VEED rolls 4K background-removal API
- VEED has launched a video background-removal API that strips backgrounds from footage up to 4K, pitching it at developers who need talking-head, interview, product, and ad clips processed without green screens. - The product offers separate person and object modes, asynchronous processing, and output in VP9 with alpha or split H.264 RGB-and-alpha files, with standard pricing starting at $0.015 per 30 frames. - VEED is expanding from its browser editor into developer tools sold through fal.ai, adding programmatic video editing features alongside lip sync, green screen, and image-to-video APIs. (veed.io)
VEED has launched a background-removal application programming interface, or API, that removes video backdrops at up to 4K resolution without a green screen. (veed.io) The company says the API is built for video rather than still images, with separate modes for people and objects. VEED markets it for talking-head clips, interviews, creator videos, product demos, and ads. (veed.io) An API is a way for one piece of software to send a video to another service and get the finished file back. In this case, a developer uploads footage, VEED processes it, and returns a version with the background removed. (veed.io) (fal.ai) VEED says the output is designed for editing pipelines rather than one-off exports. Customers can get a VP9 file with an alpha channel for transparency or separate H.264 RGB and alpha files for compositing. (veed.io) The company has also published a faster version aimed at high-volume jobs where turnaround matters more than edge quality. That version adds optional edge refinement and starts at $0.008 per 30 frames, versus $0.015 per 30 frames for the standard background-removal API. (veed.io 1) (veed.io 2) VEED’s broader API page shows the product is part of a larger developer push. The same catalog now includes lip sync, green screen, and image-to-video tools, all sold with usage-based pricing and no minimums. (veed.io) The background-removal model runs on fal.ai, which handles the underlying inference and queue system. VEED’s documentation says jobs run asynchronously, return a request ID, and can notify apps by webhook when processing is complete. (veed.io) (fal.ai) That setup puts VEED in a part of the video-software market that sells not just editing tools to creators, but building blocks to other software companies. Its pitch is that teams can plug background removal into their own products instead of sending users into VEED’s browser editor. (veed.io 1) (veed.io 2) The bet is that background cleanup is becoming infrastructure, not just an editing feature. VEED is now selling that cleanup as a metered service, one processed clip at a time. (veed.io)
