Quality & formats

Can a JPG have a transparent background?

Short answer

No. JPG has no alpha channel, so a "transparent JPG" is always flattened onto a colour, usually white. For transparency, save as PNG or WebP. If a form or marketplace insists on JPG, add a solid white background in the editor and export the JPG from that.

This is why a logo that "was transparent" arrives with a white box after being sent as JPG: the transparency was discarded on save. The fix is to go back to the PNG source — or re-run the JPG through bgclear, which produces a transparent PNG from it.

PNG is lossless and universally supported; WebP is much smaller and supported by every modern browser and most apps, but not by every older tool. When in doubt, PNG.

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How do I make an image background transparent?

Upload the image to bgclear, let the AI remove the background, and download the result as PNG — transparency is the default. The checkerboard you see in the preview is not part of the file; anywhere you place the PNG, the background shows through.

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What image formats can I upload?

JPG, PNG and WebP up to 10 MB on the website; the download is a transparent PNG at your image's original resolution. The API also accepts GIF and BMP, takes files up to 25 MB and 50 megapixels, and can return PNG, WebP or JPG.

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Does bgclear reduce image quality or resolution?

No. The website returns the cutout at your image's original resolution — there is no preview-versus-HD tier and no upscaling. PNG output is lossless. Through the API, preview-size results (up to 800 px) are free and full-resolution results cost one credit.

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