Aaavatar: Branded team headshots in one drop

12 years ago, during summer break from college, I worked at a Dutch design agency called Today. For two weeks in a row I sat in Photoshop and cut out over 100 Shutterstock photos with the pen tool for a brand concept that combined two images at a time. Simple shapes were fine. Hair was a test of patience. When Photoshop later shipped Smart Brushes and Refine-Selections with Onion Masks, I thought it was magic.

Fast forward to today and that entire problem has been solved a hundred times over. Figma has background removal built in. There are countless one-click tools. So why make another one?

Because at the online payments platform where I work now, the team is growing rapidly and every new employee requires a branded headshot. Same background for everyone, color-balanced, exported in the right formats, carefully named so HR can find them later. Lily from HR was doing all this in Figma for €80/month per seat. Other tools existed, but none of them matched his workflow from start to finish. So I made one that did.

What does an avatar do:
– Drop one or more co-workers into the app
– Background removed automatically
– Refine colors and restore missing pieces in one click
– Everyone is aligned at approximately the same height
– Exported in every format you need

Price determination:
– FREE: 3 cutouts on main AI model + 3 cutouts on light model
– Pro: Unlimited

For now it’s MacOS only. Would love to hear what you think, especially if you’ve ever struggled with team photos yourself.