DDOEs’ annotation automation tools enable accelerated annotation work and increased productivity and accuracy. Annotation automation tools mostly are accessible through the 3-dots action button located above the annotations list on the right-side panel.
The 3-dots action button is visible only when one or more annotation is selected, and applies to all selected annotations.
Box Applications
Box to Polygon
Automatically convert a simple Bounding Box into a tight contour around an object, using the Magic Box to a polygon tool.
To learn how to create a box annotation, follow the instructions provided here.
Box to Segmentation
Automatically convert a simple Bounding Box into a tight contour around an object, using the Magic Box to Semantic tool.
To read more about creating a semantic mask annotation from a bounding box, follow the instructions provided here.
Polygon Applications
4-Points to Polygon Magic Tool
Automatically convert a simple 4-Points polygon into a complicated tight contour polygon around an object, by using the Polygon to Polygon 4-Points Magic Tool.
To learn more about this conversion, read here.
4-Points to Mask Magic Tool
Use the 4-Points Magic Tool to automatically create a contour around an object, by placing only 4 points around its edges.
To learn more about this conversion, read here.
Copy Annotations From the Previous Item
To copy annotations from the previous item to the current one using a dedicated button, do as follows:
- Perform a requested annotation on a required image item or video frame.
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Go to the next item or video-frame, where you want to copy the annotation and click on Copy annotation from previous items icon.
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In the pop-up message screen, confirm the operation.
A toast message will indicate if the operation succeeded or not. Note that a common reason for not being able to complete the annotations-copy operation is when the target image is smaller than the original image (or just a different aspect ratio), which results in annotations falling outside its boundaries.
Copied annotations will be shown as having a machine as their creator (source). After editing an annotation, it will be tagged as having the user as its source.