FreeHeadshot
Swap a busy or dated backdrop for a plain, professional colour in a few clicks. Good for profile pictures, staff pages and CVs. Free, unlimited, and your photos never leave your device.
Light greySam Rivera
Operations lead, Fernlight Studio
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01Profile picture
A profile picture is seen big on your page and small in every comment. The same cut-out works at each size, so pick the colour once.
Photo backgrounds are part of CutLift Pro. Solid colours and gradients are free. Check the photo rules of the site you upload to.
03How it works
04Why CutLift
Free and unlimited. CutLift Pro adds batch processing, upscaling, sky replacement and studio exports for $7.99/month.
05The guide
A good portrait taken in a kitchen, an office corridor or at a party can become a professional headshot once the background is replaced. A plain backdrop suits a LinkedIn profile picture, a company team page, a speaker bio, a CV or a dating profile. Changing the headshot background is also a quick way to make a set of staff photos taken in different places look like one series.
Light grey, soft blue and off-white are safe choices because they keep the eye on your face. A brand colour picked from your company logo can tie a team page together; choose it with the colour picker in Cutout Studio. Avoid a backdrop close to your hair or clothing colour, as the edge between them will be harder to read.
If you prefer a natural look, the Blur background option keeps the original scene but softens it, like a portrait lens. It is free. Placing yourself on a photo of an office or a wall is possible too, with the photo background option in CutLift Pro.
Hair is the part that gives a replaced portrait background away. After the cut, zoom in around the head and fix the collar and shoulders with the Brush and Eraser. For stray strands, Hair & fur refinement (CutLift Pro) gives soft, natural edges, and the Refine Edge Brush (press R, also Pro) applies it only where you paint.
In Cutout Studio, the Match background slider blends your colours and soft edges into the new backdrop, and Warmth and Brightness help when the original light was cooler or darker.
Shoulders cut off by the frame edge are fine; the cutout simply meets the edge of the new backdrop.
The free Square size crops the portrait to 1 : 1, which fits most profile picture slots. The Profile photo look sets a fixed 400 × 400 canvas on light grey; fixed sizes are part of CutLift Pro, free to try and needed only for the download. This headshot background changer runs in your browser, so your face is never sent to a server.
06Questions
How do I change the background of a headshot for free?
Open the photo, click Remove background, then open Cutout Studio and choose a solid colour. Download the result.
Free to start. Your photo never leaves your device.
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