Remove background
AI
image background removal
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
7 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Performance: 5 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Results are clean and often better than remove.bg for similar-colored images
From 3 comments
I'm actually getting better results with similar colored foreground/background pictures on removebackground.app vs remove.bg
craftinator on HNI just tested a couple of images on both. remove.bg seems to be more conservative in its approach; when given an image without an obvious “background” the subject of the image…
jchw on HNCongrats. That works really well. Now just let me pay a small tip for every image I want to download in full resolution so you can cover your bills. Results were ahead of those…
kekub on HN
Works well on the tested images
From 3 comments
Woah, this works really well! Hope this doesn't get hugged to death. Great product!
lxe on HNtried it with two images, it worked nicely with both, way to go
alphabet9000 on HNIt works well, color me impressed.
6510 on HN
Objections
Cuts out parts of the subject such as jackets, hands or table segments
From 3 comments
I uploaded a picture of a person and it removed half of his jacket.
shimonabi on HNTried with this one, after converting to jpg:…
NiceWayToDoIT on HNPerhaps you could produce an array of results for the human to pick the one that matches expectation best. I upload a hand holding a ring. It removed everything except the hand…
6510 on HN
Slower and less accurate than Canva's version
From 1 comment
Cool, but it has some way to go. Currently it is slower and less accurate than the same function in Canva.
chillfox on HN
Processing job can hang without completing
From 2 comments
Doesn’t work.
wideareanetwork on HNI uploaded an image and it stayed waiting never completed.
wideareanetwork on HN
Pricing could be too paid-heavy for full resolution downloads
From 1 comment
Congrats. That works really well. Now just let me pay a small tip for every image I want to download in full resolution so you can cover your bills. Results were ahead of those…
kekub on HN
Requests
Return multiple results for the user to choose from
From 1 comment
Perhaps you could produce an array of results for the human to pick the one that matches expectation best. I upload a hand holding a ring. It removed everything except the hand…
6510 on HN
Avoid expiring credits when subscriptions are cancelled
From 1 comment
Great tool. Compares well with remove.bg. But please please please don't follow remove.bg pricing model where credits expire when the subscription in cancelled.
webbrahmin on HN
Questions
Is this a competitor to remove.bg or open source?
From 1 comment
Nice! Curious if you've compared the results with remove.bg, which has been around (and improving) for a few years? And are you trying to become a competitor or is this something…
crazygringo on HN
How were training sets built?
From 1 comment
How do training sets for something like this get built up? Creating a synthetic image of a foreground object pasted onto an existing background wouldn't seem to work because it…
teruakohatu on HN
Alternatives named
remove.bg
From 2 comments
Nice! Curious if you've compared the results with remove.bg, which has been around (and improving) for a few years? And are you trying to become a competitor or is this something…
crazygringo on HNCool - and - keep in mind that there is major business potential. Remove.bg was sold to Canva for an undisclosed sum - but one of Austrias biggest exits. So something between 20M…
franze on HN
Canva
From 1 comment
Cool, but it has some way to go. Currently it is slower and less accurate than the same function in Canva.
chillfox on HN
clippingmagic.com
From 1 comment
Nice! Not to be all jaded, but there’s one of these services launching per month (week?) these days. Some are free (but then usually poor quality), others cost money (usually…
jacobn on HN