image-remove-white-background
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Removes solid-color backgrounds (white, green #00FF00, magenta #FF00FF) from a single AI-generated image using color key and border flood fill — not AI matting. Use when rembg over-removes foreground, for flat white/green/magenta backgrounds, color key cutout, white-background cutout, green screen, or chroma key before Godot sprite import.
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Remove flat solid-color backgrounds with color key + flood fill.
- Very specific: line 20
When this skill applies, read and follow dependency-manager — run scripts as documented, install missing tools into .dependency/.
- Very specific: line 22
Run remove_white_bg.py through the image-remove-white-background manifest entry (.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/).
- Very specific: line 23
Do not hand-write FFmpeg colorkey / ImageMagick commands — use the bundled script.
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Use bin/python on Unix.
- Very specific: line 50
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--imageis required: Default output: <image-dir>/image-remove-white-background/<image-name>.png
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Image Remove White / Chroma Background
Remove flat solid-color backgrounds with color key + flood fill. Output is RGBA PNG with transparency — ready for Godot sprites and UI.
Unlike image-remove-background (rembg AI matting), this skill only removes pixels that match the key color. It does not guess what is "subject" vs "background", so white clothing, props, and effects are preserved unless they touch the outer background through matching pixels.
Single file only. Pass one image with --image; directories are not supported.
Rules
When this skill applies, read and follow dependency-manager — run scripts as documented, install missing tools into .dependency/.
- Run
remove_white_bg.pythrough theimage-remove-white-backgroundmanifest entry (.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/). Never use hostpython,py,python3, or any interpreter outside.dependency/. - Do not hand-write FFmpeg
colorkey/ ImageMagick commands — use the bundled script. - Single file only. Pass one image with
--image; directories are not supported. populated: falseforimage-remove-white-backgroundis not a reason to skip. Install first, setpopulated: true, retry the same command.- Pass the input path as-is (chat attachment path,
Downloads/foo.png, project folder, etc.). Output goes to<image-dir>/image-remove-white-background/by default — no path rewriting; never overwrite sources.
Setup (first run)
From project root:
.dependency/python/python -m venv .dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install PillowRegister in .dependency/manifest.json:
"image-remove-white-background": {
"populated": true,
"bin": ".dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe"
}Use bin/python on Unix.
Quick Start
Both --image is required. Default output: <image-dir>/image-remove-white-background/<image-name>.png
# White AI background (default preset)
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/sprites/hero.png
# Green screen (#00FF00) — recommended for future AI generation
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/sprites/hero.png --preset green
# Magenta screen (#FF00FF)
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/sprites/hero.png --preset magentaCustom output path:
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/sprites/hero.png -o image/sprites_cutout/Presets
| Preset | Key color | Default tolerance | Best for |
white (default) | #FFFFFF | 25 | AI images with pure/near-white backgrounds |
green | #00FF00 | 40 | Green-screen AI prompts (recommended) |
magenta | #FF00FF | 40 | Magenta-screen AI prompts |
Custom key color:
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/foo.png --color F0F0F0 --tolerance 20Modes
| Mode | Behavior |
global (default) | Removes all pixels matching the key color. Best when the subject has no same-color interior details to preserve. |
both | Union of border and center — removes background connected to edges or to the center. |
border | Flood fill from image edges only — keeps isolated white areas not reachable from edges or center (e.g. white shirt interior). |
center | Flood fill from the image center outward — removes key-color regions reachable from the middle. |
# Center-out flood (interior white holes)
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/foo.png --mode center
# Edge + center without removing every white pixel
.dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe .ai/image-remove-white-background/remove_white_bg.py --image image/foo.png --mode bothDefaults
| Option | Default | Notes |
--image | Required | Single supported image file |
| Output | <image-dir>/image-remove-white-background/<name>.png | Use -o / --output for custom file or directory |
--preset | white | green / magenta for chroma-screen AI art |
--mode | global | Use border or both when same-color interior details must be preserved |
--tolerance | preset-specific | Raise if background remnants remain; lower if foreground edges erode |
--feather | 2 | Gaussian soft edge on alpha; 0 for hard edges |
--crop | off | Trim transparent borders after keying |
Supported inputs: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .avif, .ico.
Agent Workflow
- Pick skill — flat solid background → this skill; complex/photo backgrounds → image-remove-background.
- Paths — Pass whatever path the user gives or the chat
<image_files>path directly with--image. Output lands inimage-remove-white-background/next to that input. - One file per run — process one image, verify the result, then repeat for additional files if needed.
- Preset —
whitefor existing white-bg AI art; tell user to switch AI prompts to--preset greenor--preset magentagoing forward. - Tolerance — if halos remain, increase
--toleranceby 5–10; if subject edges eat away, decrease it. - Revert — delete output file or
git restore; sources are never modified.
Troubleshooting
| Issue | Fix |
image-remove-white-background missing | Follow Setup; update manifest |
Missing --image | Both --image and a file path are required |
Directory passed to --image | Run once per file; this skill accepts image files only |
| Output already exists | Delete the existing output or choose a different -o path |
| Background remnants (gray fringe) | Increase --tolerance; try --feather 3 |
| Subject edges eroded | Decrease --tolerance; ensure --mode border |
| White clothing removed | Switch to --mode border or --mode both; avoid global for characters with white details |
| Green spill on subject edges | Lower --tolerance; increase --feather slightly |
| Interior holes stay opaque | Try --mode center if the hole matches the key color at the image center; try --mode both for edge + center; otherwise --mode global only if safe, or fix in an editor |
| Center mode does nothing | Center pixel is not key color (subject sits in the middle) — use border, both, or split sprite sheets per frame |
| Wrong colors in JPEG | Prefer PNG from AI export; raise tolerance slightly for compression artifacts |
| Wrong interpreter | Must use .dependency/image-remove-white-background/.venv/Scripts/python.exe |
CLI
Copy-paste commands: cli/image-remove-white-background.md
Related
- AI matting (complex backgrounds): image-remove-background
- Enclosed white islands after edge keying: image-region-remove-key-color-app
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