[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":724},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5682831":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":49,"post_text":53,"what":54,"said":99,"maker_in_thread":307,"shape":315,"grid":319,"attempts":687,"same_week":688,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":716,"reader_version":717,"card":718},"5682831","Clipping Magic","Remove backgrounds from images online","title","Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online","http:\u002F\u002Fclippingmagic.com\u002F","clippingmagic.com","jacobn",1368132178,2013,571,140,10,1739,1,"legend","creative","image background removal","web_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"background removal","image matting","remove background","alpha matting","cutout","mixed",0.294,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},40,24,15,16,95,{"idea":38,"design":41,"performance":42,"execution":44,"docs":47},{"positive":39,"critical":40},9,2,{"positive":39,"critical":18},{"positive":43,"critical":40},7,{"positive":45,"critical":46},8,11,{"positive":48,"critical":48},0,[50,48,50,50,51,51,50,50,18,48,51,50,18,18,51,50,18,50,50,51,50,18,18,50,51,51,50,51,50,40,51,51,50,50,50,52,51,50,50,50],5,3,4,null,{"problem":55,"audience":53,"pricing":53,"motivation":53,"time_to_build":53,"stack":67,"openness":97,"stage":98,"team_size":97},{"value":56,"source":57,"evidence":58},"Removing backgrounds from images without manual selection","inferred",[59,63],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"5683509","chc","This is really slick. I work at a newspaper where we do a lot of cutouts and I've looked at several automatic tools to save people time, and I think this is the best I have seen…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"5683317","mcescalante","Adding a \"step-back\" button (even if it was only a few states), and the ability to increase or decrease brush size would greatly enhance this. Great start though, and something…",[68,75,79,83,91],{"value":69,"source":70,"evidence":71},"Java (image processing backend)","maker",[72],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"5683242","Image processing backend is java, website is scala + play framework ( http:\u002F\u002Fwww.playframework.com\u002F )",{"value":76,"source":70,"evidence":77},"Scala",[78],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},{"value":80,"source":70,"evidence":81},"Play Framework",[82],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},{"value":84,"source":85,"evidence":86},"RequireJS","commenter",[87],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"5683247","Bjoern","RequireJS! :)",{"value":92,"source":70,"evidence":93},"JavaScript",[94],{"id":95,"by":11,"text":96},"5683293","Ah, yes, and some JS for the frontend... ;)","unknown","beta",{"praise":100,"objections":147,"requests":200,"questions":243,"alternatives":270},[101,120,135],{"value":102,"source":85,"evidence":103},"Fast, real-time feedback and easy to use",[104,108,112,116],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"5683774","todd3834","This works way better than I had expected. Very well executed!",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"5685326","mpclark","Wow. This is so fast and so slick, and works very well. Well done!",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"5684765","wingspan","Really nice work! I tried a fairly complicated image and it worked quite well. Couple bugs: 1) Chrome on Win8 consistently gives me the Network Error dialog when trying to upload…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"5683420","tunnuz","Works great!",{"value":121,"source":85,"evidence":122},"Better than expected results on tricky images",[123,127,131],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"5684711","gibybo","Wow. So I went looking for an image I thought it would have a hard time with: http:\u002F\u002Ffileza.com\u002Fd\u002F5h2wco\u002Fclippingmagic_test.png A pretty busy background, soft\u002Ffurry edges between…",{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"5684916","alainbryden","Miraculous. Took me 15 seconds to remove this picture of my lovebird from a pretty busy background:…",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"5683267","thekiwi99","Works much better than I expected it to, so props. Brush size could be smaller though.",{"value":136,"source":85,"evidence":137},"Simple, intuitive UI",[138,139,143],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"5684021","patio11","This is beautifully done -- great UX, truly impressive tech. My wife loves it and is using it to repurpose some shots from our wedding for e.g. Christmas cards.",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"5685294","emillon","This is seriously great and very intuitive to use. Two small improvements : it would be great to be able to change brushes (at least size). The workaround is zoom\u002Fdraw\u002Funzoom…",[148,170,182,193],{"value":149,"source":85,"evidence":150},"Browser compatibility and freezing during initialization",[151,155,159,162,166],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"5684804","saurik","I get \"Your Browser Is Out Of Date... Terribly sorry, but your browser appears to be missing key feature(s) required to use this website: Data URL Support Please try the latest…",{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"5684558","atgm","I've been trying to use the demo for the last... 30 minutes or so, but after I upload the image the \"Initializing\" progress bar in the \"Booting\" window always freezes around 90%.",{"id":160,"by":157,"text":161},"5684767","I was using Chrome Version 26.0.1410.65 on Mac OS X 10.7.5. Opera 12.15 is apparently not compatible since it lacks data URLs. Safari Version 6.0 (7536.25) freezes at the same…",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"5683891","charonn0","It claims my browser (Firefox 20.0.1) is out of date :(",{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"5683530","edgely","Very cool. Stalled each time for me at the \"initializing\" phase when using Safari 6.0.1 (OS X 10.8.2), but worked like a charm in Chrome.",{"value":171,"source":85,"evidence":172},"Fixed brush size too large and no undo",[173,177,181],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"5682929","hahla","Thats cool, but still it needs a lot of work\u002Ffeatures. 