Albumentations
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Albumentations is a Python library for image augmentation. Image augmentation is used in deep learning and computer vision tasks to increase the quality of trained models. The purpose of image augmentation is to create new training samples from the existing data.
Here is an example of how you can apply some pixel-level augmentations from Albumentations to create new images from the original one:
Why Albumentations
- Complete Computer Vision Support: Works with all major CV tasks including classification, segmentation (semantic & instance), object detection, and pose estimation.
- Simple, Unified API: One consistent interface for all data types - RGB/grayscale/multispectral images, masks, bounding boxes, and keypoints.
- Rich Augmentation Library: 70+ high-quality augmentations to enhance your training data.
- Fast: Consistently benchmarked as the fastest augmentation library, with optimizations for production use.
- Deep Learning Integration: Works with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and other frameworks. Part of the PyTorch ecosystem.
- Created by Experts: Built by developers with deep experience in computer vision and machine learning competitions.
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Table of contents
Authors
Current Maintainer
Vladimir I. Iglovikov | Kaggle Grandmaster
Emeritus Core Team Members
Mikhail Druzhinin | Kaggle Expert
Alex Parinov | Kaggle Master
Alexander Buslaev | Kaggle Master
Eugene Khvedchenya | Kaggle Grandmaster
Installation
Albumentations requires Python 3.9 or higher. To install the latest version from PyPI:
pip install -U albumentations
Other installation options are described in the documentation.
Documentation
The full documentation is available at https://albumentations.ai/docs/.
A simple example
import albumentations as A
import cv2
transform = A.Compose([
A.RandomCrop(width=256, height=256),
A.HorizontalFlip(p=0.5),
A.RandomBrightnessContrast(p=0.2),
])
image = cv2.imread("image.jpg")
image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
transformed = transform(image=image)
transformed_image = transformed["image"]
Getting started
I am new to image augmentation
Please start with the introduction articles about why image augmentation is important and how it helps to build better models.
I want to use Albumentations for the specific task such as classification or segmentation
If you want to use Albumentations for a specific task such as classification, segmentation, or object detection, refer to the set of articles that has an in-depth description of this task. We also have a list of examples on applying Albumentations for different use cases.
I want to know how to use Albumentations with deep learning frameworks
We have examples of using Albumentations along with PyTorch and TensorFlow.
I want to explore augmentations and see Albumentations in action
Check the online demo of the library. With it, you can apply augmentations to different images and see the result. Also, we have a list of all available augmentations and their targets.
Who is using Albumentations
See also
List of augmentations
Pixel-level transforms
Pixel-level transforms will change just an input image and will leave any additional targets such as masks, bounding boxes, and keypoints unchanged. The list of pixel-level transforms:
Spatial-level transforms
Spatial-level transforms will simultaneously change both an input image as well as additional targets such as masks, bounding boxes, and keypoints. The following table shows which additional targets are supported by each transform.
A few more examples of augmentations
Semantic segmentation on the Inria dataset
Medical imaging
Object detection and semantic segmentation on the Mapillary Vistas dataset
Keypoints augmentation
Benchmarking results
System Information
- Platform: macOS-15.0.1-arm64-arm-64bit
- Processor: arm
- CPU Count: 10
- Python Version: 3.12.7
Benchmark Parameters
- Number of images: 1000
- Runs per transform: 10
- Max warmup iterations: 1000
Library Versions
- albumentations: 1.4.20
- augly: 1.0.0
- imgaug: 0.4.0
- kornia: 0.7.3
- torchvision: 0.20.0
Performance Comparison
Number - is the number of uint8 RGB images processed per second on a single CPU core. Higher is better.
Transform | albumentations 1.4.20 | augly 1.0.0 | imgaug 0.4.0 | kornia 0.7.3 | torchvision 0.20.0 |
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HorizontalFlip | 8618 ± 1233 | 4807 ± 818 | 6042 ± 788 | 390 ± 106 | 914 ± 67 |
VerticalFlip | 22847 ± 2031 | 9153 ± 1291 | 10931 ± 1844 | 1212 ± 402 | 3198 ± 200 |
Rotate | 1146 ± 79 | 1119 ± 41 | 1136 ± 218 | 143 ± 11 | 181 ± 11 |
Affine | 682 ± 192 | - | 774 ± 97 | 147 ± 9 | 130 ± 12 |
Equalize | 892 ± 61 | - | 581 ± 54 | 152 ± 19 | 479 ± 12 |
RandomCrop80 | 47341 ± 20523 | 25272 ± 1822 | 11503 ± 441 | 1510 ± 230 | 32109 ± 1241 |
ShiftRGB | 2349 ± 76 | - | 1582 ± 65 | - | - |
Resize | 2316 ± 166 | 611 ± 78 | 1806 ± 63 | 232 ± 24 | 195 ± 4 |
RandomGamma | 8675 ± 274 | - | 2318 ± 269 | 108 ± 13 | - |
Grayscale | 3056 ± 47 | 2720 ± 932 | 1681 ± 156 | 289 ± 75 | 1838 ± 130 |
RandomPerspective | 412 ± 38 | - | 554 ± 22 | 86 ± 11 | 96 ± 5 |
GaussianBlur | 1728 ± 89 | 242 ± 4 | 1090 ± 65 | 176 ± 18 | 79 ± 3 |
MedianBlur | 868 ± 60 | - | 813 ± 30 | 5 ± 0 | - |
MotionBlur | 4047 ± 67 | - | 612 ± 18 | 73 ± 2 | - |
Posterize | 9094 ± 301 | - | 2097 ± 68 | 430 ± 49 | 3196 ± 185 |
JpegCompression | 918 ± 23 | 778 ± 5 | 459 ± 35 | 71 ± 3 | 625 ± 17 |
GaussianNoise | 166 ± 12 | 67 ± 2 | 206 ± 11 | 75 ± 1 | - |
Elastic | 201 ± 5 | - | 235 ± 20 | 1 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 |
Clahe | 454 ± 22 | - | 335 ± 43 | 94 ± 9 | - |
CoarseDropout | 13368 ± 744 | - | 671 ± 38 | 536 ± 87 | - |
Blur | 5267 ± 543 | 246 ± 3 | 3807 ± 325 | - | - |
ColorJitter | 628 ± 55 | 255 ± 13 | - | 55 ± 18 | 46 ± 2 |
Brightness | 8956 ± 300 | 1163 ± 86 | - | 472 ± 101 | 429 ± 20 |
Contrast | 8879 ± 1426 | 736 ± 79 | - | 425 ± 52 | 335 ± 35 |
RandomResizedCrop | 2828 ± 186 | - | - | 287 ± 58 | 511 ± 10 |
Normalize | 1196 ± 56 | - | - | 626 ± 40 | 519 ± 12 |
PlankianJitter | 2204 ± 385 | - | - | 813 ± 211 | - |
Contributing
To create a pull request to the repository, follow the documentation at CONTRIBUTING.md
Citing
If you find this library useful for your research, please consider citing Albumentations: Fast and Flexible Image Augmentations:
@Article{info11020125,
AUTHOR = {Buslaev, Alexander and Iglovikov, Vladimir I. and Khvedchenya, Eugene and Parinov, Alex and Druzhinin, Mikhail and Kalinin, Alexandr A.},
TITLE = {Albumentations: Fast and Flexible Image Augmentations},
JOURNAL = {Information},
VOLUME = {11},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {2},
ARTICLE-NUMBER = {125},
URL = {https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/2/125},
ISSN = {2078-2489},
DOI = {10.3390/info11020125}
}