transparent-background-dev 1.1.5.dev1

Make images with transparent background

Transparent Background

This is a background removing tool powered by InSPyReNet (ACCV 2022). You can easily remove background from the image or video or bunch of other stuffs when you can make the background transparent!

Image	Video	Webcam

:inbox_tray: Installation

Dependencies (python packages)

package	version (>=)
pytorch	1.7.1
torchvision	0.8.2
opencv-python	4.6.0.66
timm	0.6.11
tqdm	4.64.1
kornia	0.5.4
gdown	4.5.4
pyvirtualcam	0.6.0

Note: If you have any problem with pyvirtualcam, please visit their github repository or pypi homepage. Due to the backend workflow for Windows and macOS, we only support Linux for webcam input.

Dependencies (webcam input)

We basically follow the virtual camera settings from pyvirtualcam. If you do not choose to install virtual camera, it will visualize real-time output with cv2.imshow.

A. Linux (v4l2loopback)

# Install v4l2loopback for webcam relay
$ git clone https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback.git && cd v4l2loopback
$ make && sudo make install
$ sudo depmod -a

# Create virtual webcam
$ sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1

Note: If you have any problem with installing v4l2loopback, please visit their github repository.

B. Windows (OBS)

Install OBS virtual camera from install OBS.

C. macOS (OBS) [not stable]

Follow the steps below.

• Install OBS.
• Start OBS.
• Click "Start Virtual Camera" (bottom right), then "Stop Virtual Camera".
• Close OBS.

Install transperent-background

# via pypi
$ pip install transparent-background

# via github
$ pip install git+https://github.com/plemeri/transparent-background.git

# locally
$ pip install -e .

:pencil2: Usage

:computer: Command Line

$ transparent-background --source [SOURCE] --dest [DEST] --type [TYPE] --fast

# for apple silicon mps backend (requires torch >= 1.13)
$ PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1 transparent-background --source [SOURCE] --dest [DEST] --type [TYPE] --fast

• --source [SOURCE]: Specify your data in this argument.

  • Single image - image.png
  • Folder containing images - path/to/img/folder
  • Single video - video.mp4
  • Folder containing videos - path/to/vid/folder
  • Integer for webcam address - 0 (e.g., if your webcam is at /dev/video0.)

• --dest [DEST] (optional): Specify your destination folder. If not specified, it will be saved in current directory.

• --type [TYPE]: Choose between rgba, map green, blur, overlay, and another image file.

  • rgba will generate RGBA output regarding saliency score as an alpha map. Note that this will not work for video and webcam input.
  • map will output saliency map only.
  • green will change the background with green screen.
  • blur will blur the background.
  • overlay will cover the salient object with translucent green color, and highlight the edges.
  • Another image file (e.g., backgroud.png) will be used as a background, and the object will be overlapped on it.

• --fast: Fast mode. If specified, it will use low-resolution input and model trained with LR scale. May decrease performance but reduces inference time and gpu memory usage.

  Examples of different TYPE argument choices

:crystal_ball: Python API

• Usage Example

import cv2

from PIL import Image
from transparent_background import Remover

remover = Remover()

# Usage for image
img = Image.open('samples/aeroplane.jpg') # read image

out = remover.process(img) # default setting - transparent background
out = remover.process(img, type='rgba') # same as above
out = remover.process(img, type='map') # object map only
out = remover.process(img, type='green') # image matting - green screen
out = remover.process(img, type='blur') # blur background
out = remover.process(img, type='overlay') # overlay object map onto the image
out = remover.process(img, type='samples/background.jpg') # use another image as a background

Image.fromarray(out).save('output.png') # save result

# Usage for video
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('samples/b5.mp4') # video reader for input
fps = cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)

writer = None

while cap.isOpened():
    ret, frame = cap.read() # read video

    if ret is False:
        break
        
    frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB) 
    img = Image.fromarray(frame).convert('RGB')

    if writer is None:
        writer = cv2.VideoWriter('output.mp4', cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'mp4v'), fps, img.size) # video writer for output

    out = remover.process(img, type='map') # same as image, except for 'rgba' which is not for video.
    writer.write(cv2.cvtColor(out, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))

cap.release()
writer.release()

:outbox_tray: Uninstall

pip uninstall transparent-background

:page_facing_up: Licence

See LICENCE for more details.