Annotation Automation Tools

Dataloops’ 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.

Box to Segmentation

Automatically convert a simple Bounding Box into a tight contour around an object, using the Magic Box to Semantic tool.

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.

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.

Copy Annotations From the Previous Item

To copy annotations from the previous item to the current one using a dedicated button, do as follows:

1. Perform a requested annotation on a required image item or video frame.

2. Go to the next item or video-frame, where you want to copy the annotation and click on Copy annotation from previous items icon.

3. 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.