Title
JMNet: A joint matting network for automatic human matting
Abstract
We propose a novel end-to-end deep learning framework, the Joint Matting Network (JMNet), to automatically generate alpha mattes for human images. We utilize the intrinsic structures of the human body as seen in images by introducing a pose estimation module, which can provide both global structural guidance and a local attention focus for the matting task. Our network model includes a pose network, a trimap network, a matting network, and a shared encoder to extract features for the above three networks. We also append a trimap refinement module and utilize gradient loss to provide a sharper alpha matte. Extensive experiments have shown that our method outperforms state-of-theart human matting techniques; the shared encoder leads to better performance and lower memory costs. Our model can process real images downloaded from the Internet for use in composition applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/s41095-020-0168-6
Computational Visual Media
Keywords
DocType
Volume
alpha matting, human images, deep learning, pose estimation
Journal
6
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
2096-0433
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
21
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xian Wu1183.00
Xiao-Nan Fang220.71
Tao Chen39918.12
Fang-Lue Zhang426915.60