Cutout.Pro Visual API — Image Processing Toolkit

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name: cutout-visual-api

description: Call Cutout.Pro visual processing APIs to perform background removal, face cutout, and photo enhancement. Supports both file upload and image URL input, returning binary stream or Base64-encoded results.

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date_added: '2026-03-13'

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# Cutout.Pro Visual API — Image Processing Toolkit

Overview

Access three core image processing capabilities via the Cutout.Pro REST API:

1. **Background Remover** — Automatically detects the foreground, removes the background, and returns a transparent PNG

2. **Face Cutout** — Precisely segments the face and hair region, with support for 68-point facial landmark detection

3. **Photo Enhancer** — AI super-resolution enhancement that transforms blurry, low-quality photos into high-definition images

When to Use This Skill

Do Not Use This Skill When

How It Works

Images are processed by the Cutout.Pro API using AI. Each call consumes credits (standard: 1 credit/image; preview mode: 0.25 credits/image).

API Comparison

| Use Case | Recommended API |

|----------|----------------|

| Remove background from products, people, or animals | **Background Remover** |

| Extract face/hair region for avatars | **Face Cutout** |

| Turn a blurry photo into HD | **Photo Enhancer** |

| Super-resolution for anime/cartoon images | **Photo Enhancer** (faceModel=anime) |

| Get facial landmark coordinates | **Face Cutout** (faceAnalysis=true) |

Quick Start

1. Go to https://www.cutout.pro/user/secret-key to get your API Key

2. Add it to your `.env` file: `CUTOUT_API_KEY=your_key_here`

3. Install dependencies: `pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt`

4. Run the script: `python scripts/cutout.py --api bg-remover --image photo.jpg`

See `references/setup-guide.md` for full setup instructions.

1. Operation Modes

| CLI Argument | Function | Endpoint |

|-------------|----------|----------|

| `--api bg-remover` | Background removal (file upload, binary response) | `/api/v1/matting?mattingType=6` |

| `--api bg-remover --base64` | Background removal (file upload, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/matting2?mattingType=6` |

| `--api bg-remover --url` | Background removal (image URL, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/mattingByUrl?mattingType=6` |

| `--api face-cutout` | Face cutout (file upload, binary response) | `/api/v1/matting?mattingType=3` |

| `--api face-cutout --base64` | Face cutout (file upload, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/matting2?mattingType=3` |

| `--api face-cutout --url` | Face cutout (image URL, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/mattingByUrl?mattingType=3` |

| `--api photo-enhancer` | Photo enhancement (file upload, binary response) | `/api/v1/photoEnhance` |

| `--api photo-enhancer --base64` | Photo enhancement (file upload, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/photoEnhance2` |

| `--api photo-enhancer --url` | Photo enhancement (image URL, Base64 response) | `/api/v1/photoEnhanceByUrl` |

2. Usage Examples

# Background removal — upload file, save as PNG
python scripts/cutout.py --api bg-remover --image product.jpg --output out.png

# Background removal — pass image URL, get Base64
python scripts/cutout.py --api bg-remover --url "https://example.com/photo.jpg"

# Background removal — crop whitespace, add white background
python scripts/cutout.py --api bg-remover --image photo.jpg --crop --bgcolor FFFFFF

# Face cutout — upload file, save as PNG
python scripts/cutout.py --api face-cutout --image portrait.jpg --output face.png

# Face cutout — get Base64 + 68 facial landmarks
python scripts/cutout.py --api face-cutout --image portrait.jpg --base64 --face-analysis

# Photo enhancement — upload file, save HD image
python scripts/cutout.py --api photo-enhancer --image blurry.jpg --output hd.png

# Photo enhancement — anime/cartoon super-resolution
python scripts/cutout.py --api photo-enhancer --image anime.jpg --face-model anime

# Preview mode (0.25 credits, max 500×500)
python scripts/cutout.py --api bg-remover --image photo.jpg --preview

3. Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Default |

|-----------|-------------|---------|

| `--api` | Select API: `bg-remover`, `face-cutout`, `photo-enhancer` | Required |

| `--image` | Local image file path | — |

| `--url` | Image URL (replaces --image in URL mode) | — |

| `--output` | Output file path | `data/outputs/` |

| `--base64` | Return Base64 JSON instead of binary stream | false |

| `--crop` | Crop whitespace (bg-remover/face-cutout only) | false |

| `--bgcolor` | Background color, hex (e.g. FFFFFF) or blur | — |

| `--preview` | Preview mode, max 500×500, costs 0.25 credits | false |

| `--output-format` | Output format: png, webp, jpg_75, etc. | png |

| `--face-analysis` | Return facial landmarks (face-cutout --base64 only) | false |

| `--face-model` | Enhancement model: quality or anime (photo-enhancer only) | quality |

4. Output

Images are saved to `data/outputs/` with the naming pattern: `{api}_{timestamp}.png`

Metadata is saved in a `.meta.json` file containing: API type, parameters, processing time, and file size.

Integration with Other Tools

Limits & Quotas

File Reference

| File | Purpose |

|------|---------|

| `references/setup-guide.md` | Initial setup, API Key retrieval, troubleshooting |

| `references/api-reference.md` | Full API docs, parameters, response formats, error codes |

| `scripts/cutout.py` | Main script |

| `scripts/config.py` | Configuration management (API Key, endpoints, limits) |

| `scripts/requirements.txt` | Python dependencies |