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Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by hahla »

Thats cool, but still it needs a lot of work/features. I tried removing the background using the purse picture in the pictorial, and it wasn't as easy as it was made out to be and I wasn't able to achieve the same results. Maybe I'm missing something, but the fixed brush size makes it pretty useless at this point.

Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by jacobn »

hahla wrote: post #2

Thats cool, but still it needs a lot of work/features. I tried removing the background using the purse picture in the pictorial, and it wasn't as easy as it was made out to be and I wasn't able to achieve the same results. Maybe I'm missing something, but the fixed brush size makes it pretty useless at this point.

The brush size isn't actually fixed relative to the image - zoom in and you'll see what I mean (zoom with the mouse wheel)

(Disclaimer: I'm one of the devs)

Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by jacobn »

hahla wrote: post #2

Thats cool, but still it needs a lot of work/features. I tried removing the background using the purse picture in the pictorial, and it wasn't as easy as it was made out to be and I wasn't able to achieve the same results. Maybe I'm missing something, but the fixed brush size makes it pretty useless at this point.

Also, one of our usability headaches is that people draw OUTSIDE of the lines - any pixel marked green WILL BE IN THE RESULT.

Now, that's not how people actually use it at first - they "just scribble" (which our example might exacerbate), and then accidentally go outside the actual lines => not good.

Will need to figure out a way to make that more clear.

Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by huhtenberg »

Tried removing a background from a stock car photo. It involved quite a bit of precise mouse wiggling and the end result was still pretty sloppy looking. I assume there are cases where this works well, but it would probably help clarifying what those are before inviting people to try the tool out.

Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by mnicole »

jacobn wrote: post #5
hahla wrote: post #2

Thats cool, but still it needs a lot of work/features. I tried removing the background using the purse picture in the pictorial, and it wasn't as easy as it was made out to be and I wasn't able to achieve the same results. Maybe I'm missing something, but the fixed brush size makes it pretty useless at this point.

Also, one of our usability headaches is that people draw OUTSIDE of the lines - any pixel marked green WILL BE IN THE RESULT. Now, that's not how people actually use it at first - they "just scribble" (which our example might exacerbate), and then accidentally go outside the actual lines => not good. Will need to figure out a way to make that more clear.

I copied the marks in the example and besides needing to tell it to include the cream color under the strap, it worked exactly as shown on the homepage, so maybe just add that extra red there in the example.

Unfortunately it is freezing up on me using an image with a gradient at about 90% of the initialization.

Re: Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online

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Post by stmchn »

Really neat. I was really itching to use CTRL+Z though.

I screwed up the first image I tried to clip. Maybe have a walkthrough of the features when the user first uses it? I didnt notice the help button until it was too late. I thought if I closed out of the editor and clicked on the image again, it would let me start over but it just takes you back to the editor. It would be nice if there was a way to redo editing the image from the start.

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