Clipping Magic (Canva) · Background removal
Hair refinement and live preview work without registration; free export is only 500px for non-commercial use, with credits needed for full size.
US-West (California, AS2914)
500 × 500 · PNG · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
All public monthly and annual web editor tiers in USD; API priced separately · 2026-10-20
Rollover capped at 75; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 900; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 500; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 6000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 2500; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 30000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 5000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 10000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 20000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 60000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 120000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]Rollover capped at 240000; remaining credits expire when subscription ends
Rules [1]13 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Repeat edits/downloads of one upload are free; duplicate uploads count separately. No pay-as-you-go option.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime with access until the period end; subscription fees are non-refundable.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-17
Light $3.99/mo (15 credits/mo, $0.266/image, rollover up to 75); Standard $7.99/mo (100 credits); Pro $19.99/mo (500 credits)
Monthly or annual subscription (2 months free annually) with unused credit rollover
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 500 × 500 (True Alpha PNG, 5.96% pixel area retained)
- Attached file dimensions
- 500 × 500 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No diagonal watermark on the 500×500 Small Preview file (non-commercial use)
- Free allowance
- Unlimited free interactive editing; free download capped at 500×500 Small Preview; full-size 2048×2048 costs 1 credit
- Account requirements
- No login required for editor & 500×500 preview download; Cedar Lake Ventures SSO for full-res subscribers
- Maximum specification record
- 500 × 500 (True Alpha PNG, 5.96% pixel area retained)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Bulk Clipping and REST API available on Standard and Pro tiers
- Manual refinement
- Industry-standard Red/Green/Yellow Hair Tool brushes plus precision scalpel and feathering
Tested result & sample
Clipping Magic pioneered the dual-pane Red/Green + Yellow Hair Ring workspace, automatically tracing a yellow transition ring around the models curly hair. The free 500×500 Small Preview PNG achieves 97.74% IoU with a slight warm halo on outer flyaway strands.
- Edge error MAD
- 0.2145 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 86.88 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 98.500% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.850% · Lower is better
These historical measurements describe alpha error at edges (MAD), total alpha error / 1000 (SAD), foreground retention and background residue. Low-resolution outputs are aligned to the reference under the original protocol; this does not imply a full-resolution export.
- Fixture
- anchor_bgremove_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 8.4 s
- End-to-end reference
- 10.5 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Pricing link visible in top toolbar; Download button leads to plan comparison page with green free-preview banner
- Interaction
- No signup or credit card is required to test the full interactive editor (including the dedicated yellow Hair Tool, scalpel, edge feathering, and cast shadow controls) and export a 500×500 transparent PNG via Download Small Preview.
- Entity record
- Cedar Lake Ventures, Inc. (Canva Group)
- Origin
- California, USA / Sydney, Australia (Canva Subsidiary)
- Domain history record
- 2013–present (13+ years)
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud Auto-Clip AI segmentation + interactive client-side WebGL refinement canvas
- Retention statement
- Temporary guest uploads are automatically purged after session expiration
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_bgremove_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 75.6/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_bgremove_v1
Honesty & reputation · 81.5/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 26.5 / 35 | Anonymous guests can upload a full 2048×2048 image into the dual-pane Smart Editor (left red/green/yellow hair brush canvas, right live preview). Clicking Download opens the Subscription Plans page with a prominent green banner: "You can download a size-limited preview result free for non-commercial use — Download Small Preview" (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 24.5 / 30 | No signup or credit card is required to test the full interactive editor (including the dedicated yellow Hair Tool, scalpel, edge feathering, and cast shadow controls) and export a 500×500 transparent PNG via Download Small Preview. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18.5 / 20 | Founded by Stanford AI researcher Ericoden (Cedar Lake Ventures, Inc.) in 2013 and acquired by Canva in 2021; one of the industrys most established interactive matting tools. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 12 / 15 | Supports 2048×2048 uploads with hybrid Cloud Auto-Clip AI + client WebGL canvas refinement; unsaved guest uploads are automatically purged. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 73/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 47 / 65 | Auto-Clip mode with automatic yellow Hair Ring detection achieved 97.74% foreground IoU, with SAD = 86.88k and edge mad_band = 0.2145 due to 500×500 free preview downscaling and mild warm halo in outer flyaway curls (47.0/65). | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 15 / 20 | Free Small Preview exports a 500×500 8-bit RGBA transparent PNG without diagonal watermarks (5.96% pixel area retained, non-commercial use); full 2048×2048 resolution requires 1 subscription credit (15.0/20). | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 11 / 15 | Cloud Auto-Clip initialization and automatic hair ring segmentation completed in ~8.4s (11.0/15). | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-17
Completed real-machine benchmark evaluation and 3-node screenshot verification under RealTest Protocol v2.3. - 2026-10-19
Completed real-machine benchmark evaluation and 3-node screenshot verification under RealTest Protocol v2.3.