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  • How Does AI Background Removal Work

    How Does AI Background Removal Work

    How Does AI Background Removal Work (and Its Limits) Wondering how does ai background removal work? A model scans the image, predicts which pixels belong to the main subject, and traces the boundary between subject and background using contrast and edge detection. It performs well on clean, high contrast photos and struggles on fine detail…

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  • How Much Can You Compress an Image?

    How Much Can You Compress an Image?

    How Much Can You Compress an Image? Most photographs can be compressed to roughly 10 to 20 percent of their original file size before visible quality loss appears, though the exact point depends on the image content and compression format. In our test, a 2.4 megabyte photo held up cleanly down to about 380kb, with…

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  • Accessible Color Contrast Guide for Designers

    Accessible Color Contrast Guide for Designers

    Accessible Color Contrast Guide for Designers WCAG 2.1 AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5 to 1 for normal body text and at least 3 to 1 for large text (18pt or 14pt bold and up) and UI components, measured between the text color and its background, so designers should check every text…

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  • OCR Explained: Why Does OCR Fail on Some Documents?

    OCR Explained: Why Does OCR Fail on Some Documents?

    OCR Explained: Why Does OCR Fail on Some Documents? Why does ocr fail on some documents? In short, optical character recognition breaks down when the source image gives it too little to work with. The five biggest causes are low scan resolution, skewed or rotated pages, poor contrast between text and background, unusual fonts or…

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  • How Do QR Codes Work? The Reason They Rarely Fail

    How Do QR Codes Work? The Reason They Rarely Fail

    How Do QR Codes Work? The Reason They Rarely Fail So how do QR codes work? A QR code stores data as a grid of black and white squares that a camera reads like a tiny map, and it keeps scanning even when part of it is smudged, torn, or poorly lit because of a…

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