[HN Gopher] Show HN: Open-source background removal in the browser
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Show HN: Open-source background removal in the browser
@imgly/background-removal is a powerful javascript library that
allows seamlessly background removal of images directly in the
browser. With its unique features and capabilities, this package
offers an innovative and cost-effective solution for background
removal tasks without compromising data privacy.
Author : buss_jan
Score : 264 points
Date : 2023-06-28 13:07 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| hackernewds wrote:
| amazing library! I've been using pixian.ai but this is a game
| changer
| revskill wrote:
| I need watermark removal version.
| dathos wrote:
| You need to pay for art
| culi wrote:
| Now if someone can just do this for a WASM AI-powered bitmap to
| vector conversion library, I'll be set
| toshiyori wrote:
| Is there already something like that in the markets? As an API?
| kekub wrote:
| I found this one to be really good: https://vectorizer.ai/
| culi wrote:
| Seems to be on par with the other best background remover I've
| tried.[0] The first one I've come across that's open source and
| this good. And it works in the browser! This is great, thanks
|
| [0] https://www.remove.bg/
| culi wrote:
| After looking into there are actually a ton of these websites
| out there. This is the first actual open source one I've come
| across that runs in the browser (using WASM)
|
| Non-OS freemium competitors:
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| - https://www.erase.bg/
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| - https://www.remove.bg/
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| - https://pixcleaner.com/
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| - https://removal.ai/
|
| - https://bgremover.vanceai.com/
|
| - https://www.no-background.coffee/
|
| - https://icons8.com/bgremover
| jtriangle wrote:
| https://www.photoroom.com is also very good for some things.
| isuleman wrote:
| yes good for creating product images but it leaves a
| watermark in the free version.
| jrd79 wrote:
| Another competitor that has AFAIK the best unit pricing is:
| https://pixian.ai
| isuleman wrote:
| How can you forget Stability Ai's Clipdrop.co
| toshiyori wrote:
| Thank you for this list! Some of them have excellent quality
| in terms of processing time and output. The reason we shipped
| this library is that it's now possible to run the background
| removal on the client, which can save a lot of costs.
| Especially, if this is not a one off feature, but used
| frequently by each user / customer. We also believe that
| client side processing will only get better and even more
| optimised, so we're happy to kick this race off with the
| library :)
| lionkor wrote:
| Is there a similar tool as an android app?
| iamflimflam1 wrote:
| I didn't realise that the preview app on Mac's now has background
| removal built in. But I'll also be bookmarking this site!
| elishah wrote:
| Yeah, and as is usually the case, it's not Preview in
| particular doing it. Preview itself does almost nothing, it's
| just a wrapper around the standard file handling libraries that
| everything on the platform uses.
|
| So this is just a normal thing you can do in nearly any context
| that any image is displayed anywhere on macos/ios. Not only no
| external site required, but not even any particular application
| required.
| stephenr wrote:
| You can also just right click a file and choose "Remove
| background" from the Actions menu - on iOS this same behaviour
| is available just by long-press on a photo almost anywhere and
| drag the resulting foreground-only image, or alternatively hold
| and then choose "Copy Subject".
|
| Quite different (arguably better but I guess your use case will
| determine if it's better or worse) results for some images too,
| e.g. this image (https://www.southwiltonvet.com/files/HedgehogS
| outhWiltonVet....). The linked demo removes the hands/arms,
| macOS retains the hands/arms.
|
| On this image (https://media-
| cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/streams/2014...) the linked
| demo makes the hands fade away like Greg Kinnear
| nimrody wrote:
| Unrelated: anything similar for increasing photo resolution? I
| frequently encounter cases where users upload low resolution
| images (transferred using Whatsapp or similar) and need to
| increase the resolution to get something suitable for printing.
| rand0mx1 wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32628761
| jtriangle wrote:
| There's nothing automated that produces reliably good results
| with a variety of content currently.
|
| I've tried https://bigjpg.com https://imglarger.com
| https://vanceai.com/image-enlarger/ https://www.upscale.media
| https://photoaid.com/en/tools/ai-image-enlarger
| https://waifu2x.org <- specifically for animated stuff
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| Given the similarity of the results of some of these, I'd guess
| they're using the same model with some input parameter tweaks.
|
| Waifu2x is probably the closest to "reliable" if you're looking
| to enlarge some sort of animated content.
| moffkalast wrote:
| Hmm it works surprisingly well, but it would be practical to have
| some kind of background area selector to help guide it and a
| threshold to adjust the removal, since the default setup
| sometimes messes up ever so slightly in some areas.
| jtriangle wrote:
| The only software I've seen do that is Topazlab's product,
| which works based on trimapping with some AI edge
| detection/cleaning thrown in on top of it. Takes some fiddling
| to get good results, but, easily print quality.
| jjohansson wrote:
| Amazing tech, congratulations!
| mydriasis wrote:
| That's awesome! I'm bookmarking this for later. This is something
| I always find myself wanting.
| ibrarmalik wrote:
| Where does the model come from? Hard to trust the license when we
| have no idea with what data it has been trained.
| iamflimflam1 wrote:
| What are the licensing options? Can I use the npm package in a
| commercial project?
| dec0dedab0de wrote:
| It says it's GPL. So yes you can use it in a commercial project
| as long as it is also GPL. Also, any license that restricts
| commercial use is neither Open Source as defined by the OSI,
| nor is it Free Software as defined by the FSF.
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