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dibrale · on May 25, 2023

I made a UI for Meta's SAM that works very well for background removal: https://github.com/dibrale/samist

It runs from a python script.

thrdbndndn · on May 25, 2023

Great tool!

Some explanations on the differences of these models would be nice for a noob.

dibrale · on May 25, 2023

If I recall correctly, the difference between the SAM models is just a parameter number versus accuracy tradeoff. I have the parameter numbers listed under 'Installation', but the relative quality of the models would be task-dependent and subjective.

I would think that part of the motivation for releasing the smaller models in addition to the larger ones would be use in video image segmentation and mobile filters. The smaller models might actually be more fit for purpose with regard with regard to those applications than the biggest one. However, I'd reccommend the biggest model (vit_h) for desktop or laptop image processing.

yreg · on May 25, 2023

I have set up auto1111 just as a hobby to make art (if it's okay to call it that) for myself.

Surprisingly (?) my convoluted setup is slowly becoming this actually useful toolkit for various tasks I sometimes need to do.