned. If the model returns more than you selected, that can take your balance below zero — a negative balance must be topped up before the next job. Failed jobs are never charged.

Some images are refused by the processing provider — for example copyright-protected or adult content. A refused image fails before billing: you are not charged and your balance is unchanged. No job that fails, for any reason, is ever charged.

One PNG or JPEG per job, up to 10 MB; larger images are downscaled automatically. The image needs to be at least 512×512 and within the model's supported aspect-ratio range, so ordinary photos, posters, screenshots, and artwork all work.

You can export the generated raster layers as a new layered PSD, or download individual images. The PSD is not the original project: fonts, editable text, vectors, and original effects cannot be recovered. Layers without positioning data need manual placement; review the composition and adjust layer order or masks as needed.

New successful source images and generated layers are stored privately in R2 until you delete the task or account. You can revisit, preview, download, and delete results from My tasks. Unfinished uploads expire after seven days; older temporary result URLs may already be unavailable.

Magic Layers gives you the technical separation; it does not grant you rights to the artwork. Upload only images you own or have permission to use, and check the result before publishing it commercially.

Upload a PNG or JPEG and get editable layers back in a few minutes.

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Notes and sources

The claims on this page about file formats and transparency come from the published specifications, not from our own benchmarks. The references below are where to check them.

“Indexed-color, greyscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel.”

This optional alpha channel is what lets every separated element sit on a transparent background instead of a solid rectangle.

— W3C. Defines the alpha channel that makes a transparent PNG layer possible.

[2]Image file type and format guide — MDN Web Docs. States that JPEG does not support an alpha channel — which is why a JPEG upload always comes back as PNG layers.

[3]Explore the layers panel — Figma Help Center. The layer model that separated PNGs slot into once they are back in a design tool.

Page last updated November 3, 2026