Inkscape extension for removing background in raster images
Phoca - Inkscape Remove Background (AI) extension is an Inkscape extension to help you easily remove backgrounds from raster images using AI and the remg library
See more info here: Inkscape - Remove Image Background (AI) Extension
Tested with Inkscape version 1.4
See video:
Just follow Inkscape guides for installing Inkscape extensions (download the ZIP package and unzip it to Inkscape extension folder and restart Inkscape)
Inkscape extension folder you can find here: Inkscape - Edit - Preferences - System - Inkscape extensions
- Make sure you have your Rembg library environment set up correctly on your computer, see Be aware section below.
- Select raster image, click on Raster - Remove Image Background. Set options and click on Apply button.
- Then the selected image should have its background removed using AI.
- This extensions requires Rembg and PIL libraries (and their dependencies) installed on your system, see: Rembg
- This extension is for experienced users who have set up and tested the Rembg - a Python library on their computer.
- Removing image backgrounds using AI models can be a very challenging process. Therefore, it is a good idea to have your environment set up correctly and try first to remove the background of an image using the Rembg library directly in the console.