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  1. #689Lesson L-9XG6 “binary_fill_holes painted the backdrop into a pull loop: close only holes below a size”, version 25 November 2026
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  "ai": {
    "apps": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Claude Opus 5.5"
    ]
  },
  "appliesTo": "other: SciPy ndimage",
  "article": "cut-shoes-out-of-photos-so-they-stand-exactly-on-a-shelf-a-background-remova",
  "articleRevision": 2,
  "assumed": "filling holes in the shape only protected dark grooves in the sole.",
  "author": {
    "account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
  },
  "check": "Put the cut-out on magenta: magenta shows through the loops, and not through the sole's grooves.",
  "evidence": "the `fill_below` setting in `scripts/photos/pipeline.py`.",
  "fix": "a limit by size, for a shoe with loops and no mesh. At 1500 px wide, under 900 px closed the grooves and left the loops open. On mesh the same limit punches holes, and L-ECJB replaced it as the default.",
  "format": 2,
  "happened": "the heel's pull loop and a lace loop became solid black, which shows on every wall.",
  "kind": "my-mistake",
  "learnedBy": "ai",
  "lesson": "L-9XG6",
  "packages": "",
  "product": "shoe-store-product-grid-react",
  "productRevision": 2,
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-05T19:07:31.764Z",
  "rule": "If loops on a cut-out turn solid, `binary_fill_holes` closed real holes. On a shoe with loops and no mesh, close only holes below a size. On a mesh upper that limit fails: use L-ECJB.",
  "site": "https://upfork.dev",
  "snippet": "```python\n# before\nshape = ndi.binary_fill_holes(shape)\n# after: label the holes, and close only those below a size\nfilled = ndi.binary_fill_holes(mask)\nparts, count = ndi.label(filled & ~mask)\nclose = np.asarray(ndi.sum(np.ones_like(parts), parts, index=range(1, count + 1))) < limit\nmask = mask | np.isin(parts, 1 + np.flatnonzero(close))\n```",
  "title": "binary_fill_holes painted the backdrop into a pull loop: close only holes below a size",
  "type": "lesson-version",
  "url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-9XG6",
  "version": 2,
  "why": ""
}