Upload a flattened PNG or JPEG. AI separates the text, subjects and graphics onto transparent layers of their own, rebuilds the background behind them, and exports the stack as a layered PSD — named and in place.
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One PNG or JPEG. You can run your first conversion without an account.
Your layers land here
Upload an image and hit convert — text, subject, graphics and background each come back as their own transparent layer.
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.
Out · 6 layers
The checkerboard is transparency. Each layer keeps its position and stacking order, so putting them back in order rebuilds a close match of the poster.
Who it's for
Three kinds of work where this comes up. They all start the same way: a finished image, and no way to change one part of it.
Designers
A client sends a JPEG of an old design and asks for a new version: a new date, a new price, another size. The working file is gone. Split the export into layers and change what needs changing, without an afternoon of masking.
Working from a client’s flat JPG
AI creators
You generated something you like, but the text is wrong or an element sits in the wrong place. Regenerating changes everything else. Split it into 3 or more layers instead and the text comes back on a layer of its own.
Fix text in an AI image
Animators
You have a finished character and need the body, props and gear apart before you can rig or animate them. Each part comes back on its own layer. Whatever was hidden behind another part is a guess: here the torso under the bag strap and the bike frame behind the rider were drawn in, so check covered areas before you move anything.
Separate a character into layers for animationDefinition
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.
| 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. Split into 3 or more layers and each element is enlarged by how small it is in the image — a median of 2.17× in our tests, and 5.34× for a 77×20 px label — so small text stays sharp. In our 2-layer runs, small text never came back on a layer of its own, so it was not enlarged. |
Every layer keeps its position and stacking order, so the PSD reassembles to your original image.
Layered PSD
A format converter saves your flattened JPG as a PSD with a single layer. IntoLayers separates the elements first, then exports them as a layered PSD — named and in place.
Both files opened in Photopea. The 7-layer PSD is the real export from one IntoLayers run at 1K.
Process
Upload the image, pick how many layers, download the result. No masks, no pen tool, no rebuilding.
Drop a PNG or JPEG. Posters, screenshots, social graphics, product shots and AI images all work.
The model finds the elements and separates them. Leave the layer count as it is, or raise it when you want a finer split.
Toggle each layer in the stack, download any transparent PNG, or export the whole stack as a layered PSD.
Features
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The smaller the element, the more it is enlarged (3 or more layers)
Each element layer is enlarged by how small it is in the original — a median of 2.17× across 15 test runs at 1K. Enlarge an element or reuse it in a bigger design and it stays sharp. In our 2-layer runs, small text never got a layer of its own, so it was not enlarged.
Testimonials
Designers, marketers and small business owners who arrived with a finished image and no way to change one part of it.
I'd been regenerating the same poster for an hour because one word in the headline was misspelled. Every version came back different somewhere else, so I'd fix the typo and lose the composition. Uploaded it here and the headline was just its own layer, sitting on top of everything. Two letters, done, and nothing else in the image moved.
Maya R.Content designerBanner was signed off and then finance changed the discount. Normally that's a ticket to our designer and two days of waiting. I pulled the layers, swapped the number, re-exported for three placements, and was back in the ad account before lunch.
Daniel K.Performance marketerWhoever made our menu board left two years ago and the working file went with them. I'm not a designer, so when the prices changed I assumed we'd be paying someone to start over. Uploaded the JPEG we'd been printing from and got the prices back as their own layer I could just retype.
Priya S.Cafe ownerClient sends a flat JPEG of a campaign from years ago and wants four new sizes. That used to be my whole afternoon in the pen tool. It doesn't get every layer perfect, to be fair, but fixing two beats masking twelve.
Tom B.Freelance designerThe background is what sold me. Dragged the product across the frame expecting a white hole where it had been, and there was just shelf. Didn't think that would work.
Elena M.Ecommerce managerI export the PSD and drop it straight into After Effects with the order already right. The layers come back bigger than they sit in the original too, so I can push in on one without it going to mush.
Jonas W.Motion designerAnswers to the questions people ask before splitting an image.
Upload one PNG or JPEG. At 1K, 2 layers take about 45 seconds and 6 layers a median of 82 seconds. Your first 2-layer run works before you create an account.
Guides
We opened one layered PSD in Photopea, GIMP and macOS Preview and checked layer count, names, position, transparency and editing. Here is what each app kept.
A practical guide to splitting a flat image into editable layers: what AI separates cleanly, why Photoshop has no automatic command for it, and which export format to pick.
