remove.bg
Creative
image background removal
SHOW HN2018
640points
108comments
#16of 2,155 in 2018
Top 1%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
33 positive, 36 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 9 critical, out of 86 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.
Execution: 13 for, 4 againstIdea: 12 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works impressively well, especially on people and hair
From 4 comments
Ooo now this _is_ impressive. I used to work in VFX, where I did my fair share of pain and roto.(before moving to tech) Cutting out hair was my single biggest dread. However this…
KaiserPro on HNWorked superbly. I spent hours yesterday manually removing backgrounds from family pics to have tshirts printed. This did it in a second.
andrewstuart on HNWorks perfect. Very easy to use and quick. Last week I was trying to remove background from image and it took a while to finish the task. Great job :-)
rasikjain on HNI was not expecting this to work as well as it did. Great job!
WD-42 on HN
Saves large amounts of manual editing time
From 3 comments
Worked superbly. I spent hours yesterday manually removing backgrounds from family pics to have tshirts printed. This did it in a second.
andrewstuart on HNReally impressive! as a photographer this is the most time consuming part of any edit. Just curious, are you doing this with photoshop or something more low level? Any technical…
SonicSoul on HNAt last, an actually useful application of AI! I am not even kidding. This is probably the first time I have seen a truly useful application of AI that automates a normally…
vesinisa on HN
Objections
Server overload and long waits or stuck processing
From 3 comments
The demos look awesome, but unfortunately it works neither in FF 64 nor Chromium 71 even without adblocker: It keeps saying: "Removing background ..." and does not show an edited…
sirwitti on HNOk it just says "Removing Background", and never finishes that. Is it HN Effect?
piyush_soni on HNyou should warn people about the average wait
make3 on HN
Output limited to 500x500 pixels
From 3 comments
Nice work! Just curious, any reason that the output image is constrained to a lower resolution? Also, any thought to handling video in the future?
fitzroy on HNThanks! Computation time increases quadratically with image size, so we had to set some limit. For now that's 500x500 px but we are looking into ways to increase the limit!…
groe on HN> for performance reasons the output image is limited to 500 × 500 pixels. We are currently looking into ways to increase this limit (...) Curious to see how this tool will…
Hoasi on HN
Fails on some images such as hats, glasses and complex backgrounds
From 3 comments
Very impressive! It has some issues with uncommon hats though (which isn't too surprising): Original:…
pietroglyph on HNThere some pretty major color shift in the photo I tried. A lot of red was missing from the resulting photo. Also, it is possible to see the background through the lens of my…
CodeWriter23 on HNPretty good, though it is not too hard to find images that confuse it:…
webmaven on HN
Requests
Higher resolution output
From 3 comments
Nice work! Just curious, any reason that the output image is constrained to a lower resolution? Also, any thought to handling video in the future?
fitzroy on HNFor higher resolution you should seriously consider charging a subscription, or on a pay-for-credits basis. Many organizations, especially those with limited or highly-demanded…
btown on HNif you don't bump up the resolution output for this service.. it will be mostly be constrained to basic website use. > I would pay a small usage fee for ultra-high-res that…
artur_makly on HN
Support for cats, pets and other animals
From 3 comments
Does not work with cats.
mzehrer on HNLet's make this a feature request for the version 2.0. People love cats and dogs. EDIT: And horses? I guess they are common in photos of trips.
gus_massa on HNWorks perfectly with people! Such a well done and simple tool. Of course I'm biased, but I think putting in the effort to have this work with pets would be well worth the time.…
valbaca on HN
Photoshop or editor plugin
From 2 comments
Nice service! I have. Couple ideas you might consider to make it even better: 1. Make a plug in for photoshop/gimp/[favorite editor]. You could charge for that service. 2. Figure…
matt_the_bass on HNFor higher resolution you should seriously consider charging a subscription, or on a pay-for-credits basis. Many organizations, especially those with limited or highly-demanded…
btown on HN
Video support
From 2 comments
Nice work! Just curious, any reason that the output image is constrained to a lower resolution? Also, any thought to handling video in the future?
fitzroy on HNThanks! Computation time increases quadratically with image size, so we had to set some limit. For now that's 500x500 px but we are looking into ways to increase the limit!…
groe on HN
Questions
How does it work and what technology is used
From 3 comments
Care to explain more about how it works? Your about page says "sophisticated AI technology to detect foreground layers and separate them from the background" but that's pretty…
codeplea on HNAmazing! :D Any information on the tech behind this? :)
jle on HNReally impressive! as a photographer this is the most time consuming part of any edit. Just curious, are you doing this with photoshop or something more low level? Any technical…
SonicSoul on HN
How the project will be paid for
From 1 comment
> and it's FREE. So how do you pay for it, and what does it cost me (in non-monetary form)?
imron on HN
Alternatives named
Spektral (real-time iPhone segmentation, acquired by Apple)
From 1 comment
Spektral, a Danish company, has been doing this in real-time on iPhone for live video. No surprise, Apple bought them for more than $30 million:…
gardaani on HN
Photoshop manual selection
From 2 comments
> for performance reasons the output image is limited to 500 × 500 pixels. We are currently looking into ways to increase this limit (...) Curious to see how this tool will…
Hoasi on HNWe once had to get photos taken in Mumbai. The shop had two guys working Photoshop to remove the dirt marks from the wall behind us. Why did they not just paint the wall ?…
crucialfelix on HN