BiRefNet_lite

pip install -qr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZhengPeng7/BiRefNet/main/requirements.txt

# Load BiRefNet with weights
from transformers import AutoModelForImageSegmentation
birefnet = AutoModelForImageSegmentation.from_pretrained('zhengpeng7/BiRefNet_lite', trust_remote_code=True)

# Download codes
git clone https://github.com/ZhengPeng7/BiRefNet.git
cd BiRefNet

# Use codes locally
from models.birefnet import BiRefNet

# Load weights from Hugging Face Models
### >>> Remember to set the `bb` in `config.py` as `swin_v1_t` to use this tiny version. <<< ###
birefnet = BiRefNet.from_pretrained('zhengpeng7/BiRefNet_lite')

# Use codes and weights locally
### >>> Remember to set the `bb` in `config.py` as `swin_v1_t` to use this tiny version. <<< ###
import torch
from utils import check_state_dict

birefnet = BiRefNet(bb_pretrained=False)
state_dict = torch.load(PATH_TO_WEIGHT, map_location='cpu')
state_dict = check_state_dict(state_dict)
birefnet.load_state_dict(state_dict)

# Imports
from PIL import Image
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import torch
from torchvision import transforms
from models.birefnet import BiRefNet

birefnet = ... # -- BiRefNet should be loaded with codes above, either way.
torch.set_float32_matmul_precision(['high', 'highest'][0])
birefnet.to('cuda')
birefnet.eval()
birefnet.half()

def extract_object(birefnet, imagepath):
    # Data settings
    image_size = (1024, 1024)
    transform_image = transforms.Compose([
        transforms.Resize(image_size),
        transforms.ToTensor(),
        transforms.Normalize([0.485, 0.456, 0.406], [0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
    ])

    image = Image.open(imagepath)
    input_images = transform_image(image).unsqueeze(0).to('cuda').half()

    # Prediction
    with torch.no_grad():
        preds = birefnet(input_images)[-1].sigmoid().cpu()
    pred = preds[0].squeeze()
    pred_pil = transforms.ToPILImage()(pred)
    mask = pred_pil.resize(image.size)
    image.putalpha(mask)
    return image, mask

# Visualization
plt.axis("off")
plt.imshow(extract_object(birefnet, imagepath='PATH-TO-YOUR_IMAGE.jpg')[0])
plt.show()

@article{zheng2024birefnet,
  title={Bilateral Reference for High-Resolution Dichotomous Image Segmentation},
  author={Zheng, Peng and Gao, Dehong and Fan, Deng-Ping and Liu, Li and Laaksonen, Jorma and Ouyang, Wanli and Sebe, Nicu},
  journal={CAAI Artificial Intelligence Research},
  volume = {3},
  pages = {9150038},
  year={2024}
}