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Adds GPU-accelerated Green Screen (Chroma Key) webcam cutout support across all three native compositor backends (Metal on macOS, D3D11 HLSL on Windows, and Vulkan WGSL on Linux), integrated inside the Cutout camera background mode.

Changes

  • Project Settings & Types: Added "chromakey" to WEBCAM_BACKGROUND_MODES and persisted webcamChromaKeyColor, webcamChromaKeySimilarity, webcamChromaKeySmoothness, and webcamChromaKeySpill in legacyEditor, projectDefaults, stylePresets, and the AI editor-settings-tool.
  • Scene Description & Native Compositor: Serialized SceneChromaKey under webcamEffect.chromaKey and mapped "chromakey" to shader_code() == 4.0 in crates/compositor/src/scene.rs. Configured macOS, Windows, and Linux compositors to bypass CPU ONNX segmentation for shader_code == 4.0, suppress the rectangular PiP shadow (matching "transparent"), and pass chroma uniforms via LayerCB.color and LayerCB.trail_a.
  • GPU Shaders (shaders.metal, shaders.hlsl, vk_shaders/layer.wgsl): Implemented YCbCr (CbCr) chrominance distance keying with smoothstep edge feathering and dominant-channel spill suppression for effect > 3.5.
  • UI & i18n (RightPanes.tsx): Added a Green screen toggle inside Cutout that reveals Key color, Tolerance, Edge softness, and Spill suppression controls, localized across all 15 locales.

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  • New Features
    • Added a Green screen option for webcam backgrounds, with controls for key color, tolerance, edge softness, and spill suppression.
    • Green screen settings use sensible defaults and are saved with your project.
    • Available across supported platforms and in multiple languages.

Add GPU-accelerated Chroma Key background cutout for the webcam overlay
across Metal (macOS), D3D11 HLSL (Windows), and Vulkan WGSL (Linux),
exposed as a Green screen toggle inside the Cutout camera background mode:

- Add 'chromakey' to WebcamBackgroundMode and persist webcamChromaKeyColor,
  webcamChromaKeySimilarity, webcamChromaKeySmoothness, and
  webcamChromaKeySpill in project settings and style presets.
- Serialize SceneChromaKey under webcamEffect.chromaKey in sceneDescription.
- Map 'chromakey' to shader_code 4.0 in the native Rust compositor,
  bypassing CPU ONNX segmentation and passing key color + similarity,
  smoothness, and spill uniforms via LayerCB.color and LayerCB.trail_a.
- Implement YCbCr (CbCr) chrominance distance keying with smoothstep edge
  feathering and dominant-channel spill suppression in shaders.metal,
  shaders.hlsl, and vk_shaders/layer.wgsl.
- Add a Green screen toggle and Key color / Tolerance / Edge softness /
  Spill suppression controls under Cutout in LayoutPane across all 15
  locales.
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The change adds a chromakey webcam background mode with configurable key color, similarity, smoothness, and spill settings. The editor stores and serializes these values. The Linux, macOS, and Windows compositors pass chroma-key uniforms to Metal and WGSL shader paths without requesting segmentation for this mode.

