June 3, 2025

Albumentations update 2025-06-03

In the past month:

UI Tool

https://explore.albumentations.ai

You can now modify parameters in the code block and copy it to clipboard directly:

Library

[1] area_for_downscale interpolation

Added to SmallestMaxSize, LongestMaxSize, RandomSizedCrop, and RandomResizedCrop

If enabled, it switches to INTER_AREA when downscaling, which:

• Reduces artifacts
• Can slightly improve model convergence or image quality

Useful in: - RandomResizedCrop for classification - LongestMaxSize for object detection / segmentation

Compare how interpolation methods behave when downscaling:

[2] Speedups for video & volume augmentations Improved performance on these transforms:

• ToFloat
• CoarseDropout
• ConstrainedDropout
• Erasing
• Pad
• PadIfNeeded

🙏 A small request

If you spot bugs or want to suggest improvements for the UI Tool, you can:

• Email me: vladimir@albumentations.ai
• Open an issue: GitHub Issues

And if you find the library useful, consider becoming a regular sponsor — even $5–10/month helps keep it going: https://albumentations.ai/support

Thanks for reading,

Vladimir Iglovikov

Co-creator and main maintainer of Albumentations.AI