would really like some help getting to run this on my local machine

[vesper8]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your project here. I would really like to give it a test drive but I'm struggling to getting it working

First I see all these imports at the top of your Server.py

from flask import Flask, request, render_template
from imageai.Detection import ObjectDetection
import requests
import os
from io import BytesIO
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import tensorflow as tf
import datetime

I already have some of these installed but am missing many. Why not have a requirements.txt file included to auto-install all these dependencies? That would be helpful!

Then I read your notes about adding the models to the models folder, however I've had a look at both the ImageAI folder and that other link you shared and I can't find the files in questions that I'm supposed to copy to the /models/ folder

What are the steps needed please? Do I have to clone those other two repos, build them and then the files will be generated?

I'm talking about

static/models/yolov3/yolo.h5
static/models/xception_model

I couldn't find those files inside https://github.com/OlafenwaMoses/ImageAI.git and https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/research/deeplab/deeplab_demo.ipynb

Sorry for the noobish questions.. but I would really like to get this to work as I need a reliable background remover for my current project.

Basically something of a step-by-step installation guide would be amazing!!

Thanks for the help!

[KD1994]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your project here. I would really like to give it a test drive but I'm struggling to getting it working

First I see all these imports at the top of your Server.py

from flask import Flask, request, render_template
from imageai.Detection import ObjectDetection
import requests
import os
from io import BytesIO
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
import tensorflow as tf
import datetime

I already have some of these installed but am missing many. Why not have a requirements.txt file included to auto-install all these dependencies? That would be helpful!

Then I read your notes about adding the models to the models folder, however I've had a look at both the ImageAI folder and that other link you shared and I can't find the files in questions that I'm supposed to copy to the /models/ folder

What are the steps needed please? Do I have to clone those other two repos, build them and then the files will be generated?

I'm talking about

static/models/yolov3/yolo.h5
static/models/xception_model

I couldn't find those files inside https://github.com/OlafenwaMoses/ImageAI.git and https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/research/deeplab/deeplab_demo.ipynb

Sorry for the noobish questions.. but I would really like to get this to work as I need a reliable background remover for my current project.

Basically something of a step-by-step installation guide would be amazing!!

Thanks for the help!

Hey, i'd really appreciate your suggestion and also pointing out the link issue. let me update it and then you can enjoy it.

you don't have to clone other repos, you just need to download those 2 models and save it in /static/models/ the way I have done it.

[vesper8]

thanks a lot for updating your readme and clarifying everything!! seems a lot more approachable now! Will be giving it a shot very soon and let you know if I run into other troubles.

Out of curiosity.. how close would you say are your results in terms of quality compared to what https://remove.bg can delivery?

[KD1994]

I've been there and used it, the result is pretty much great, and for the things I have done you can check the output out in "static/op_images/" it's not bad but i wouldn't say it's awesome as you will get with remove.bg (That's my honest answer :-))!