Free Silhouette Maker: Convert Image to Silhouette

Turn images into silhouettes for free with the AI-powered silhouette maker. No manual effort! Generate a silhouette automatically with the original or a new background. Create classic black silhouettes for portraits, pets, or objects.

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How to make a silhouette from a photo?

Step 1

Upload image

Upload or drag and drop the image that you want to convert into a silhouette in a JPEG or PNG format.

Step 2

Customize silhouette

Once the silhouette is generated, resize, reposition, and change the background or exposure to your preference.

Step 3

Download image

Apply the edits and download your final silhouette image in JPEG or PNG format with a preferred resolution.

Make silhouettes from images automatically and instantly

Convert your JPG or PNG images into stunning silhouettes with LightX's AI-powered silhouette creator. As you upload your photo, it automatically detects the subject or object and instantly transforms it into a perfect silhouette. From a cat silhouette or a dog silhouette to a mountain silhouette, a tree silhouette, and many more, you can make any that you want.

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Explore the tools to edit silhouette manually

If you feel a need to edit the AI-generated silhouette manually, the Refine Mask feature has you covered. Utilize tools, including Brush or Erase and Magic Brush or Magic Erase, with adjustable sizes and strengths, respectively. You can also make the mask visible or hide it. Get to fine-tune the subject or object selection with maximum ease. Even the complex ones, such as the forest silhouette, family silhouette, dancer silhouette, silhouette portrait, silhouette painting, and more, can be generated and edited without any difficulty!

Edit Picture from day to night with Silhouette

Edit the silhouette background as you like

The silhouette tool generates the artwork with a beautiful background automatically. You can switch it up with a new background from your device, free stock images, or a preset free background library. You can also keep the original background. Easily adjust the exposure, as well, of the background image. With this all-in-one silhouette generator, making a striking couple silhouette, flower silhouette, human silhouette, or any other just became a lot simpler and more fun!

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Customize your silhouette further with free photo editor

Edit your silhouette artwork further using a wide range of free photo editing tools. blur the background for a unique appeal. Change the color of the silhouette for a dramatic look. Resize the image for seamless social media sharing or printing. Add text to the photo for a quote. Try it with your heart silhouettes, butterfly silhouettes, girl silhouettes, or mermaid silhouettes. They would look magnificent!

Give your photography a natural touch with Silhouette

Frequently Asked Questions

A silhouette, also called shadowgraphs or shades, is an image in the form of a solid shape filled with a single color (mostly black), image, pattern, or design against either a brighter or a darker background. There exist palm tree silhouettes, car silhouettes, female silhouettes, human silhouettes, and many more.

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