Background remover in Affinity Photo 2?

[nickbatz]

59 minutes ago, albertkinng said:

That’s the one! They were everywhere when I was 18 years old! 

In the late '90s, Apple's survival was far from certain. Then Steve Jobs returned to the company and got rid of all the clones, to much dismay.

I wonder whether he made the right decision.

[R C-R]

56 minutes ago, albertkinng said:

That’s the one! They were everywhere when I was 18 years old! 

Well, that comment made me feel positively ancient -- I was well into my 40's before Power Computing became a clone maker. 

[R C-R]

12 minutes ago, nickbatz said:

In the late '90s, Apple's survival was far from certain. Then Steve Jobs returned to the company and got rid of all the clones, to much dismay.

I wonder whether he made the right decision.

Considering that Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, with a current market capitalization of 3.45 trillion USD, I think it is safe to say he did!

[LoopyPanda]

On 10/1/2024 at 10:57 AM, bdash said:

I am a new user coming from using Pages.  Over there, two clicks and the background is removed.  On this program, I can't even find 'Filters'.  I type in 'Filiters' or 'remove background' in the Help and get nothing.  How do I get to Filters?

I found that most articles say to go here and then there, but how does one get here and then there?

I just want to remove the while background from the attached picture

try right click - quick actions - remove background

[albertkinng]

17 hours ago, LoopyPanda said:

try right click - quick actions - remove background

Thanks, I updated the original post to mention this as well.

[Papouch]

Hi!

I'd like to revive this topic. Is there any plan for a one-click AI background remover in Affinity Photo 2? There have been all sorts of online services for years, the competition has it, and yet Affinity still offers nothing. It kind of feels like Affinity is completely ignoring AI or no longer intends to seriously develop desktop applications for Windows 🤔

[albertkinng]

8 hours ago, Papouch said:

It kind of feels like Affinity is completely ignoring AI

Sign up for beta testing and try the new AI implementation they are developing. In my opinion, it’s much better than the simple “one click and erase” method. They’re using AI to achieve precise selections with well-defined masked details for optimal results, and it’s completely optional if you prefer not to use AI.

 

*Note that this option is not available for Intel Macs.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, albertkinng said:

Sign up for beta testing and try the new AI implementation they are developing.

Note that this option is not available for Intel Macs.

[albertkinng]

@R C-R Added. Thanks!

[Papouch]

On 2/14/2025 at 5:56 PM, albertkinng said:

Sign up for beta testing and try the new AI implementation they are developing. In my opinion, it’s much better than the simple “one click and erase” method. They’re using AI to achieve precise selections with well-defined masked details for optimal results, and it’s completely optional if you prefer not to use AI.

That sounds very good! I quite often need to cut out product photos of light gray products, so that will be a challenge for the automation 🙂 Thanks a lot for the heads-up.

[albertkinng]

@Papouch if you have a Mac, a right click will get rid of backgrounds automatically, works pretty good. 

[Papouch]

I just installed v2.6. Hmmm, what can I say about that... The object picking is just fantastic! 😎🥳 I've been waiting for this and it's better than I expected. So well done! 👍