How to put a product on a clean white studio background
Ask Vizard Agent for a pure white background with no shadows and the whole object visible. That is a marketplace requirement rather than a taste, and it is met by cutting the product out and compositing it onto white, not by lighting the video you already shot.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Write it out as a specification rather than as a description. Marketplace rules are themselves written as specifications, so passing them through to Vizard Agent almost word for word gives it exactly the constraints the finished listing will be checked against.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Cutting the object out takes a single step, and verifying that the cutout holds takes nearly all the rest. A mask that is perfect on the opening frame can lose a handle, a spout or a dark edge when the object turns, so Vizard Agent checks it across the movement of a rotating product clip. In the session behind this article it:
- Checked the video's duration, size and tracks, pulled the first frame with the correct orientation and checked for scene changes and movement.
- Confirmed the framing and what the object actually was, and checked which background-removal processing was available.
- Separated the object from the background, checked the transparent clip and its duration, and previewed the cutout over white.
- Inspected the generated transparency mask on its own and looked at its contrast, because a soft edge and a missing edge look identical over white.
- Checked the mask at several points in the clip and sampled it across the whole rotation.
- Normalised the vertical orientation before removing the background, reading and correcting the error when that step failed, since a clip that plays upright can be stored rotated.
When does this not work well?
Some products cannot be cut out cleanly at all. Glass, mesh, fur, wire and anything transparent share their edges with whatever is behind them, so a hard white composite from Vizard Agent will either eat those edges or leave a grey fringe around them. White products and fast turns that smear the edge are hard too.
Common questions
Can I have it transparent instead? Yes. Vizard Agent can deliver an alpha version for compositing elsewhere.
What about a contact shadow? Vizard Agent can rebuild one if your marketplace allows it. Say which.
What if the product is white? Then a pure white background is the hardest case, and Vizard Agent will suggest a near-white.