Remove the background from team and company headshots

At a glance

How to do it

1. Collect the photosAsk for a head-and-shoulders photo against a plain wall, at eye level, in daylight, with a little space above the head. Phone portraits are fine; the higher the resolution, the cleaner the hair edges.
2. Set one background for everyoneThe tool starts transparent. Pick your brand colour or a light neutral and use exactly the same hex value for every person. Mid-tone and light colours hide small hair-edge differences better than pure black.
3. Crop to one templateDownload each headshot, then crop to the same aspect ratio, for example 4:5 or 1:1, with the eyes on the same line and the shoulders at the same width. Export every file at the same pixel size.

Tips and common mistakes

• Match the light, not just the backgroundA new background won't hide one person lit from the left and another from the right. Ask everyone to face a window, or shoot new joiners in the same spot.
• Write a crop guideA one-page template with the eye line and shoulder width marked lets anyone on the team produce matching headshots for new joiners.
• Batch the whole teamBulk upload processes up to 100 photos in one batch with one background colour and crop to the subject, which keeps a whole directory consistent in one pass.
• Keep the transparent originalsStore the PNG cutouts with the original photos. A brand colour change, a dark-mode page or a conference badge then needs a re-export, not a new shoot.
• Ask before you publishCheck that each person is happy with the photo and where it will appear. Some people prefer not to be on a public page even if they are in the internal directory.