Unsatisfactory automatic object selection in panorama views

[jscha]

The automatic object selection in panoramic images sometimes leads to an absurd object selection when there is no significant foreground (in the examples small cars instead of the city panorama).

https://my.hidrive.com/share/idyexlvvet

Is there anything that can be improved? Maybe a parameter for a minimum size of the selected objects in percent, otherwise no object selection?

[Lingyu]

For images like this, you will likely want to change the Subject Masking model to Landscape instead of Default.

You can do that from the masking menu:

Or from the Preferences > Autopilot menu:

Does this help with what you are asking about?

[jscha]

Thank you, much better. Mostly everything except the sky is selected.
However, there are also images where everything has been selected across the board.
Of course I also hope for a further improvement of the standard model.

[Lingyu]

Glad I could help. For the Sharpen model how would you like to see it improved?

[jscha]

I uploaded 2 further images under the same link as above.

CR230904-083_DxO.webp:
I would expect that primarily the lantern in the foreground is selected, possibly additionally the middle house. The standard selection is not comprehensible for me, the landscape model is too general.

CR230904-111_DxO.webp:
The landscape model selects everything, the standard model hardly anything. I see the sharpening of the water surface as problematic (in general), if there is no over-sharpening here either.

My ideas and wishes would be:
a. If the standard model selects only a very tiny part (useless), it could behave like the landscape model or automatically deactivates the object selection.
b. The landscape model could try to detect subcategories like sky, water, meadows/forest etc., which can be (de)selected individually. See also my suggestion in automatic-masking-for-excluding-of-green-areas-trees-grass.

[Lingyu]

Thanks for sharing the examples. I see what you are talking about, although I’m not sure what the best solution will be yet.

I’ll add this as a task for my team to review.