---
title: "Cut a product out of its photo"
method: POST
path: "/v1/studio/cutout"
tags: ["Cutout"]
---

# Cut a product out of its photo

`POST /v1/studio/cutout`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apihub.co.il`
- URL: `https://apihub.co.il/v1/studio/cutout`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

A product photo in, the product cut out: a transparent PNG — or the product on a new `background` (a colour or a picture) — with the product's tight box (`cutout.box`, pixels of the result before any crop) and, on request, the mask (`mask: true` → `cutout.mask_url`). `crop: true` crops the result to the product plus `padding`. Glass, fur, white on white and shadows are handled; a shadow on the surface is left out. With a background the plain transparent cutout is returned too (`cutout.cutout_url`) — the same product for another background, or as a video overlay (`overlays[]` with `mode: "pip"` and `shadow: true` in POST /v1/studio/edit). Photos up to 64 megapixels; the result's long side is at most 4096 px. Asynchronous: poll GET /v1/executions/{id}.

**Billing:** One picture through the cutout model, priced by its measured compute (tier `cutout`). Failed cutouts are not charged. · **Rate limit:** 30/min · **Asynchronous**

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `X-Tag` string
- `x-wait-ms` integer

## Request body

- object
  - `crop` boolean: Crop the result to the product, plus `padding`
  - `mask` boolean: Also return the mask: a black-and-white PNG (white = the product) at `cutout.mask_url`
  - `format` 'png' | 'jpg': png = transparent (the default without a background); jpg = smaller (the default with a background; needs one)
  - `padding` number: With `crop`: room around the product, as a share of its larger side
  - `image_url` string, uri, required: Public URL of the product photo (JPEG, PNG or WebP) — or the `url` of a previous render
  - `background` union: A new background: a colour (#RRGGBB) or a picture's URL (fitted to cover the frame). Absent = transparent
    - string
    - string, uri

## Response `200`

Completed (or 202 while processing)

- object
  - `id` string: Execution id — stable across internal retries; use it with GET /v1/executions/{id}
  - `status` 'pending' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'partial' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' | 'timeout'
  - `operation` string
  - `tag` string, nullable: Your X-Tag, if sent
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `completed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `output` object: Operation result (see each operation). While a Studio render is processing: `stage` (queued · transcribing · downloading · preparing · cleaning_voice · mixing_audio · rendering · finishing), `phase` (the engine's: download · prepare · voice · audio · encode · qa · upload, or null), `progress` (a percent, 0–100) and `progress_fraction` (0–1), `eta_seconds` (seconds left, never below 0) and `estimate_seconds`
  - `error` string, nullable
  - `usage` object
    - `credits_charged` number, nullable
    - `credits_reserved` number
    - `estimated_credits` number
    - `cost_source` 'provider_reported' | 'calculated' | 'estimated' | 'null', nullable
    - `provider_usage` object, nullable: Normalised consumption, e.g. { VIDEO_SECOND: 22.4 }
  - `balance` object
    - `available` number
    - `reserved` number

## Other responses

- `202`: Processing — poll GET /v1/executions/{id}
- `400`: Invalid input
- `402`: Insufficient credits / project budget
- `404`: Resource not found (or not yours)
- `429`: Rate limited
- `503`: Service temporarily paused

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