A sticker with the background cut away looks like a real die-cut sticker: just the face, the pet or the dance move, sitting on top of the chat. tosticker does the cutting on your phone, so the clip is never uploaded.
Step by step
- Upload a video, GIF or photo on tosticker.com.
- Open the Cutout tab and switch on Remove background.
- Wait while your phone finds the subject in each frame.
- Pick a sticker edge (Thin or Thick) and an edge colour, and add a drop shadow if you like.
- Tap Make sticker, then copy and paste it into WhatsApp.
The first time
Cutout uses a small open model called U²-Net. The first time you switch it on, your browser downloads it from this site (about 11 MB) and keeps it, so later cutouts start right away. On newer phones each frame takes a moment; on older ones it can take longer, so keep the tab open.
Get a clean cutout
- One clear subject. A single person, pet or object works best. Crowds confuse it.
- Contrast helps. A subject that stands out from the background, in good light, gives cleaner edges.
- Fill the frame. Use Frame and Square crop so the subject is big before you cut it out.
- Add an edge. A Thin or Thick white edge hides small rough spots and makes it pop on any chat wallpaper.
Why the edge has no soft shadow
Animated stickers are made as GIFs, and a GIF pixel is either fully see-through or not at all. That’s why the drop shadow is a solid offset shadow rather than a soft blur: it keeps the edges crisp instead of leaving a grey halo.