Review of the web application 'Remove-bg' that can quickly remove the background of images
A web app called ' Remove-bg ' has been released that can quickly remove the background of an image and make it transparent. It is said that the background removal process can be performed locally at very high speed, so I actually tried using it.
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Remove-bg can be accessed from the link above. For Windows, it has been confirmed to work on Chrome. It did not work on FireFox.
Let's try removing the background from the image below.
Drag and drop the image into the area marked 'Choose file or drag here' on the Remove-bg screen.
The background removal process will be completed in a few seconds. Click 'Download' to download the image in PNG format after the background has been removed.
Here's what the image looks like in Photoshop after the background has been removed. There's still part of the desk in the bottom right of the ice cream, but the rest of it is cut out pretty neatly.
Background removal is performed using the local GPU, not the server. When I checked the Task Manager, the GPU was running at 100% only during the removal process. I used the CPU's built-in GPU this time, and the removal process was completed in a few seconds.
Remove-bg can also process entire folders. For the sake of example, I prepared a folder containing multiple images.
Drag and drop the folder into the area marked 'Choose directory or drag here.'
The images will be processed one after another. When the processing is complete, click 'Download as zip'.
The processed images were then downloaded in a ZIP format.
When I extracted the ZIP file, the image after background removal was saved. After background removal, the image is saved in PNG format, but the file extension is inherited, so if the original image was in JPEG format, a 'file with a .jpg extension even though the file format is PNG' will be generated. You can fix the extension manually.
Let's check the processing results. First, here is the original image.
The processed image is below. The camera and film are nicely cut out.
Ramen before background removal.
Ramen after deletion. The bean sprouts that were sticking out of the bowl have been neatly cut out.
Curry's photo.
The spoon disappeared halfway through.
I'll try it with illustrations too.
Some of the hair at the back has disappeared, but it looks good overall.
But when I tried placing a pure white layer as the background, a shadow remained in the upper right corner. You can easily remove the background using Remove-bg, but it is often necessary to fix it manually because it is impossible to specify the foreground or the parts you want to keep do not remain.
Also, if you access Remove-bg again or refresh the screen, it may consume a lot of memory and crash the tab. In that case, you can use it again by deleting the history and cache.
In addition, the background removal AI model ' RMBG v1.4 ' is used for the background removal process of Remove-bg. The source code of Remove-bg is also available at the following link.
ducan-ne/remove-bg: Remove background directly in your browser, powered by WebGPU
https://github.com/ducan-ne/remove-bg
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