Bakcground Remover

Requirements

GPU memory >= 11GB for inference on Adobe Composition-1K testing set, more generally for resolutions above 1920x1080.

Packages:

• torch >= 1.4
• numpy
• opencv-python

Additional Packages

• matplotlib

Prediction

There is a script inference.py which gives the background subtracted from the provided image

Citation

@article{forte2020fbamatting,
  title   = {BackgroundRemover},
  author  = {Inenarratus},
}

Main techniques used:

• Deep Learning
• Modern Computer Vision
• Data Augmentation
• Image Segmentation

Visualizing the data:

I used the AISegment.com Matting Human dataset, which consists of approximately 34 thousand pictures and masks of mid-upper body selfies, with only one person in each picture, relatively near from the camera and with a high contrast with the background.