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…",{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"5683036","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…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"value":183,"source":85,"evidence":184},"Struggles with hair, shadows and dark areas",[185,189],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"5683893","est","Didn't work very well for hairs http:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002Fg16qR4J.png",{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"5685825","Shivetya","Interesting, but shadows, brown and blacks, tend to trip it up. Was playing with a photo of my car that is really difficult to break out because the rear bumper is pretty dark in…",{"value":194,"source":85,"evidence":195},"Red and green markings hard for colour-blind users",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"5684279","RobotCaleb","Very cool. The red and green suck for us color blind folks, though.",[201,210,225,235],{"value":202,"source":70,"evidence":203},"Undo and reset functionality",[204,207],{"id":205,"by":11,"text":206},"5683044","Yeah, we need to add both undo and reset\u002Fclear. The help should have shown during the upload \u002F init!?",{"id":208,"by":11,"text":209},"5683347","Undo is sorely needed. Just deployed a smaller brush size (30px instead of 40px when zoomed out). It should get picked up when you reload the page (though default asset caching…",{"value":211,"source":85,"evidence":212},"Keyboard shortcuts like Photoshop",[213,217,221],{"id":214,"by":215,"text":216},"5683846","lifeformed","I love it! A couple of quick Photoshop shortcuts would really seal the deal, like holding down Spacebar to activate the grabber tool.",{"id":218,"by":219,"text":220},"5683575","tghw","Very cool! I've seen this technique before in research papers and their videos, but not as actual software. The one suggestion I would make is to follow Photoshop's shortcuts.…",{"id":222,"by":223,"text":224},"5684196","lessnonymous","Another vote for space-to-drag. Though, I guess us photoshoppers probably will continue to use photoshop for this sort of thing so our muscle-memory shortcuts might not be so…",{"value":226,"source":85,"evidence":227},"Smaller brush size",[228,232],{"id":229,"by":230,"text":231},"5683156","itry","Pretty Awesome. Would be good if you could choose a smaller brush.",{"id":233,"by":11,"text":234},"5683290","Yeah, it should probably be a little smaller (and note what happens when you zoom in)",{"value":236,"source":85,"evidence":237},"Feathering edges and image link input",[238,239],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"id":240,"by":241,"text":242},"5686719","Ntrails","Would be good to be able to give an image link, and not just upload from the computer. Really sweet tool though",[244,255],{"value":245,"source":85,"evidence":246},"How it compares to GIMP foreground select",[247,251],{"id":248,"by":249,"text":250},"5684836","ars","How does this compare to the gimp \"Foreground Select tool\"? http:\u002F\u002Fdocs.gimp.org\u002Fen\u002Fgimp-tool-foreground-select.html",{"id":252,"by":253,"text":254},"5685552","UnoriginalGuy","Doesn't matter. Gimp is insanely hard to use. This isn't.",{"value":256,"source":85,"evidence":257},"What algorithms are used",[258,262,266],{"id":259,"by":260,"text":261},"5684907","sudhirj","This is kickass... is the whole thing happening in JS or server side? Any idea what algorithms are being used?",{"id":263,"by":264,"text":265},"5685861","peter-fogg","Any chance of source code, or at least a detailed post explaining the algorithms behind this?",{"id":267,"by":268,"text":269},"5682980","ank286","does it use GraphCuts?",[271,276,283,290,300],{"value":272,"source":85,"evidence":273},"GIMP Foreground Select tool",[274,275],{"id":248,"by":249,"text":250},{"id":218,"by":219,"text":220},{"value":277,"source":85,"evidence":278},"Photoshop Magic Wand Tool",[279],{"id":280,"by":281,"text":282},"5684826","brianberns","This seems very similar to the \"Magic Wand Tool\" in Photoshop. It's nice that it's free online, but it doesn't seem to produce better results.",{"value":284,"source":85,"evidence":285},"SIOX algorithm",[286],{"id":287,"by":288,"text":289},"5690971","cbhl","Did you use the SIOX algorithm to implement it? That's what the Gimp feature is based on: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.siox.org\u002F",{"value":291,"source":85,"evidence":292},"KNN Matting and Shared Matting",[293,297],{"id":294,"by":295,"text":296},"5683637","sjtrny","Have a look at KNN Matting http:\u002F\u002Fihome.ust.hk\u002F~dli\u002Fprojects\u002Fknn\u002F. Their MATLAB implementation uses a similar style to yours but is not as real time. They take single mouse…",{"id":298,"by":295,"text":299},"5684521","Actually Shared Matting is far more applicable than KNN Matting. It's designed for real time use and has a post processing step which will help you deal with fine detail like…",{"value":301,"source":85,"evidence":302},"Bonanza Background Burns",[303],{"id":304,"by":305,"text":306},"5683351","wbharding","Also available, and newly made free: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bonanza.com\u002Fbackground_burns Pros: Doesn't require the fg\u002Fbg coloring step needed here, just figures out your FG without…",{"comments":308,"answered":50,"key":309},25,[310,311,314],{"id":205,"text":206},{"id":312,"text":313},"5683306","We only auto-show it during that time. The hope is that it triggers you to click the button if you need it, but lets you ignore it if you already know the drill... 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