Put Text Behind a Person in a Video
Upload a clip and the person is cut out right here in your browser — nothing is uploaded, no account needed. Add text behind them, drag it into place, and export an MP4. Free, no watermark. For a car, a house or a product, our advanced model handles those too.
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Runs in your browser. Your clip is never uploaded.
Upload a clip to start — the person is found automatically.
Text layers
Text
Free for personal and commercial use. On your device nothing is uploaded at all; with our advanced model the clip is deleted within minutes.
Your clip never leaves your device
By default the whole thing runs in your browser: the model is downloaded once, your clip is read straight off your disk, and no frame of it is ever sent anywhere. There is no upload to cancel and nothing on our side to delete, because nothing arrived. The one exception is if you choose our advanced model — for a car, a house or a product, which the on-device model cannot do — and then the clip is processed on our own servers in Europe and deleted as soon as the matte is made. Either way the text you add, and the finished MP4, are made on your machine.
Two ways to cut out the subject
On your device, a portrait matting model finds the person in every frame — free, instant and private, because your clip never goes anywhere. With our advanced model, a video model cuts out the first frame properly and carries that one mask through the whole clip, which is stable by construction and works on any subject: a person, a car, a house, a product. Start on your device, and switch when you want the sharpest possible edges or your subject is something other than a person.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
On your device it is free and unlimited — it runs on your own hardware, so there is nothing for us to meter. The advanced model gives free accounts one clip a day and a Pixly plan as many as anyone realistically needs. There is no watermark on any of them.
Do I need an account?
Not for the on-device version — no sign-up, no email, nothing. An account is only needed for the advanced model, because a clip is around a minute of a graphics card we own and that cannot be handed to anonymous traffic.
How long can the clip be?
On your device, as long as you like — your machine does the work, so a longer clip simply takes proportionally longer. With our advanced model, free accounts get 15 seconds and a Pixly plan 30, because there the length is our cost: the subject is tracked frame by frame.
Does it work on things that aren't people?
Yes — switch to the advanced model. There a video model tracks whatever the first frame selected: a person, a car, a house, a product. The on-device version is built for people, so use that one when your subject is a person.
Can I put text in front as well as behind?
Yes. Each text layer has its own setting, so a headline can sit behind the subject while a caption sits in front of it. Add as many layers as you need.
What if the subject leaves the frame?
With our advanced model the model keeps a memory of the subject and picks it up again when it comes back. On your device each frame is judged on its own, so a subject that leaves and returns is handled fine, but the edges can shimmer slightly — press play before exporting, and try a wider mask edge if letters show through.
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