--- title: "How to remove the background from a video | Made" description: "Remove a video’s background without a green screen in Made’s Video Background Remover: a see-through WebM or a solid color. A real example, where it plays, and limits." url: https://www.made.app/guides/remove-background-from-video --- [Made](https://www.made.app/) / [Guides](https://www.made.app/guides) / Background removal Background removal · 5 min read # How to remove the background from a video Open Video Background Remover, upload your video and tap Generate: you get the same clip back as a WebM file with the background removed, no green screen needed. With Background on Transparent, the default, the file is see-through behind the person; you can pick one of 10 solid colors instead. It takes an MP4, MOV or WebM up to 150 MB and 60 seconds, and keeps the clip’s sound. Chrome shows the transparency but Safari doesn’t, so for an edit use an editor that reads WebM transparency, convert the file, or choose Green and remove it with your editor’s green-screen effect. You sign in to generate. By Made · Updated November 12, 2026 · Examples and tool behavior checked against recorded generations and the current workflow [Open Video Background Remover](https://www.made.app/tools/video-background-remover) Inspect the example **Your video** MP4, MOV or WebM up to 150 MB and 60 seconds **Background** Transparent, or one of 10 solid colors **You get** A WebM with VP9 video and the clip’s sound, see-through with Transparent **Transparency shows in** Chrome and editors that read WebM transparency, not Safari **Sign-in** Required to generate In this guide The workflow Real example Prompts How it’s priced Review the result Work with Claude Questions ## The workflow 1. **Upload your video** Open Video Background Remover and tap Source video (on a phone, Upload). Choose an MP4, MOV or WebM up to 150 MB and 60 seconds. No green screen or mask is needed: the model finds the person in an ordinary clip. Someone who stands apart from the background, with some space around them, cuts out best. Use video of yourself or of someone who agreed. 2. **Choose the background** Once the video is in, Background starts at Transparent. You can pick a solid color instead: Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Cyan, Magenta or Orange. Keep original audio is on, so the clip keeps its sound. Zoom to fit the subject is off; turn it on to crop in on the person. 3. **Generate and download the WebM** Tap Generate; the button shows the price, which follows your clip’s length. If you aren’t signed in, you sign in now and your video and settings wait for you. The result appears under Generations; tap Download to save it. It’s a WebM file, see-through where the background was if you kept Transparent. 4. **Put it on a new background** In your editor, put the new background on the lower track and the WebM above it. If the editor shows the original room instead, it isn’t reading the WebM’s transparency. Convert the file to ProRes 4444 with the command below, or generate again with Green and use the editor’s chroma key (green-screen) effect. Recorded Made demonstration ## A phone selfie by a sunny window, cut out This is a real run from November 12, 2026. Maya is one of Lip Sync Studio’s preset faces, made by Made, not a real person, and her 6-second selfie clip, talking by a sunny window with a mug in her hand, was made by Made too. It ran with the tool’s defaults: Transparent, Keep original audio on, Zoom to fit the subject off. The request is the tool’s own, sent through Made’s API from a script rather than tapped through the browser. The download is a WebM with VP9 video, an alpha channel (the layer that marks what’s see-through) and her original voice. The window, plants and walls are gone. Her hair, hand and mug stay, with a soft, clean edge on the hair, though the finest strands are smoothed into it. The gray armchair arm that touches her stays in the cutout. The page shows the result over a checkerboard, because an MP4 can’t be see-through. Chrome played the WebM see-through; Safari’s engine played it with the original room, which the file keeps under the see-through areas. It’s one run, not a measure of how every clip cuts out. Original clip Result, shown over a checkerboard Bria Video Background Removal 3.0 · Generated 2026-11-12 · [View the example record and price basis (JSON)](https://www.made.app/guides/remove-background-from-video/evidence.json) ## Prompts you can inspect and adapt Recorded settings ### What the tool sent for this run ``` background_color: Transparent preserve_audio: true auto_zoom: false ``` Video Background Remover takes no prompt. These are the three settings Made sent to Bria Video Background Removal 3.0 for this run: Background Transparent, Keep original audio on and Zoom to fit the subject off, the tool’s defaults. Command to adapt ### Convert it for an editor that ignores the transparency ``` ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i your-video.webm -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 4444 -pix_fmt yuva444p10le -c:a pcm_s16le your-video.mov ``` ffmpeg is a command-line video tool. The libvpx-vp9 part goes before -i because ffmpeg’s own VP9 decoder drops the transparency. ProRes 4444 keeps it, but the files are large: this 6-second clip came to 163 MB. ## How background removal is priced By the length of your clip, up to 60 seconds. The background and the two options don’t change it. The total appears on Generate before you run it. The price follows your clip’s exact length, not rounded up to whole seconds, so a clip twice as long costs about twice as much. Transparent and the solid colors cost the same. Price source: [Public creative-tools catalog](https://www.made.app/api/creative-tools?catalog=1) · Checked 2026-11-11 Generate shows a price from your clip’s length as soon as it’s in, and the exact quote once it has uploaded. If the price changes before the run starts, the tool stops and shows the new one. Failed runs are refunded. [See your price in the tool](https://www.made.app/tools/video-background-remover) [All model prices](https://www.made.app/price-sheet) ## What to review before you use the result | What you see | What to try | | --- | --- | | The background still shows in Safari or on an iPhone | Safari doesn’t show WebM transparency, and the file keeps the original room under its see-through parts, so it plays as filmed there. Check it in Chrome; for your edit, use an editor that reads WebM transparency, convert it to ProRes 4444, or pick Green. | | Your editor shows the original background | It isn’t reading the WebM’s transparency. Convert the file to ProRes 4444 with the command above, or generate again with Green and use your editor’s chroma key (green-screen) effect. | | Something behind the person stays | Things that touch the person can stay with them, like the armchair arm in the example. Film with some space around you, or mask the leftover out in your editor. | | Fine hair looks smoothed | The finest loose strands blend into a soft outline, as in the example. Check the edges at full size, over the background you’ll use, before you post. | | Your video is refused | Use an MP4, MOV or WebM up to 150 MB and 60 seconds. Trim a longer video and run it in parts. | ## Work with Claude and Made Through the Made connector, Claude can run the same model, Bria Video Background Removal, on a clip you upload: background_color picks Transparent or a color, preserve_audio keeps the sound, and auto_zoom crops in on the person. It quotes the price from the clip’s length before running. Conversation starter ### Ask your assistant ``` Use Made to remove the background from my attached video with Bria Video Background Removal. Keep it transparent and keep the original audio, with no zoom. Show me the price first, then give me the WebM. ``` You get the same kind of WebM as the tool gives. If your client can’t upload a video, use Video Background Remover with the same clip. [Connect Made to Claude or another assistant](https://www.made.app/mcp) ## Questions about this workflow **Do I need a green screen?** No. The model finds the person in an ordinary clip, with no mask to draw. Someone who stands apart from the background, with some space around them, cuts out best. **What file do I get?** A WebM with VP9 video and your clip’s sound. With Transparent, it carries an alpha channel, the layer that marks what’s see-through. With a color, it’s a regular WebM with that color behind the person. **Where does the transparency show?** In Chrome, and in editors that read WebM transparency. Safari, on a Mac or iPhone, doesn’t show it: the file keeps the original room under the see-through parts, so the clip plays there as filmed. **Can I put a picture or another video behind it?** Yes, in your editor: the new background goes on the lower track and the WebM above it. The tool itself offers Transparent or 10 solid colors, not a picture or video background. **Do I need to sign in?** Yes, to generate. You can add the video and choose the settings first; when you tap Generate and sign in, they wait for you. ## Keep creating [Video editing How to add a scene to a video with AI](https://www.made.app/guides/add-scene-to-video) [Product videos How to replace a product in an existing video](https://www.made.app/guides/replace-product-in-video) [Fashion videos How to make an outfit-change video from one take](https://www.made.app/guides/outfit-change-video-from-one-take) [Open Video Background Remover](https://www.made.app/tools/video-background-remover) [All guides](https://www.made.app/guides) --- Markdown version of https://www.made.app/guides/remove-background-from-video. Every public Made page has one at its URL plus .md (https://www.made.app/guides/remove-background-from-video.md). Site summary for AI assistants: https://www.made.app/llms.txt