Graphics and Media Lab

Introduction

GrowCut is a SHAREWARE image segmentation plugin, designed for Photoshop-compatible image editors (that support .8bf plug-ins). GrowCut is based on experimental interactive image segmentation technology. It is aimed to provide the user with a simple, yet effective image selection and cutout tool. This plugin uses a simple paintbrush interface to solve difficult image cutout tasks. More information can be found at www.growcut.com

Product web-site

Video tutorials

See http://growcut.com/tutorials/

Downloads

v.3.0   01.09.2010 Download GrowCut 3.0 (20-day trial version)

ChangeLog

01.09.2010 v.3.0 GrowCut

• Added GML Matting technology for soft segmentation (hair, blurry edges, etc.)
• Interface improvements and bug fixes

See http://growcut.com/overview/ for full list of changes

02.01.2008 v.2.0 GrowCut

• Complete interface redesign
• Algorithm optimization - significant speed increase
• Filter plugin returns a correct cutout (instead of black-and-white mask, as in previous versions)

15.11.2006 v.1.11 (beta) GrowCut, GrowCut Mask

• Bug fixed (in GrowCut v1.1 when applied to certain images the plugin crashed after pressing refine button)

28.11.2005 v.1.1 GrowCut

• Added a new plugin - GrowCut Extract with different interface
• Smarter installation
• Added diverse mask controls
• Many interface bugs have been fixed

28.11.2005 v.1.1 GrowCut Mask

• 2 filter plugins, that work under every program, which supports Adobe® Photoshop's® filter plug-ins (Paint Shop Pro, IrfanView, etc.)

21.09.2005 v.1.0 GrowCut

• First release

Examples

(more examples in growcut.com/gallery/)

Requirements

Host program that supports Adobe Photoshop's filter (.8bf) plug-ins (Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc.).

Team

• Vadim Konushin, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Mikhail Sindeev, Lomonosov Moscow State University