image matting

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Etymology edit

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Particularly: “matting (“surface used for surrounding pictures”)?”

Noun edit

image matting (uncountable)

(machine learning) Extraction of an object in the foreground of an image from its background.

Translations edit

extraction of a foreground object

Chinese:
Mandarin: 摳圖／抠图 (kōutú)