Changes: Webcam chroma-key support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define and persist chroma-key settings
src/components/video-editor/types.ts, src/lib/projectDefaults.ts, src/lib/ai-edition/store/editorSettings.ts, src/lib/ai-edition/store/editorSettings.test.ts, src/lib/ai-edition/stylePresets.ts
Adds chromakey to the webcam mode type and preset validation. Defines defaults and bounds for chroma-key settings and adds them to editor settings persistence.
Expose chroma-key controls
src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.layout.test.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/WebcamOverlay.test.tsx, electron/ai-edition/editor-settings-tool.ts, src/i18n/locales/*/settings.json
Adds a Green screen toggle, key-color input, and similarity, smoothness, and spill sliders. Adds model-facing setting validation and reports the controls in the supplied locales. Tests cover mode switching, stored values, and segmentation behavior in the preview.
Serialize chroma-key scene settings
src/native/sceneDescription.ts, src/native/sceneDescription.test.ts, crates/compositor/src/scene.rs
Adds chroma-key scene fields and serializes them only when the webcam mode is chromakey. The compositor maps the mode to shader code 4 and supplies bounded uniforms, with defaults when settings are absent.
Render chroma key without segmentation
crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs, crates/compositor/src/compositor_macos.rs, crates/compositor/src/compositor_windows.rs, crates/compositor/src/shaders.metal, crates/compositor/src/vk_shaders/layer.wgsl
Narrows segmentation requests to effect codes below 3.5. Compositors pass chroma-key color and tuning values to the shader, which computes a chroma-distance mask and can suppress spill.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RightPanes
  participant editorSettings
  participant buildSceneDescription
  participant Compositor
  participant WebcamShader
  RightPanes->>editorSettings: Save chroma-key mode and settings
  editorSettings->>buildSceneDescription: Provide stored settings
  buildSceneDescription->>Compositor: Serialize chroma-key scene values
  Compositor->>WebcamShader: Pass key color and tuning uniforms
  WebcamShader->>WebcamShader: Compute chroma mask and optional spill suppression
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f079d

Green screen works without the optional segmentation runtime, but the editor hides its toggle and controls on machines without that runtime, so those users cannot use the new feature. The assistant also reports chroma key as ineffective in that case, and two sliders allow values that are silently clamped. Making the controls available without segmentation is a localized fix that should be done before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 2

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: adding a Green Screen (Chroma Key) webcam cutout mode.
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Review comments at @electron/ai-edition/editor-settings-tool.ts:
- Around line 307-316: Update the inactive-mode decision in the
webcamBackgroundMode handling so it depends on whether the selected mode
requires ONNX, not merely whether segmentation is unavailable. Keep chromakey
active when segmentation is unavailable, and preserve inactive reporting for
modes that require ONNX; use the existing mode checks and symbols in that
branch.

Review comments at @src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx:
- Around line 3161-3162: Update the similarity and smoothness sliders in the
relevant RightPanes component to derive their min and max values from
SETTING_BOUNDS, using the matching bounds for each setting instead of hard-coded
limits. Keep the slider ranges aligned with the values getEditorSettings
accepts.
- Around line 3098-3102: Update the background-controls rendering in RightPanes
so the selector, Green screen toggle, and chroma-key controls remain available
when canSegmentCamera is false. Remove that gate from rendering and disable only
modes that require segmentation; preserve chromakey access through the
webcamBackgroundMode controls.

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  • crates/compositor/src/scene.rs
  • crates/compositor/src/shaders.metal
  • crates/compositor/src/vk_shaders/layer.wgsl
  • electron/ai-edition/editor-settings-tool.ts
  • src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.layout.test.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/WebcamOverlay.test.tsx
  • src/components/video-editor/types.ts
  • src/i18n/locales/ar/settings.json
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Comment on lines +307 to +316
if (s.webcamBackgroundMode !== "chromakey") {
for (const key of [
"webcamChromaKeyColor",
"webcamChromaKeySimilarity",
"webcamChromaKeySmoothness",
"webcamChromaKeySpill",
] as const) {
out[key] = "Only used when webcamBackgroundMode is chromakey.";
}
}

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report chroma key as active without segmentation.

If segmentation is unavailable and the agent selects chromakey, the branch at Lines 294–299 still marks webcamBackgroundMode inactive. The new fields are not marked inactive, but the tool reports that their selected mode cannot change the camera background. Chroma key does not use segmentation. Make the inactive-mode decision depend on whether the selected mode requires ONNX.

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Review comment at @electron/ai-edition/editor-settings-tool.ts around lines 307
- 316:
Update the inactive-mode decision in the webcamBackgroundMode handling so it
depends on whether the selected mode requires ONNX, not merely whether
segmentation is unavailable. Keep chromakey active when segmentation is
unavailable, and preserve inactive reporting for modes that require ONNX; use
the existing mode checks and symbols in that branch.

