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Visual Object Tagging Tool: An electron app for building end to end Object Detection Models from Images and Videos.
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Feature Request: Magic Select Tool #693

Open skywalkerisnull opened 5 years ago

skywalkerisnull commented 5 years ago

In Paint (or Photoshop etc.) there is usually a Magic Select/ Magic Wand feature that allows you to select a portion of the image, and it automatically extends the selection to other areas that are simialr, as you drag the mouse further, it continues to add to that portion of the selection. Sometimes there are sliders to change the size of the "sampling" point (number of pixels), or a slider to determine how simialr (or different) the extended area can be to be included in the selection.

This is not the same as polygon selection tool, below are some links to concepts in other software packages:

Magic Select: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/12/announcing-more-updates-to-paint-3d-magic-select-enhancements-drawing-tools/

Magic Wand: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/making-quick-selections.html

This would allow us to hone in on exactly the objects that we are wanting to tag especially good when we have overlapping objects or partially obscured objects that we wish to tag.

abfleishman commented 5 years ago

This is similar to #243

skywalkerisnull commented 5 years ago

Looks like there are already a JS tool with a compatible license that could be used: https://github.com/prerakmody/magic-wand-js https://github.com/Tamersoul/magic-wand-js

It returns polygons that could be used right away that would allow us to then select the polygon and assign them to the tag.

JCAAUSFRA commented 5 years ago

Please can you do this. it would be amazing