A fork of a great Remove Background AI tool using rembg by JamesH
NOTE: This is not my project. I just edited the py for English users and made clear instructions for GIMP 3.0 flatpak.
Original forum thread: https://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21412
You need rembg on your system to work the plug-in, a remove background tool.
For Ubuntu users you can use pipx to install rembg.
Pipx was the easiest way for me to get it working, you can use pip if you want.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath
// This is the most compatible version of rembg, although there are alternatives with CPU and GPU options.
// Highly recommended to just use rembg[cli]
pipx install "rembg[cli]"
// Other option: CPU
// pipx install "rembg[cpu]" # for library
// pipx install "rembg[cpu,cli]" # for library + cli
// Other option: NVIDIA GPU
// pipx install "rembg[gpu]" # for library
// pipx install "rembg[gpu,cli]" # for library + cli
// Other option: AMD GPU
// pipx install "rembg[rocm]" # for library
// pipx install "rembg[rocm,cli]" # for library + cli
Place your RemoveBG.py in
/home/username/.config/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins/RemoveBG/
To clarify there should be a subdirectory in /plug-ins/ called RemoveBG with the .py in it
Set the .py to executable, right click -> Properties -> Permissions -> Allow this file to run as a program.
Or...
chmod +x /home/username/.config/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins/RemoveBG/RemoveBG.py
Open RemoveBG.py in a text editor and look for the line that says:
aiExe = "/home/ryan/.local/share/pipx/venvs/rembg/bin/rembg"
This was my path directly to rembg
Change to your rembg path.
Note this line is pointing to the executable rembg not the directory.