Updated October 2026. We tried Photopea’s Magic Cut on a lemon photo with a plain white background. It made the background transparent, but a soft shadow and some pale edge pixels remained. It was a useful first pass, not a perfect one-click cutout.
Our result: the exported PNG has real transparency. The original image remained available in its own layer, while the shadow and faint edge were still visible in the cutout.
What we tried
We opened the lemon photo in Photopea, marked the lemon to keep and the white background to remove, checked the preview, then accepted the cutout on a new layer and exported a PNG. This page focuses on the result of that test. It is not a step-by-step lesson or a comparison with Photoshop.
What worked—and what needed a closer look
Magic Cut separated the lemon from the plain background well enough to create a transparent PNG. Keeping the result on a new layer also left the original available for comparison or another attempt.
The soft cast shadow did not disappear, and a few pale pixels remained near the edge. Those details can be easy to miss on a light background, so check the exported file against a darker or contrasting color before using it.
What this test can tell you
This was one lemon image with a plain background. Hair, translucent objects, shadows, and subjects close in color to the background may need more careful cleanup. One successful sample does not show how every image will behave.
Our verdict
For a clearly separated subject on a simple background, Magic Cut is a handy starting point. Plan to inspect the edge and do a little cleanup when the shadow or pale fringe matters. It handled the main separation in our test, but it did not finish every detail for us.
Want the click-by-click steps? See our Photopea white-background tutorial. That guide has the annotated screenshots and full lesson video; this page is here to explain what our test result looked like.