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Over the last few years, deep learning based approaches have achieved outstanding improvements in natural image matting. Many of these methods can generate visually plausible alpha estimations, but typically yield blurry structures or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Yaoyi Li , Hongtao Lu

Natural image matting algorithms aim to predict the transparency map (alpha-matte) with the trimap guidance. However, the production of trimap often requires significant labor, which limits the widespread application of matting algorithms…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Jingfeng Yao , Xinggang Wang , Lang Ye , Wenyu Liu

In this paper, we propose an end to end solution for image matting i.e high-precision extraction of foreground objects from natural images. Image matting and background detection can be achieved easily through chroma keying in a studio…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Rishab Sharma , Rahul Deora , Anirudha Vishvakarma

Image matting refers to predicting the alpha values of unknown foreground areas from natural images. Prior methods have focused on propagating alpha values from known to unknown regions. However, not all natural images have a specifically…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Huanqia Cai , Fanglei Xue , Lele Xu , Lili Guo

Diffusion-based image editing is a composite process of preserving the source image content and generating new content or applying modifications. While current editing approaches have made improvements under text guidance, most of them have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Tianrui Huang , Pu Cao , Lu Yang , Chun Liu , Mengjie Hu , Zhiwei Liu , Qing Song

We propose a method for creating a matte -- the per-pixel foreground color and alpha -- of a person by taking photos or videos in an everyday setting with a handheld camera. Most existing matting methods require a green screen background or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-13 Soumyadip Sengupta , Vivek Jayaram , Brian Curless , Steve Seitz , Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman

Recent advancements in text-to-image diffusion models have demonstrated remarkable success, yet they often struggle to fully capture the user's intent. Existing approaches using textual inputs combined with bounding boxes or region masks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Seonho Lee , Jiho Choi , Seohyun Lim , Jiwook Kim , Hyunjung Shim

Scribble-guided image editing allows users to combine simple scribble annotations with text prompts to specify both where and how an image should be edited, enabling flexible interaction with precise spatial control. However, existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Mingyi Xu , Jinpeng Lin , Min Zhou , Tiezheng Ge , Ming Zeng

Extracting accurate foregrounds from natural images benefits many downstream applications such as film production and augmented reality. However, the furry characteristics and various appearance of the foregrounds, e.g., animal and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Jizhizi Li , Jing Zhang , Stephen J. Maybank , Dacheng Tao

Most previous image matting methods require a roughly-specificed trimap as input, and estimate fractional alpha values for all pixels that are in the unknown region of the trimap. In this paper, we argue that directly estimating the alpha…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-12 Shaofan Cai , Xiaoshuai Zhang , Haoqiang Fan , Haibin Huang , Jiangyu Liu , Jiaming Liu , Jiaying Liu , Jue Wang , Jian Sun

Intrinsic image decomposition is a severely under-constrained problem. User interactions can help to reduce the ambiguity of the decomposition considerably. The traditional way of user interaction is to draw scribbles that indicate regions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Yuanliu Liu , Zejian Yuan

This paper reviews recent deep-learning-based matting research and conceives our wider and higher motivation for image matting. Many approaches achieve alpha mattes with complex encoders to extract robust semantics, then resort to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Yu Qiao , Ziqi Wei , Yuhao Liu , Yuxin Wang , Dongsheng Zhou , Qiang Zhang , Xin Yang

Our goal is to develop fine-grained real-image editing methods suitable for real-world applications. In this paper, we first summarize four requirements for these methods and propose a novel diffusion-based image editing framework with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Naoki Matsunaga , Masato Ishii , Akio Hayakawa , Kenji Suzuki , Takuya Narihira

Depth information provides valuable insights into the 3D structure especially the outline of objects, which can be utilized to improve the semantic segmentation tasks. However, a naive fusion of depth information can disrupt feature and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Wei Sun , Yuan Li , Qixiang Ye , Jianbin Jiao , Yanzhao Zhou

Recent progress in generative models has significantly advanced image editing capabilities, yet precise and intuitive user control remains difficult. Specifically, users often struggle to communicate both exact spatial layouts and specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Anya Ji , George Ma , Téa Wright , Yiming Zhang , David M. Chan , Alane Suhr , Somayeh Sojoudi

Image stitching aims at stitching the images taken from different viewpoints into an image with a wider field of view. Existing methods warp the target image to the reference image using the estimated warp function, and a homography is one…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Hyeokjun Kweon , Hyeonseong Kim , Yoonsu Kang , Youngho Yoon , Wooseong Jeong , Kuk-Jin Yoon

Deep learning-based image processing is capable of creating highly appealing results. However, it is still widely considered as a "blackbox" transformation. In medical imaging, this lack of comprehensibility of the results is a sensitive…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-29 Bernhard Stimpel , Christopher Syben , Franziska Schirrmacher , Philipp Hoelter , Arnd Dörfler , Andreas Maier

Despite significant advancements in image customization with diffusion models, current methods still have several limitations: 1) unintended changes in non-target areas when regenerating the entire image; 2) guidance solely by a reference…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Pengzhi Li , Qiang Nie , Ying Chen , Xi Jiang , Kai Wu , Yuhuan Lin , Yong Liu , Jinlong Peng , Chengjie Wang , Feng Zheng

Local feature matching between images remains a challenging task, especially in the presence of significant appearance variations, e.g., extreme viewpoint changes. In this work, we propose DeepMatcher, a deep Transformer-based network built…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Tao Xie , Kun Dai , Ke Wang , Ruifeng Li , Lijun Zhao

Fine-grained image recognition is challenging because discriminative clues are usually fragmented, whether from a single image or multiple images. Despite their significant improvements, most existing methods still focus on the most…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Xinda Liu , Lili Wang , Xiaoguang Han