Smart scribbles for image matting

• Main Authors: XIN, Yang, QIAO, Yu, CHEN, Shaozhe, HE, Shengfeng, YIN, Baocai, ZHANG, Qiang, WEI, Xiaopeng, LAU, Rynson W. H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Image matting; alpha matte; markov chain; deep learning; label propagation; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7881; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8884/viewcontent/SmartScribbles_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Image matting is an ill-posed problem that usually requires additional user input, such as trimaps or scribbles. Drawing a fine trimap requires a large amount of user effort, while using scribbles can hardly obtain satisfactory alpha mattes for non-professional users. Some recent deep learning-based...