Removing Backgrounds from your Stock Images

Removing Backgrounds from your Stock Images

Starting from Retailer 3.2, Tower has partnered with two companies (remove.bg and removal.ai) that offer image background removal. Removing the background from images can turn quick photos snapped with your phone into a professional website ready photo. All this can be done with the click of a button inside Retailer.

Both companies require that you have an account with them. Both companies currently offer 50 free background removals per month, but to go beyond this credits must be purchased to be used for each image removal.  Remove.bg also has the ability to replace the just removed background with a colour to match your website branding. Examine the pricing & features of both options and decide which will work best for you.

Setup with remove.bg

  1. Sign up for an account with remove.bg (Click HERE, then click Sign Up in the top right corner. Follow the steps to create an account). 
  2. Once logged in, click the account icon in the top right corner of the website, then click My Account to access the 'My Dashboard' area.
  3. Click the API Keys tab. Click + New API Key.
  4. Enter a key label (name) for this API key. This can be anything, but we suggest 'Retailer'. Click Create API Key.
  5. You will be shown the API key, which is a string of random looking letters similar to a password. Copy this key.
  6. Back in Retailer, go to Setup -> API Connection.
  7. Scroll down through the options on the left until you find remove.bg. Click this option.
  8. Paste the API key into the box here and click Save.

Setup with removal.ai

  1. Sign up for an account with remove.bg (Click HERE, then click Log In in the top right corner. Click the Sign Up option, then follow the steps to create an account). 
  2. Once you have logged in, click My Account in the top right
  3.  You will be see an API token, which is a string of random looking letters similar to a password. Copy this token.
  4. Back in Retailer, go to Setup -> API Connection.
  5. Scroll down through the options on the left until you find removal.ai. Click this option.
  6. Paste the API token into the box here and click Save.

Removing backgrounds in Retailer

  1. In the Stock Screen, search for the desired item, then click the Images tab.
  2. Right-click the desired image and click Remove Background.
  3. After a brief pause, a second image with no background should appear. If you are satisfied with this image, click the circle (it will turn green) to select the new image.
  4. Click Save to replace your old image with the new, background-free one.

Adding background colours (remove.bg only)

  1. In the Stock Screen, search for the desired item, then click the Images tab.
  2. Right-click the desired image and click Background Colour. The image should have had its original background removed already.
  3. Select the background colour from the options available.
  4. After a brief pause, a second image with a coloured background should appear. If you are satisfied with this image, click the circle (it will turn green) to select the new image.
  5. Click Save to replace your old image with the new one.

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