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Comment on lines +3098 to +3102
{settings.webcamBackgroundMode === "transparent" ||
settings.webcamBackgroundMode === "chromakey" ? (
<div className={styles.paneRow}>
<span className={styles.label}>{ts("layout.bgModes.chromakey")}</span>
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '3020,3120p' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx
rg -n 'canSegmentCamera' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- RightPanes chromakey branch ---'
sed -n '3180,3235p' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- segmentation hook and callers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx,cpp,h,hpp,mm,metal,hlsl,wgsl}' -e 'useCanSegmentCamera' -e 'canSegmentCamera' -e 'shader_code' -e 'chromakey' -e 'chromaKey' -- src native || true

Repository: getopenscreen/openscreen

Length of output: 6099


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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- segmentation support hook ---'
sed -n '1,110p' src/native/hooks/useSegmentationSupport.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- focused layout tests ---'
sed -n '200,285p' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.layout.test.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- scene chromakey mapping ---'
sed -n '1575,1620p' src/native/sceneDescription.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- compositor and processing references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' --glob '!build/**' -e 'shader_code' -e 'chromaKey' -e 'chromakey' -e 'SceneChromaKey' -e 'segment' . || test "$?" -eq 1

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- likely native/compositor files ---'
rg --files | rg -i '(^|/)(native|compositor|renderer|shader|capture|export)|\.(rs|metal|hlsl|wgsl|glsl|cpp|cc|mm|hpp|h)$' | head -n 300
printf '%s\n' '--- bounded chromakey/native references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!technical-documentation/**' --glob '!tools/**' --glob '!*.test.*' -e 'chromaKey' -e 'chromakey' -e 'shader_code' -e 'webcamEffect' -e 'segmentCameraFrame' -e 'segment_camera' . | head -n 300 || test "$?" -eq 1

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- mode list and current UI block ---'
rg -n -F -e 'CAMERA_BACKGROUND_MODES' -e 'disabled={layoutControlsDisabled}' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx
sed -n '3000,3075p' src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- scene mode mapping ---'
sed -n '820,875p' crates/compositor/src/scene.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- Windows compositor ---'
sed -n '2728,2780p' crates/compositor/src/compositor_windows.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- macOS compositor ---'
sed -n '2922,2965p' crates/compositor/src/compositor_macos.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- Linux compositor ---'
sed -n '2738,2810p' crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs

Repository: getopenscreen/openscreen

Length of output: 15896


Make Green screen available without ONNX segmentation.

When canSegmentCamera is false, the condition at src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx:3046 hides the background selector, Green screen toggle, and chroma-key controls. Chroma key uses a separate compositor path and does not require segmentation. Render these controls without the canSegmentCamera gate, and disable only the segmentation-dependent modes.

This is a localized UI change, not a high-effort refactor.

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Review comment at @src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx around lines 3098 -
3102:
Update the background-controls rendering in RightPanes so the selector, Green
screen toggle, and chroma-key controls remain available when canSegmentCamera is
false. Remove that gate from rendering and disable only modes that require
segmentation; preserve chromakey access through the webcamBackgroundMode
controls.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

Comment on lines +3161 to +3162
min={1}
max={100}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match the slider limits to the stored limits.

SETTING_BOUNDS limits similarity to 5–90% and smoothness to 1–50%, but these sliders offer 1–100% and 0–100%. When a user selects a value outside the stored range, getEditorSettings clamps it, so the control cannot retain the selected value. Derive these slider limits from SETTING_BOUNDS.

Also applies to: 3172-3173

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Review comment at @src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.tsx around lines 3161 -
3162:
Update the similarity and smoothness sliders in the relevant RightPanes
component to derive their min and max values from SETTING_BOUNDS, using the
matching bounds for each setting instead of hard-coded limits. Keep the slider
ranges aligned with the values getEditorSettings accepts.

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@alokc83 thanks for this PR could you explain how it is better than the current cutout mecanism ?

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@EtienneLescot Reason that I wrote that I has issues with current cutout even though I was able play with lights I was not able to the cut out that would satisfy my needed.
So I added more fine tuning on top of current cutout. I should have taken picture of before and after. That would be have been better to explain.

Let me find some time today to add picture of with or without fine-tuning.

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