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Commercially it would be more interesting to do active background removal. If every Youtuber has a professional background like a news anchor they would immedi

Commercially it would be more interesting to do active background removal. If every Youtuber has a professional background like a news anchor they would immediately look legit.

sergiotapia 7y ago
zoom does this in real time, virtual background.
- susam 7y ago
  Came here to confirm this. Indeed Zoom does this in real time and replaces the real background with a virtual background or solid colour. We often use it at our workplace for fun.
m463 7y ago
https://youtu.be/GxaAhIOgho https://youtu.be/GxaAhIOgho
bangboombang 7y ago
Green screen? Yes, it still requires some effort (buy and set up the actual screen, proper lighting), but I doubt a proper green screen setup would be outperformed by some AI system any time soon: Got a shitty cam? AI would have to fix that too. Shitty lighting? Still a problem after any background removal. And if you're gonna invest in those two things, might as well go for your green screen.
deadbunny 7y ago
Pretty sure this is already a thing: https://news.developer.nvidia.com/logitechs-new-webcam-includes-dynamic-background-removal-feature/ https://news.developer.nvidia.com/logitechs-new-webcam-inclu...
bsenftner 7y ago
Background replacement is a commodity motion graphics tool. It has been around since the 90's, and exponentially better than this work here.
- aantix 7y ago
  But against an arbitrary background? I’ve seen real-time background removal for video and for still photos, but never gets it perfect. Too many artifacts. That’s why the green screen is still utilized.
  - bsenftner 7y ago
    Yes, how do you think automated wire and stunt performer rigs are removed? Think of all the VFX you see; an immense amount of visual effects are animation basic principals applied to scraps of previous and past frames for the composition of the current frame.

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Commercially it would be more interesting to do active background removal. If every Youtuber has a professional background like a news anchor they would immedi

by lowdose 7y ago

Commercially it would be more interesting to do active background removal. If every Youtuber has a professional background like a news anchor they would immediately look legit.

sergiotapia 7y ago
zoom does this in real time, virtual background.
- susam 7y ago
  Came here to confirm this. Indeed Zoom does this in real time and replaces the real background with a virtual background or solid colour. We often use it at our workplace for fun.
m463 7y ago
https://youtu.be/GxaAhIOgho https://youtu.be/GxaAhIOgho
bangboombang 7y ago
Green screen? Yes, it still requires some effort (buy and set up the actual screen, proper lighting), but I doubt a proper green screen setup would be outperformed by some AI system any time soon: Got a shitty cam? AI would have to fix that too. Shitty lighting? Still a problem after any background removal. And if you're gonna invest in those two things, might as well go for your green screen.
deadbunny 7y ago
Pretty sure this is already a thing: https://news.developer.nvidia.com/logitechs-new-webcam-includes-dynamic-background-removal-feature/ https://news.developer.nvidia.com/logitechs-new-webcam-inclu...
bsenftner 7y ago
Background replacement is a commodity motion graphics tool. It has been around since the 90's, and exponentially better than this work here.
- aantix 7y ago
  But against an arbitrary background? I’ve seen real-time background removal for video and for still photos, but never gets it perfect. Too many artifacts. That’s why the green screen is still utilized.
  - bsenftner 7y ago
    Yes, how do you think automated wire and stunt performer rigs are removed? Think of all the VFX you see; an immense amount of visual effects are animation basic principals applied to scraps of previous and past frames for the composition of the current frame.