A survey on interactive alpha matting technique

  • Yang Shen*
  • , Xiao Lin
  • , Zhifeng Xie
  • , Bin Sheng
  • , Lizhuang Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Interactive alpha matting technique extracts the foreground from an image or videos. In this paper, we survey the main interactive image and video matting algorithms in recent years. We analyze the performance of matting technique from propagation based methods, sampling based methods and geodesic based methods, and then discuss the advantages and limitations of different matting algorithms with examples. In the end, we conclude the development of matting technique and the key problems in the alpha matting technique.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)511-519
Number of pages9
JournalJisuanji Fuzhu Sheji Yu Tuxingxue Xuebao/Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics
Volume26
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alpha matte
  • Image matting
  • Video matting

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