v1.8.5

• Default save location is now an option (remember last folder, or save to same directory as image)
• Paint brush hardness slider
• Opening the paintbrush toolbar should now keep the image in the same relative position, not jump down

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.8.5

v1.8.0

• Paintbrush will edit the preview mask if displayed, otherwise edits the final image
• Drag dropping folders works
• Sharpen refinement option
• Saves/restores last used export option

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0

v1.7.0

• Re-add closed form alpha matting as an option, keeping shared matting as the default
• Re-refine mask when refinement resolution changed
• Fix loading images where transparency isnt the A channel

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

v1.6.0

• Perspective drop shadow effect, for product style photography
• Change default pymatting model from closed form to shared matting, which is faster and similar quality (VitMatte is still strongly recommended instead)
• Add blur fusion as a colour bleed correction
• Clean alpha should also clean stray pixels that affect auto-crop
• Thumbnail list supports more formats
• Mi-Gan inpainting support (LaMa still seems best)
• Confirm if want to close app
• Code improvements

Full Changelog: v1.5.1...v1.6.0

v1.5.1

Windows builds should be fixed

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• Add guided filter as a smart refine option. Good for sharpening hair and other thin areas. Not as useful as a global refine option
• ctrl+v accepts paths copied from file explorers as well as images on clipboard
• Last used models are saved and restored on load

Full Changelog: v1.5...v1.5.1

v1.5

Windows Builds attached below are broken currently. Please run from source or use previous version

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Workflow change and UI changes

The generated mask is now shown as a live preview on the output canvas, which can then be added or subtracted to the final image. Tabs and toolbar UI layout

Major New Features

• Image inpainting in the adjust image tab (lama, deepfillv2)
• Batch processing
• Smart refine paintbrush to touch up areas using VitMatte
• Output to clipboard for easy loading into other apps
• Draw a rough mask and let the model fill in the rest mask generation option
• 2 step mask generation (find the subject -> rerun at higher resolution)
• Thumbnail strip for loading multiple images and switching between

Other Updates

• Threading so the UI doesnt lock up
• Can set the resolution for the alpha matting models
• Download manager organises models into tabs
• New models: BEN2, indexnet, more vitmatte
• Performance to the output image view, image editor and throughout.
• Command line args to load masks and trimaps
• WebGPU execution provider (you need to build onnxruntime from source using --use_webgpu)
• Ugly hack to make SAM2 work with openvino
• Expand/contract mask option
• Many other fixes
• Some code refactoring, but the codebase is still a mess :)

Full Changelog: v1.3.1...v1.5

v1.4

• Added BEN2 and MVAnet support
• Models are now downloaded to temp file in case of interuptions
• Code refactor - moved inference and alphamatting code to own file

v1.3.0

• Alpha matting. This improves edge quality on complicated areas such as hair. Currently implemented methods:
  • Pymatting (default, built into app)
  • ViTMatte (download from the model downloader). Runs at 1024px resolution currently, although model is not restricted. Much higher quality
  • Trimap editor to draw your own trimaps for matting, or use a generated one from segment anything or other models
• Foreground colour correction estimation. Also improves edge quality. Run as a separate step from alpha matting so it applies to the entire image
• Splash screen for executable builds, to notify user about pymatting compiling on first run (1-2 minutes)
• Various fixes
• MacOS build has been disabled for now. I can't test it, and splash screen doesn't work so the app will appear to not work for several minutes on first run

V1.2.1

• Segment Anything V2 and V2.1 support
• Model Downloader
• Improved and more detailed GPU memory management (@zapshe contributions)
• Fixed few issues with SAM box prompting
• Split horizontal/vertical toggle
• Dark/Light mode toggle
• Several UI fixes and minor bug fixes
• This release fixes requests not being added to requirements

v1.1.0

GPU support