20.5 u2net cutout 🚧

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Remove the background from an image to produce a cutout version of the photo.

ml cutout u2net [options] [image.png]
ARGUMENTS
    imagefile   The image (png or jpg) to be processed with stdin as default.
OPTIONS 
    -o <file.png> --output=<file.png>  Output image filename.
    -m <model>    --model=<model>      Which model to use.
    -v            --view               View a comparison in addition to generating the cutout.
    -j            --jpeg               Result is JPEG, and so white instead of transparency.
    -a            --alpha-matting      Alpha matting.
    -f            --alpha-matting-foreground-threshold=240
    -b            --alpha-matting-background-threshold=10
    -e            --alpha-matting-erode-size=10
    -z            --alpha-matting-base-size=1000

By default the generated cutout is saved to the same input file with _cutout appended, but saved to the current working directory. To save the result elsewhere use -o|--output.

The package includes some sample images. Here we generate animal-1_cutout.png in the current working directory from a sample image:

ml cutout u2net ~/.mlhub/rembg/examples/animal-1.jpg

To view a popup that compares the cutout to the original, as well as saving the cutout to the local file, add the `–view`` option.

ml cutout u2net ~/.mlhub/rembg/examples/animal-1.jpg --view

TODO: Explain the models.

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