CyberLink MyEdit Background Remover · Background removal
The preview shows detailed hair, but a CyberLink account is demanded at download; this guest run obtained no export and free access is limited.
US-West (California, AS2914)
2048 × 2048 · 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
Web image/video free, monthly, annual and both credit-pack classes; excludes audio-only subscriptions · 2026-10-20
A free account is required to download; premium backgrounds require subscription. Daily transparent-cutout cap is not quantified
19 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
The feature FAQ confirms watermark-free transparent PNG/blurred-background downloads with a free account; replacing with a new background allows one free download per day, while premium backgrounds require a subscription. The pricing table says Limited without quantifying daily transparent-PNG limits. General AI credits or the one-daily replacement limit are not applied to transparent cutouts.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗
Current plans and free limits ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Removal download and free-use rules ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-17
1 free download/day after login; Image Plan from $4/mo (billed annually at $48/yr) or $10/mo monthly
Daily free check-in credits + subscription plans + credit packs
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048 × 2048 (Full-res canvas layer; login required for 1 free daily download)
- Attached file dimensions
- 2048 × 2048 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No watermark (login required to export)
- Free allowance
- Guests can preview for free; logging into a CyberLink account grants 1 free unwatermarked download per day
- Account requirements
- CyberLink email/password, Google, Facebook, or Apple login
- Maximum specification record
- 2048 × 2048 (Full-res canvas layer; login required for 1 free daily download)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Single-image web editor; batch processing via PhotoDirector desktop
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
MyEdit delivers top-tier curly hair matting (MAD 0.1303, 0.007% green leak) with crisp semi-transparent strands, but blocks guest downloads behind a CyberLink login modal.
- Edge error MAD
- 0.1303 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 48.335 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.560% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.007% · 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
- 6.2 s
- End-to-end reference
- 8 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
- Login requirement is disclosed only after clicking "Download No Watermark"
- Interaction
- Allows guests to upload and wait 6.2s for cloud matting and backdrop previews, then gates the final download behind account login.
- Entity record
- CyberLink Corp. (TWSE: 5203)
- Origin
- New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Domain history record
- 2022–present (Parent founded 1996)
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud AI segmentation + client-side Fabric.js multi-layer canvas
- Retention statement
- Guest preview blobs remain in browser memory for the active session
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.
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Current plans and free limits (snapshot ↗) · Removal download and free-use rules (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 66.9/100
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 · 62/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 19 / 35 | The landing page (01_landing.png) claims "Transparent and blurred results download free with no watermark" and displays a blue "Download No Watermark" button in the workspace (02_workspace.png); however, clicking it as a guest immediately triggers a mandatory "Sign in With a CyberLink Account" modal (03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 17 / 30 | Allows guests to upload and wait 6.2s for cloud matting and backdrop previews, then gates the final download behind account login. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Developed by CyberLink Corp. (TWSE: 5203, founded 1996, maker of PowerDirector and PhotoDirector). | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 7 / 15 | Cloud inference returns a tight 1728x1928 RGBA cutout aligned onto the 2048x2048 Fabric.js canvas, with file export tied to an authenticated session. | Evidence B → |
Capability · 69/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 52.5 / 65 | Outstanding matting accuracy on the 2048x2048 ground-truth anchor: transition-band MAD = 0.1303, global SAD = 48.335k, foreground recall 99.56%, and near-zero chroma-green background leak (0.007%) (52.5/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 5 / 20 | Generates a full 2048x2048 RGBA cutout layer in the workspace, but unauthenticated guests are blocked from downloading without logging in (5.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 11.5 / 15 | Cloud matting inference completes in ~6.20s for a 2048x2048 input (11.5/15) | 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
Initial real-browser evaluation on Mode A synthetic ground-truth anchor (anchor_bgremove_v1).