Inpainting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A technique in which missing or damaged portions of images are reconstructed by interpolation of surrounding areas. countable, uncountable

    "The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]"

  2. 2
    A portion of an image created by this technique. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of inpaint form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]"

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