Watermark mask and remover

Automatic creation of watermark masks. Automatic removal of watermarks.

Functions

• Loads a file that contains watermarks. Creates a mask for the watermarks. Removes the watermarks using generative AI (external application IO Paint -> Download or (https://github.com/Sanster/IOPaint)).
• Handles files that are screenshots of entire screens, where the image to be cleaned of watermarks is located. The application attempts to identify the location of the actual image and crops it to its correct size.
• Performs actions on all subfolders after specifying the path to a folder.
• For improved performance, watermark detection is performed using the GPU, and watermark removal is done on the CPU. If no dedicated GPU, everything is done on the CPU.

Instalation

1. Download the Github Repository
2. Download and install Python 3 and pip if necessary. The recommended Python version for this project is 3.9 (up to 3.11 due to TensorFlow compatibility).
3. Install the required libraries with pip install pip -r requirements.txt or python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Install Tesseract Download and set enviroment path.
5. Install IO Paint pip install IOPaint

Usage

Run python main.py in your code editor. Set path to your folder with pictures or subfolders

Changes log:

V2

• Input path to the folder containing pictures.
• Input path to a folder that includes subfolders with pictures.
• Full-screen screenshots are now accepted. The part of the screenshot containing the picture is cropped to the picture’s size only.
• QR code detection (partially visible QR codes are usually not detected).
• IOpaint runs automatically after processing the mask of a folder. If there are many folders, multiple instances of IOpaint may run simultaneously, which can decrease performance.
• Watermark detection is performed on the GPU, while IOpaint runs on the CPU to avoid resource conflicts.
• Estimated time and logs are provided.

To Do:

• Translate all comments to English.
• Optimize (cache removal, chunk removal).
• Verify if IOpaint has completed its first job before running the next folder, instead of running multiple instances of IOpaint simultaneously.

V1

• Create a mask for a picture.