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.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install google-genai pillow

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$env:GEMINI_API_KEY="your_api_key"

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set GEMINI_API_KEY=your_api_key

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images/
  product1.jpg
  product2.png

output/

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.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\cutout.py .\images .\output

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.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\cutout.py .\images .\output --model gemini-2.5-flash-image

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response = client.models.generate_content(
    model=model,
    contents=[PROMPT, image],
)

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def is_light_background_pixel(r: int, g: int, b: int) -> bool:
    brightness = (r + g + b) / 3
    spread = max(r, g, b) - min(r, g, b)
    return brightness >= 170 and spread <= 35

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from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import os
from pathlib import Path
from collections import deque

from PIL import Image

try:
    from google import genai
except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
    raise SystemExit(
        "Missing dependency: google-genai. Install it with "
        r"'.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install google-genai'."
    ) from exc


PROMPT = (
    "Remove the entire background from this product photo and return only the product "
    "on a fully transparent background as a PNG. Keep the full product intact, preserve "
    "thin cable details, clean the inner loops and holes, and do not add any new objects "
    "or shadows."
)


def is_light_background_pixel(r: int, g: int, b: int) -> bool:
    brightness = (r + g + b) / 3
    spread = max(r, g, b) - min(r, g, b)
    return brightness >= 170 and spread <= 35


def to_pil_image(image_obj) -> Image.Image:
    if isinstance(image_obj, Image.Image):
        return image_obj
    pil_image = getattr(image_obj, "_pil_image", None)
    if isinstance(pil_image, Image.Image):
        return pil_image
    as_pil = getattr(image_obj, "pil_image", None)
    if isinstance(as_pil, Image.Image):
        return as_pil
    raise TypeError(f"Unsupported image object type: {type(image_obj)!r}")


def make_transparent_from_borders(image: Image.Image) -> Image.Image:
    rgba = image.convert("RGBA")
    width, height = rgba.size
    pixels = rgba.load()

    visited: set[tuple[int, int]] = set()
    queue: deque[tuple[int, int]] = deque()

    def push_if_bg(x: int, y: int) -> None:
        if (x, y) in visited:
            return
        r, g, b, _ = pixels[x, y]
        if is_light_background_pixel(r, g, b):
            visited.add((x, y))
            queue.append((x, y))

    for x in range(width):
        push_if_bg(x, 0)
        push_if_bg(x, height - 1)
    for y in range(height):
        push_if_bg(0, y)
        push_if_bg(width - 1, y)

    while queue:
        x, y = queue.popleft()
        for nx, ny in ((x - 1, y), (x + 1, y), (x, y - 1), (x, y + 1)):
            if 0 <= nx < width and 0 <= ny < height:
                push_if_bg(nx, ny)

    for x, y in visited:
        pixels[x, y] = (0, 0, 0, 0)

    return rgba


def save_first_image_part(response, dst: Path) -> None:
    parts = getattr(response, "parts", None)
    if parts is None and getattr(response, "candidates", None):
        parts = response.candidates[0].content.parts

    if not parts:
        raise RuntimeError("Model returned no content parts.")

    for part in parts:
        inline_data = getattr(part, "inline_data", None)
        if inline_data is None and isinstance(part, dict):
            inline_data = part.get("inline_data")

        if inline_data is None:
            continue

        if hasattr(part, "as_image"):
            image = to_pil_image(part.as_image())
            dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
            make_transparent_from_borders(image).save(dst)
            return

        data = getattr(inline_data, "data", None)
        mime_type = getattr(inline_data, "mime_type", "")
        if data:
            dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
            with open(dst, "wb") as handle:
                handle.write(data)
            with Image.open(dst) as img:
                processed = make_transparent_from_borders(img)
                processed.save(dst.with_suffix(".png"))
            if dst.suffix.lower() != ".png":
                dst.unlink(missing_ok=True)
            return

    raise RuntimeError("Model returned text only and no edited image.")


def process_image(src: Path, dst: Path, client, model: str) -> None:
    with Image.open(src).convert("RGBA") as image:
        response = client.models.generate_content(
            model=model,
            contents=[PROMPT, image],
        )
    save_first_image_part(response, dst)


def main() -> None:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Use Nano Banana / Gemini image editing to cut out product images.")
    parser.add_argument("input_dir", type=Path)
    parser.add_argument("output_dir", type=Path)
    parser.add_argument("--model", default="gemini-2.5-flash-image")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    api_key = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY")
    if not api_key:
        raise SystemExit("Missing GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.")

    client = genai.Client(api_key=api_key)
    exts = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".webp"}

    for src in sorted(args.input_dir.iterdir()):
        if not src.is_file() or src.suffix.lower() not in exts:
            continue
        dst = args.output_dir / f"{src.stem}.png"
        process_image(src, dst, client, args.model)
        print(dst)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()