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Solve a cut-out's edge against the backdrop actually beside it, not the surface fitted to the whole frame

Rule

If a cut-out keeps a grey rim where it met a shadow, a shaded gap or a vignette, B was the frame's fit: average B from nearby pixels clearly outside, the fit only where none is near.

Snippet
# before: every edge pixel mixed with the smooth surface fitted to the whole frame
B = model_rgb.astype(np.float32)
# after: the backdrop beside the outline, from pixels clearly outside it; the fit only where none is near
away = ~cv2.dilate(shape.astype(np.uint8), np.ones((2 * band + 3, 2 * band + 3), np.uint8)).astype(bool)
sig = 3.0 * band + 3.0
wsum = cv2.GaussianBlur(away.astype(np.float32), (0, 0), sig)
csum = cv2.GaussianBlur(f * away[..., None], (0, 0), sig)
local = csum / np.maximum(wsum, 1e-6)[..., None]
trust = np.clip((wsum - 0.02) / 0.1, 0.0, 1.0)[..., None]
B = trust * local + (1.0 - trust) * model_rgb.astype(np.float32)
Check

Score every cut-out's outline (the audit below) before and after: the share of rim pixels that read as backdrop grey falls.

Applies to

other: per-pixel alpha estimation by colour projection (NumPy and OpenCV)

I assumed

the fitted surface was the backdrop at every edge pixel, since it follows the frame's gradient.

What happened

next to a cast shadow, a gap in shade or a vignette, the edge pixels are mixed with that darker grey, not with the fitted one. Solved against the fit, they kept part of the grey as garment colour, and showed as a grey rim. A fluffy mohair kept grey backdrop in its fuzz.

The fix

solve the edge against the local backdrop, averaged from pixels clearly outside, and give a soft material a wider solved band (band), so the mohair's fuzz becomes lilac at partial alpha, not grey.

Evidence

commit 6ff0e9a, together with the shadow rule above: the mohair's worn view's fringe score went from 17.8% to 0.6%, and two accessories' from 4.6% to 0.9% and from 6.7% to 3.4%.

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