Automate Image Background Editing with AI — 5 Powerful Modes via One API

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If you've ever built an app that handles user-uploaded images, product photos, or profile pictures, you've probably wrestled with cleaning up backgrounds. Manual editing is time-consuming. Even worse — automating it usually means a lot of effort in building your own ML pipeline.

That’s where the Venify AI Background Removal API super is useful.

This API gives you pixel-accurate background editing with just one HTTP POST request — no training, no deployment, no hassle.

Why It’s Worth a Look

AI-based segmentation with 95%+ IoU accuracy
Handles tricky edges (hair, hands, transparent parts)
Real-time performance (milliseconds)
GDPR-safe (no image storage)
Easy integration with curl, Postman, Python, JS, etc.

Five output types: remove, blur, color, gradient, and shadow

5 Background Modes (And When to Use Each)

Remove – Transparent Backgrounds

Removes the background and returns a clean cutout of the subject.

Use crop=1 to remove whitespace

Keeps original size with crop=0

Great for profile photos, catalogs, or AR filters

Crop=0

crop=1

curl --request POST 
    --url https://ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/remove_background 
    --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-host: ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' 
    --form 'image=image.jpg' 
    --form crop=0

Blur – DSLR-Like Blur Blurs the background while keeping the subject in focus.

Adjustable blur strength from 1–10

Ideal for creating soft focus in apps or banners

curl --request POST 
    --url https://ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/blur_background 
    --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-host: ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' 
    --form 'image=image.jpg' 
    --form blur_strength=7

Color – Solid Color Background Replaces the background with a solid color of your choice.

Pass a hex code (e.g., #ffffff) via color_code

Standardizes visuals — perfect for e-commerce

curl --request POST 
    --url https://ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/color_background 
    --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-host: ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' 
    --form 'image=image.jpg' 
    --form 'color=#ff0000'

Gradient – Stylish Gradient Fill Sets a gradient background with your choice of style and color.

gradient_type: linear, radial, or rectangle

Define color pairs to create a clean, modern look

curl --request POST 
    --url https://ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/gradient_background 
    --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-host: ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' 
    --form 'image=image.jpg' 
    --form 'colors=["#ff0000", "#0000ff"]' 
    --form direction=rect

Shadow – Add Realistic Drop Shadows Adds a shadow under your subject to give depth and realism.

curl --request POST 
    --url https://ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/shadow_background 
    --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-host: ai-background-removal3.p.rapidapi.com' 
    --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' 
    --form 'image=image.jpg' 
    --form style=outer-br 
    --form 'shadow_color=#ffffff' 
    --form opacity=0.5 
    --form blur=12 
    --form distance=50

Use Cases

E-commerce photo automation
Profile image processing
Graphic design tools
Smart content creators
Virtual try-on and AR apps

🔗 Try It Yourself

Test it live here:
https://rapidapi.com/venify-venify-default/api/ai-background-removal3

If you're looking to integrate background editing into your app without building your own vision model, this API is a serious time-saver. It's fast, accurate, and flexible enough to use in anything from SaaS tools to personal side projects.

Postman collection, and setup instructions on GitHub:
https://github.com/venifyaico/venify-ai-background-api