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 ## Updates !!!
 
+**(2021-Mar-17)** [**Dennis Bappert**](https://github.com/dennisbappert) re-trained the U^2-Net model for [**human portrait matting**](https://github.com/dennisbappert/u-2-net-portrait). The results look very promising and he also provided the details of the training process and data generation(and augmentation) strategy, which are inspiring.
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 **(2021-Mar-11)** Dr. Tim developed a [**video version rembg**](https://github.com/ecsplendid/rembg-greenscreen) for removing video backgrounds using U^2-Net. The awesome demo results can be found on [**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjqR2vCV_k).
 
 **(2021-Mar-02)** We found some other interesting applications of our U^2-Net including [**MOJO CUT**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innoria.magicut&hl=en_CA&gl=US), [**Real-Time Background Removal on Iphone**](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6752303661705170944/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6752303661705170944%29), [**Video Background Removal**](https://nisargkapkar.hashnode.dev/image-and-video-background-removal-using-deep-learning), [**Another Online Portrait Generation Demo on AWS**](http://s3-website-hosting-u2net.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/), [**AI Scissor**](https://qooba.net/2020/09/11/ai-scissors-sharp-cut-with-neural-networks/).