Cleanup Photos
Creative
photo editing
SHOW HN2022
319points
118comments
#124of 2,570 in 2022
Top 5%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
17 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 18 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Execution: 8 for, 13 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Results are impressive and fast for object removal
From 4 comments
Really nice. I tried removing someone behind a wire grate, and it correctly identified them, replaced the wire grate and filled in the grate holes with decent background imitation.
mbforbes on HNThis produced really impressive results in removing a creased dent in a car door and a pile of rocks from in front of a fence. Both photos were at an oblique angle and I thought…
Wistar on HNI remember when the smart object removal feature was added to photoshop and it was pretty cool. The fact that you can now get the same functionality working even better in a free…
orobinson on HN"Even better" is an understatement. This straight blows the Photoshop smart object removal out of the water.
Wistar on HN
Easy and painless to use
From 2 comments
Of course, I had to test it with this photo: https://imgur.com/a/ypyIhB3 Not too bad! Can definitely tell it's been edited, but for a quick removal it was painless.
michaelchisari on HNReally neat tool!
terrycody on HN
Objections
Site crashed or returned HTTP 500 under HN traffic
From 3 comments
Seems like the endpoints of the service itself now seem to return HTTP 500 for some reason, so once you click on "Remove", nothing happens. Example URL: ```…
KronisLV on HNMust be HN hugged to death. API responses are returning status code 500.
gerwim on HNHmm, in Firefox a progress bar shows for a few seconds after clicking "remove", and then nothing else happens. In Chrome the image disappears and is replaced by a broken image…
matsemann on HN
Outputs are low resolution thumbnail quality
From 2 comments
Ngl both do a pretty great job, OP's may be slightly better even. Unfortunately both output images at thumbnail quality, so it's an academic exercise only and not anything…
moffkalast on HN@moffkalast, thanks for the feedback! It's currently at 1024 pixels, hope that's not as bad as the experience yesterday. The processing speed will slow down a bit though, hope…
gc0119 on HN
Only works well on some images, leaves dirty blobs
From 3 comments
I tried it but it left a dirty blob where it removed the thing from my photo. A bit underwhelming.
gardenhedge on HNIt only works for beaches ;)
ape4 on HNI tried with a moderately complex image [0] and it failed to properly remove anything. Edit: saw matsemann's comment - I was using Firefox, where selecting areas and clicking…
brk on HN
Backend-locked, uploads photos to a server
From 2 comments
> We are commited to protecting your data privacy. Your photos will never be saved, so please make sure to download after editing. Email support@cleanupphotos.com. Then why not…
juunpp on HNWell, now you've made me look like an idiot with the original post. What 'computational resources' are needed here, a 2nd-gen GPU? I think this kind of object removal would be…
juunpp on HN
Requests
Offline or desktop version
From 2 comments
> We are commited to protecting your data privacy. Your photos will never be saved, so please make sure to download after editing. Email support@cleanupphotos.com. Then why not…
juunpp on HNWell, now you've made me look like an idiot with the original post. What 'computational resources' are needed here, a 2nd-gen GPU? I think this kind of object removal would be…
juunpp on HN
Mobile usability fixes
From 2 comments
Completely unusable on mobile for me. Is this expected?
virtualritz on HNBroken in my android too
sscarduzio on HN
Questions
What is the business model and pricing
From 1 comment
Couldn't find the pricing page. Is this free? What's your business model?
thyrox on HN
What AI tasks are behind it
From 1 comment
I'm rather ignorant in that domain, so I wonder if some people could enlighten me. What are the AI tasks behind this? I can identify two steps: - Identifying an approximate shape…
phh on HN
Alternatives named
cleanup.pictures
From 2 comments
this is an alternative i have come across: https://cleanup.pictures/
swyx on HNseems to be much faster and more user friendly than OP's site and worked also better on one example I tried
Markoff on HN
Photoshop content-aware fill and smart object removal
From 1 comment
I remember when the smart object removal feature was added to photoshop and it was pretty cool. The fact that you can now get the same functionality working even better in a free…
orobinson on HN
Pixel Magic Eraser
From 1 comment
This reminds me of pixels magic eraser technology which I think is specialized for removing people.
quietthrow on HN