Abstract: Despite the significant advancements achieved in image matting, the existing models heavily depend on manually drawn trimaps to produce accurate results in natural image scenarios. However, ...

Given an input image and a hand-drawn trimap (top row), alpha matting estimates the alpha channel of a foreground object which can then be composed onto a different background (bottom row). All ...

Abstract: High-resolution natural image matting plays an important role in image editing, film-making and remote sensing due to its ability of accurately extract the foreground from a natural ...

If you had told me that swapping my cozy bathroom rug for a diatomaceous earth stone bath mat was on my Bingo card for the year, I would have said, “Diato-what?” I probably watch more HGTV and DIY ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Graph-based sparse matting 31.1 30.7 28.1 40.0 KL-Divergence Based Sparse Sampling 31.2 29.8 28.2 40.0 Patch-based Matting 31.3 28.1 28.1 33.2 TSPS-RV Matting 32.6 31.6 35.4 31.5 Iterative ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

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