Overview Removes watermarks from single images with a deep inpainting model based on Contextual Attention and Gated Convolution. It runs as a Python CLI (main.py) or a Docker image, taking an input image, an output path, a checkpoint directory and a --watermark_type flag (the example uses istock). Pretrained weights are downloaded manually from Google Drive.
Who it is for: Developers experimenting with image inpainting for watermark removal
Strengths Dockerfile bundles the TensorFlow 1.15 environment, avoiding a manual legacy install Built on published inpainting methods: Contextual Attention (CVPR 2018) and Gated Convolution (ICCV 2019) Simple CLI: one image in, one image out, with a checkpoint directory flag Weaknesses Pinned to TensorFlow 1.15.0 and neuralgym, which are long out of date The Google Colab route is labelled broken in the README Pretrained model must be fetched manually from a Google Drive folder Only the istock watermark type is shown; other types are undocumented What it needs Docker Needs TensorFlow 1.15.0, neuralgym, Docker, Pretrained checkpoint (Google Drive) Models: Contextual Attention inpainting, Gated Convolution inpainting What changed From the release notes. No flag means the note does not say so, not that the upgrade is safe.
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Releases 1 in the last 12 monthsLast one 160 days ago
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Set it up Needs before it works: TensorFlow 1.15.0, neuralgym, Docker, Pretrained checkpoint (Google Drive).
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