AI images
For AI images you cannot edit
You generated something you like, but the text is wrong or an element sits in the wrong place. Regenerating changes everything else. Convert it instead, and the text comes back on its own layer.
Convert Your Image to Layers You Can Edit
Upload one PNG or JPEG and click once. Text, subjects, graphics and background each come back as a separate transparent layer, named and in place.
Convert an image into editable layers
Drag images here, or click to upload
Supports PNG, JPG. Max 10MB per file
Uploaded 0 / 1 (1 more allowed)
One PNG or JPEG. You can run your first conversion without an account.
Layers
Your layers land here
Upload an image and hit convert — text, subject, graphics and background each come back as their own transparent layer.
Example
Image to layers example
One poster in, six layers out. Every layer below is a separate transparent file, named by the model and ready to download on its own.
In
Out · 6 layers
The checkerboard is transparency. Each layer keeps its position and stacking order, so putting them back in order rebuilds the poster exactly.
Who it's for
Who uses image to layers, and when
Four situations that come up over and over. They all start the same way: a finished image, and no way to change one part of it. Every picture below is a real conversion.
Marketing
For marketers reworking a signed-off graphic
The campaign visual is approved and now the offer has changed. Swap the headline, move the product, or resize for another channel without rebuilding the design.
Small business
For anyone without the source file
The flyer was made by someone who has moved on, and the working file went with them. Convert the exported image and change the date or the price yourself.
Design
For designers picking up someone else's work
A client sends a JPEG of an old design and asks for a new version of it. Getting the elements back takes a minute instead of an afternoon of masking.
Definition
What is image to layers?
Image to layers is the process of converting one flat image into separate, editable layers. You get a rebuilt background plus each subject, text block and graphic as its own transparent PNG. IntoLayers does this automatically, names every layer, keeps its position, and exports the stack as a layered PSD.
What you get in the download
| Base layer | Your image with every separated element removed and the gaps filled in. |
|---|---|
| Element layers | One transparent PNG per subject, text block or graphic, with a readable name such as “Main headline text”. |
| Position and order | Each layer keeps its bounding box and stacking order, so the stack reassembles to your original. |
| One layered file | All layers stacked in order as a single PSD, the format Photoshop, Photopea, Affinity Photo and GIMP all open. |
| Separate images | Every layer as its own transparent PNG in a ZIP. Layers come back at up to about twice the size they occupy, so a small enlargement stays sharp. |
Every layer keeps its position and stacking order, so the PSD reassembles to your original image.
Process
How to convert an image to layers
One upload, one click, one download. No masks, no pen tool, no rebuilding.
1
Upload one image
Drop a PNG or JPEG. Posters, screenshots, social graphics, product shots and AI images all work.
2
Click Convert
The model finds the elements and separates them. Leave the layer count as it is, or raise it when you want a finer split.
3
Download layers or a PSD
Toggle each layer in the stack, download any transparent PNG, or export the whole stack as a layered PSD.
Features
What you can do with the layers
IntoLayers hands you a real layer stack, not a preview. Switch layers on and off here, then take the files into the tool you already use.
Switch any layer on and off
The preview updates as you go
Every layer is listed with its name and stacking order. Hide one to see what sits behind it, or turn the whole design down to a single element.
Every layer arrives named and in place
Position and order preserved
Layers come back with readable names such as “NEW 2026 badge”, each one already at the right position and depth. Nothing to sort or line up by hand.
Move an element without leaving a hole
The background is rebuilt underneath
Every separated element is removed from the base layer and the gap is filled in. Slide the product across the frame and there is clean background behind it.
Take one layer, or all of them
Transparent PNG, or the whole set as a ZIP
Download a single element when that is all you need, or grab every layer at once. Each one is a transparent PNG with nothing baked into it.
One layered file for your editor
Photoshop, Photopea, Affinity Photo, GIMP
Export the whole stack as a single layered file with the layers already in order. The file is built in your browser, so your image is not sent anywhere to package it.
Layers big enough to resize
About twice the size they occupy
Each layer comes back larger than the space it fills in the original. Enlarge an element or reuse it in a bigger design and it stays sharp.
Image to layers FAQ
Answers to the questions people ask before splitting an image.
Upload the picture to IntoLayers and click Convert. In about a minute you get a rebuilt background plus every subject, text block and graphic as transparent PNGs. Download them or export the stack as a PSD.
PNG and JPEG are handled the same way: upload, pick the layer count, run the split. Every output layer is a transparent PNG. The base layer is your image with the elements removed and the gaps filled.
No. A background remover gives you one cut-out subject and throws the rest away. Image to layers gives you every element as its own layer, plus a background with the gaps filled. The whole design stays editable.
Not yet. IntoLayers separates the image and gives you the layers as files. You edit them in Photoshop, Photopea, Figma or Affinity Photo, whichever you already use.
Not automatically. Photoshop has no command that splits a flat image into object layers; you select and mask each element by hand. IntoLayers does that step for you and exports a PSD that opens in Photoshop with the layers already stacked.
No. The default works for most images, and you only pay for the layers produced. Raise the count when an element comes back merged, or switch to Auto on a paid plan to let the model decide.
PNG and JPEG, one image at a time. For PDFs, vector files or multi-page documents, export the page you need as a PNG first.
Usually about a minute for a typical design at 1K. More layers and larger output sizes take longer.
No. You can split an image at 1K without signing up. Sign in to keep your results in your library and to use the 1.5K and 2K sizes.
Yes, as long as you have the rights to the source image. The layers you export are yours to use.
Convert your first image to layers
Upload one PNG or JPEG and see the layer stack in about a minute. No account needed to try.