— 01
Five-times-a-day tool
The background remover is a utility designers reach for constantly — for client logo conversions, comp layers, social mockups. It needs to be fast and out of the way.
— For designers
The cutout tool
The cutout tool
we wanted
Built by a brand studio for designers who remove backgrounds five times before lunch. Free, no signup, paste from clipboard. The fastest path from JPG to layered comp.
— Why designers use inkurs
Inkurs is built by designers, for designers. Created by brnd.ink because our daily workflow needed a faster background remover. Paste with ⌘+V, drag from any tab, get a transparent PNG back. The free tier covers most of what individual designers need; Pro is for studios at scale.
Drop image or paste from clipboard
PNG · JPG · WEBP · HEIC · BMP — up to 20MB
Tip — paste with ⌘+V from anywhere
01 / What's hard
The real pain
of background work.
— 02
Clipboard paste matters
Most designers work with images already on the clipboard from a tab or finder. Free hands-off paste with ⌘+V means no save-to-disk-upload-from-disk friction.
— 03
Edge quality is non-negotiable
Designers spot a bad cutout immediately. Inkurs gets the edge right on hair, type, and fine detail — the cases generic removers cheap out on.
— 04
Sign-up walls break flow
Every signup is 2 minutes of password manager + verify email + dismiss onboarding. Inkurs has zero of that — the URL is the tool.
02 / Workflow
How designers
actually use it.
— 01
Clipboard paste flow
Cmd+V from any source — Figma, screenshot, browser tab, finder. Inkurs detects the image, processes immediately.
— 02
Drag from a browser tab
Drag any image off another tab into the upload zone. Skips the right-click-save-upload dance.
— 03
Drop into Figma / Photoshop
Result is a downloaded transparent PNG. Drag it into your design file, layer it in, move on. Total time: under 10 seconds.
— Common questions
FAQ.
Is there a Figma plugin?
On the Pro roadmap. For now, the clipboard paste flow (⌘+V from any source) plus drag-from-tab cover most Figma workflows in under 10 seconds end-to-end.
Will there be a Chrome extension?
Also on the roadmap. The idea: right-click any image on the web → 'Remove background with inkurs' → opens the cutout in a new tab ready to download. Useful for designers pulling reference imagery.
Does the output have proper anti-aliasing on edges?
Yes — PNG-32 alpha channel preserves smooth anti-aliasing across hair, type, and fine detail. Cutouts drop cleanly onto any background color without visible halos or hard pixel edges.
Is inkurs really free with no signup?
Inkurs is free for single-image use with no account, no email, no watermark, and no daily limit. Pro at $3/month adds bulk uploads and API access. The single-image tool stays free, forever.
Do you store or train on my uploaded images?
Inkurs deletes both the uploaded file and the processed output from its servers within 60 seconds of your download. We do not train AI models on user images, share data with advertisers, or retain copies. Privacy policy →
What image formats and sizes does inkurs accept?
Inkurs accepts PNG, JPG, WEBP, HEIC, and BMP files up to 20MB on the free tier. Output is a transparent PNG by default; WEBP is also available. Pro extends the file size cap and adds 8K output.
How does inkurs compare to removebg and Photoroom?
Inkurs gives full HD output free with no signup, while removebg gates HD behind a paid account ($9.99/mo) and Photoroom requires signup for most features ($12.99/mo). Inkurs Pro is $3/month flat. Detailed comparison →