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Remove unwanted objects from your pictures
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TouchRemove - Remove unwanted objects from your pictures

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TouchRemove is an Android app to quickly remove annoying objects from your photos. Mask and remove annoying powerlines, tourists, objects etc. easily.

The algorithm (content-aware fill) automatically fills and paints the masked area.

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I'd love to see an iOS version.
TouchRetouch has been around for a while for iOS.
But not this particular app, just similar apps, right?
Correct. Just similar name and, well, purpose.
Maker
Some more details for the technical minded people: The used algorithm is based on PatchMatch, one of the best known in-painting-algorithms (a variant of it is also used in Photoshop). I implemented the algorithm in Renderscript, which gives a massive speed boost over plain Java. Contact me if you have any questions.
Just downloaded on my Android - tried to load your example and getting an error message
Maker
Thanks for giving it a try! There were some problems regarding the permission of third-party gallery apps. Should be fixed now, can you update?
Thanks for letting me know - I updated it and I can access the example image
Maker
Awesome, good to hear! Let me know what you think about the app; points of improvement etc.
From my initial tests it was really fast and intuitive - I need to check out your tutorial. One thing I could not work out is where I see 'open recent projects' will it hold past edits on the phone in the app as I could not see how to delete?
Maker
It will only hold the last edit, in case you close it. There's no way yet to save multiple edits.
Erasing a background is useful. But extracting cutouts from images is even more useful. Could you use your algorithm to parse an image into layers?
Maker
cool idea, I'll have to think about it...
I'm so excited to try this

Tried this app with a photo and it didn't work at all, it left a mess where the object was. Tried a free alternative on the same photo and it worked to perfection. Uninstalled this one immediately.

Pros:

None really.

Cons:

Didn't work.

Maker
Any feedback is appreciated!
Any plans for an iPhone version? Looks like a very useful app!
Maker
no plans yet, but I'll keep you posted
Awesome work 😁
Maker
thanks!
Nice idea

Very nice, great job Dev!

Pros:

Simple to use

Cons:

Finer tool would be nice

Maker
Thank you for your review. I'm thinking about including a zoom insert while painting to allow for finer handling.
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