RemoveBG-GIMP

This plugin automatically removes the image background using https://www.remove.bg/. The website uses neuronal networks to distinguish the foreground from the background. After that, a layer mask is applied to the image, which can be edited to improve the cut-out, if needed.

Usage

1. Install the plugin as shown in the installation section
2. Filters → removebackground
3. Insert your RemoveBG API Key, which you can get from https://www.remove.bg/api

Installation

Windows:

1. Put the remove_background.py file in your plugins directory:

• C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins

2. restart GIMP

Linux:

1. Search your plugins directory. The directory might be at:

   ~/.gimp-2.10/plug-ins/

   ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins

   or /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

2. Put _removebackground.py in this directory and make it executable with chmod +x remove_background.py

3. Make sure you have installed python support for gimp. (gimp-python package for ubuntu or python2-gimp from the AUR)

Problems:

• If encountering any problems, try out the gimp2.0/requests branch, which uses more advanced libraries, although it takes extra steps to install.

Notes:

• The plugin uploads the image to the website remove.bg. Don't use it for anything confidential!
• Hard-code your key in the code for more convenience
• This branch works only for GIMP up to version 2.10. For newer versions of GIMP (2.99 or 3.0), check out the branch "gimp3.0".

Licence:

It is not an official remove.bg plugin, so keep their Terms of Service in mind (https://www.remove.bg/tos)

Besides that, you can do whatever you want with my code!