infer_background_matting

infer_background_matting

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1.1.1
MIT

Real-Time High-Resolution Background Matting

Task: Image matting
background
matting
refinement
alpha
foreground

This algorithm is a real-time, high-resolution background replacement technique which operates at 30fps in 4K resolution, and 60fps for HD on a modern GPU. The technique is based on background matting, where an additional frame of the background is captured and used in recovering the alpha matte and the foreground layer.

🚀 Use with Ikomia API

1. Install Ikomia API

We strongly recommend using a virtual environment. If you're not sure where to start, we offer a tutorial here.

pip install ikomia

2. Create your workflow

from ikomia.dataprocess.workflow import Workflow
from ikomia.utils.displayIO import display

# Init your workflow
wf = Workflow()

# Set input image with background to replace
wf.set_image_input(
url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ikomia-hub/infer_background_matting/main/sample_image/image1.png",
index=0
)

# Set original background input
wf.set_image_input(
url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ikomia-hub/infer_background_matting/main/sample_image/image1_bck (1).png",
index=1
)

# Set new background input
wf.set_image_input(
url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ikomia-hub/infer_background_matting/main/sample_image/image1_bck (2).png",
index=2
)

# Add background matting algorithm
bck_matting = wf.add_task(name="infer_background_matting", auto_connect=True)

# Run the workflow
wf.run()

# Display result
display(bck_matting.get_output(0).get_image())

☀️ Use with Ikomia Studio

Ikomia Studio offers a friendly UI with the same features as the API.

  • If you haven't started using Ikomia Studio yet, download and install it from this page.

  • For additional guidance on getting started with Ikomia Studio, check out this blog post.

📝 Set algorithm parameters

# Add background matting algorithm
bck_matting = wf.add_task(name="infer_background_matting", auto_connect=True)

bck_matting.set_parameters({
"model_type": "mattingrefine",
"model_backbone": "mobilenetv2",
"model_backbone_scale": "0.25",
"model_refine_mode": "sampling",
"model_refine_pixels": "80000",
"model_refine_threshold": "0.7",
"cuda": "cuda",
})

# Run the workflow
wf.run()
  • model_type (str): choose either "mattingbase" or "mattingrefine" (default - higher quality)
  • model_backbone (str): model backbone, can be "mobilenetv2" (default), "resnet50" or "resnet101"
  • model_backbone_scale (float): image downsample scale for passing through backbone (default 0.25)
  • model_refine_mode (str): refine area selection mode
    • "full": no area selection, refine everywhere using regular Conv2d
    • "sampling": refine fixed amount of pixels ranked by the top most errors (default)
    • "thresholding": refine varying amount of pixels that has more error than the threshold
  • model_refine_pixels (int): only used when model_refine_mode = "sampling" (default 80000)
  • model_refine_threshold (float [0 - 1]): only used when model_refine_mode = "thresholding" (default 0.7)
  • cuda (str): "cuda" (default) to execute with CUDA acceleration or "cpu"

Note: parameter key and value should be in string format when added to the dictionary.

🔍 Explore algorithm outputs

Every algorithm produces specific outputs, yet they can be explored them the same way using the Ikomia API. For a more in-depth understanding of managing algorithm outputs, please refer to the documentation.

# Add background matting algorithm
bck_matting = wf.add_task(name="infer_background_matting", auto_connect=True)

# Run the workflow
wf.run()

# Iterate over outputs
for output in bck_matting.get_outputs():
# Print information
print(output)
# Export it to JSON
output.to_json()

Background matting algorithm generates 4 outpus:

  1. Composite image (CImageIO)
  2. Alpha (CImageIO)
  3. Foreground image (CImageIO)
  4. Error (CImageIO)

Developer

  • Ikomia
    Ikomia

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