Free Preview vs HD: What You Get
Watch your whole clip without the background, free, in your browser. No sign-up, nothing uploaded. It's watch-only — below is exactly where it falls short of the HD file.
Free preview
HDor drop it here · MP4, MOV, WebM · up to 500 MB, 5 min
- The whole clip, without the background
- Runs in your browser · nothing uploaded
- No sign-up · no limit
- Watch only — no download
Need a file for your edit? The free video background remover gives you the first 5 seconds in HD.
What it's for
Check who stays in the shot, in every second
Play your clip through with the background gone. Is the right person there the whole time? Does anyone extra show up? Is the part you care about kept? That's the question the free preview answers well, in seconds, before you spend anything.
Free preview vs HD
Where the free preview falls short
Same frame, run through both. These come from our own test clips; they show what you may run into, not a promise either way.
Hair and edges
The preview works on a small copy of your video, so edges come out soft and pick up colour from the old background.
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Free preview
HDThings people hold
The preview looks for people only. What they hold is often cut off or gone.
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Free preview
HDWrong parts kept or lost
Some background stays in, and some of the person drops out.
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Free preview
HDFast movement
When someone moves fast, the preview loses track of the body.
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Free preview
HDNot a real person
Pets, products, cars and cartoon characters are hit or miss. Full quality keeps them.
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Free preview
HD
Free preview
HDBehind glass
Glass and see-through things confuse the preview.
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HDSide by side
| Free preview | HD download | |
|---|---|---|
| Hair and edges | Soft, may glow with the old background | Clean, keeps fine hair |
| Green screen | Green can stay on the edges | Green removed |
| Things people hold | Often cut off or gone | Kept with People + objects |
| Fast movement | Arms, legs and tails can blur away | Follows the movement |
| Pets, products, cars, cartoons | Hit or miss, sometimes nothing | Kept |
| Download | No — watch only | MOV, WebM or MP4 for your editor |
| Sound | Plays the original | Kept in your file |
| Sign-up | None | Email or Google, to keep your credits |
| Price | Free, as often as you like | First 5 s free once a day · then credits |
How it works
Free preview in three steps
Choose a video
Any phone or camera clip. It stays on your device.
Watch it without the background
The preview builds in your browser and plays with the original sound.
Happy with who's kept?
Get the HD file from the same screen: first 5 seconds free, then credits.
FAQ
Free preview questions
Is the free preview really free?
Yes. The preview runs in your browser, so it costs us nothing and there's no limit and no sign-up. What it doesn't give you is a file: it's watch-only. To download, the first 5 seconds in HD are free once a day (sign in with email or Google), and longer clips use credits.
Can I download the free preview?
No. It's made on a small copy of your video on your device, so it's good for checking who stays in the shot, not for your edit. For a file, use the HD download on the video background remover: the first 5 seconds are free and have no watermark.
Is my video uploaded for the preview?
No. The whole preview happens on your device. A video only leaves it when you ask for an HD download.
Why does the preview look worse than the HD file?
Your browser runs a small model that looks for people only, on a reduced copy of the video. HD runs a bigger model on our servers at full resolution, keeps objects people hold, and follows fast movement. The frames above are the same moments run through both.
Which videos is the free preview good enough for?
One person, standing fairly still, in front of a plain background. In our tests, two people talking, a dim room and a street shot also looked close to HD. Pets, products, cars, cartoons and fast dancing are where it struggles.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in Safari or Chrome. Long or 4K clips take longer on a phone, so pick the part you need.
See your clip without the background
Free, no sign-up, nothing uploaded. When you need the file, the video background remover makes it in HD.
Choose a video for the free preview