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Make images stand out with smart outlines

Outline your subject with a single AI prompt

Highlight your subject in seconds, no editing needed

Make images impossible to ignore with a smart subject highlighter, no design experience necessary. Kapwing's AI image outliner adds crisp white or black outlines to your photos in seconds, intelligently following subject contours without masking or manual edits.

Outline your image, then automatically remove the background to drop into any project as a versatile sticker or graphic. Outlined images cut through cluttered feeds and perform better on small screens — boosting engagement in YouTube thumbnails, TikTok covers, ads, and social posts.

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Outline and refine images in one online studio

Outline an image with a single prompt, then move to the image editing studio for access to Kapwing's full range of professional tools. No matter what you're designing, Kapwing helps you produce polished images at speed.

Add custom text overlays and stickers, adjust colors, and apply filters, all with one-click tools. Automatically resize for any platform, then share directly to social media, all without leaving your browser.

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It just works!

Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction. No need for downloads or installations - it just works.

Eunice Park

Studio Production Manager at Formlabs

With Kapwing, we're always ready to create.

Kapwing is an essential tool that we use in MOXIE Nashville every day. As a social media agency owner, there's a variety of video needs that my clients have. From adding subtitles to resizing videos for various platforms, Kapwing makes it possible for us to create incredible content that consistently exceeds client expectations. With Kapwing, we're always ready to create - from anywhere!

Vannesia Darby

CEO at MOXIE Nashville

Spend less time learning... and more time crafting stories.

Kapwing helps you spend less time learning complex video editing platforms and more time crafting stories that will connect with your audience and customers. We've used the platform to help create engaging social media clips from our clients' podcasts and we can't wait to see how the platform simplifies this process going forward. If you've learned graphic design with Canva, you can learn video editing with Kapwing.

Grant Taleck

Co-Founder at AuthentIQMarketing.com

It keeps getting better!

Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. It’s always there to meet our everyday needs in creating scroll-stopping and engaging videos for us and our clients. Kapwing is smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.

Panos Papagapiou

Managing Partner at EPATHLON

By the far the most user friendly software to use.

As a housewife at home looking to start a YouTube channel for fun with absolutely zero editing experience, it was so easy for me to teach myself via their YouTube channel. It takes the tediousness out of editing and encourages creativity. As long as Kapwing is around, I will be using their software.

Kerry-lee Farla

Youtuber

Kapwing is my secret weapon!

This is one of the most powerful, yet inexpensive and easy-to-use video editing software I've found. I blow my team away with how fast and efficiently I can edit and turnaround video projects.

Gracie Peng

Director of Content

Kapwing is king.

When I use this software, I feel all sorts of creative juices flowing because of how jam-packed with features the software really is. A very well-made product that will keep you enticed for hours.

Martin James

Video Editor

Love this site.

As an English Foreign Language Teacher, this site helps me to quickly subtitle interesting videos that I can use in class. The students love the videos, and the subtitles really help them to learn new vocabulary as well as better understand and follow the video.

Heidi Rae

Education

Excellent subtitling features

[It] works perfectly for me. Have been using Kapwing for a year or so, and their automatic subtitle tool gets better and better every week, it's rare that I have to correct a word. Keep up the good work!

Natasha Ball

Consultant

Best online video service ever. And a miracle for deaf people.

[Subtitler] is able to autogenerate subtitles for video in almost any language. I'm deaf (or almost deaf, to be correct) and thanks to Kapwing I'm now able understand and react on videos from my friends :)

Mitch Rawlings

Information Services Freelancer

This tool should be in every social media account managers' bookmark list.

I use this daily to help with video editing. Even if you're a pro video editor, there is no need to be spending hours trying to get the format correct. Kapwing does the hard work for you.

Dina Segovia

Virtual Freelance Worker

●Step by Step

How to Outline an Image

Step 1
Upload image
Create a new project in the Kapwing studio, then click to upload your image.
Step 2
Add outline
Prompt the AI to Add an outline around the subject, specifying the color.
Step 3
Download
Continue chatting to adjust your outline, or click to download your photo.

●Thoughtfully Unique

What's different about Kapwing?

Six reasons creators stay in flow: faster edits, smarter tools, and collaboration that actually keeps projects moving.

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Collaborative

Quickly review and share feedback with your team using real-time comments in shared workspaces. Save assets to your Brand Kit for easy access.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

No spam or ads

We don't serve ads: we're committed to building a quality, trustworthy website. And we will never spam you nor sell your information to anyone.

AI-Powered

Kapwing uses the latest advanced AI models to power generative AI and one-click editing tools.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We have answers to the most common questions that our users ask.

Is the Outline Image tool free?

Yes, anyone can try Kapwing’s AI Toolkit for free without watermarks. Our AI tools run on a credit system, with each feature costing a set number of credits. For maximum creativity and the best value, upgrade to a Pro account to unlock the full power of AI-driven content creation.

Do I need design or editing skills?

No, anyone can easily add outlines to images with Kapwing's image outliner. Just upload your image, describe the outline you want, and download. No manual masking or complex tools required.

What kinds of images work best for outlining?

Photos with clear subjects—people, products, animals, or objects—work great. The Outline Image tool can handle many kinds of backgrounds, although you will get the best results if your subject strongly contrasts with the background.

What can I used outlined images for?

Adding outlines to images is ideal for thumbnails, social posts, ads, stickers, product images, and video or motion graphics assets. You can create scroll-stopping YouTube thumbnails, stand-out images for your website or Instagram profile, and more.

Can I control the outline style?

Yes, you can prompt the AI to use different colors and thicknesses for your image outlines.

Can I continue editing my images after I outline them?

Absolutely, you can prompt the AI Image Editor to make additional changes or move your image into the studio for complete control. Adjust colors and lighting, apply filters, and overlay text and stickers. Crop or resize automatically for any platform.

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