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How to Export Assets as Transparent PNGs

Written by Erika

Use Quick Edit when you want to isolate an item from an image and export it as a transparent PNG.

This is useful when you need a product cutout, pack cutout, object cutout, or reusable image asset that can be placed into another design.

Creative placeholder: image opened with Quick Edit and Riverflow 2.0 selected.

Use This For

Use this workflow when you need:

  • product cutouts

  • object cutouts

  • pack or bottle extractions

  • logo or artwork extractions

  • assets to layer into an ad, deck, layout, or canvas design

  • a transparent background rather than a white or solid-colour background

Use this for one image at a time. If you need to remove or replace backgrounds across many assets, use Batch.

Start From The Image

You do not need to open the image in a separate editor first.

  1. Click or open the image you want to work from.

  2. Select Quick Edit.

  3. Select Riverflow 2.0.

  4. Add the transparent PNG extraction prompt.

  5. Generate the result.

  6. Review the cutout.

  7. Download the final image.

  8. Select PNG when downloading.

Selecting PNG when downloading is important. If you download in a format that does not support transparency, the background may not remain transparent.

Prompt To Use

Replace [ITEM] with the exact object you want to extract, for example bottle, red gift box, front pack, chair, or logo.

Extract only the [ITEM] from the uploaded image and return it as a transparent PNG.

Preserve the item exactly as it appears in the source image: original shape, proportions, colors, texture, lighting, shadows that are physically on the item, and fine edge details. Remove the entire background and all unrelated objects, people, text, reflections, surfaces, and distractions.

The final image should have a clean alpha-transparent background, not white, gray, checkerboard, or any solid color. Keep the full item visible with no cropped edges. Do not redesign, retouch, stylize, upscale artificially, add new details, add a drop shadow, or change the object’s orientation.

Output a high-resolution PNG with smooth, accurate cutout edges.

Choose The Item Carefully

Be specific about what should remain.

Good examples:

Extract only the green shampoo bottle from the uploaded image and return it as a transparent PNG.
Extract only the front cereal box from the uploaded image and return it as a transparent PNG.

Avoid vague item names when there are several objects in the image.

Weak example:

Extract the product.

If the image contains several products, people, props, or reflections, name the exact item you want kept.

Review The Result

Before using the cutout, check:

  • the background is transparent

  • the item has clean edges

  • no product details are missing

  • no background fragments remain

  • no unrelated objects were kept

  • the product shape and proportions are unchanged

  • shadows on the item itself were preserved only where they physically belong

  • the file was downloaded as a PNG

Troubleshooting

The Background Is White Or Grey

Check that the generated result has a transparent background and that you selected PNG when downloading.

The Wrong Object Was Extracted

Make the item description more specific. Include colour, product type, position, or visible features.

The Edges Are Rough

Regenerate with the same prompt, or add detail about preserving fine edge details and smooth accurate cutout edges.

Part Of The Item Is Missing

Add Keep the full item visible with no cropped edges to the prompt, or choose a source image where the item is not already cropped.

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