COMPLETE REFERENCE LIBRARY + AUTO BACKGROUND REMOVAL - Added 4 Nomad Raider types (Desert Frost Jungle Tech) - Added 3 Magic Helpers (Troll Fairy Elf) - Created automated background removal system - Processed 24 images with transparent backgrounds - Updated ROADMAP with Visual Cleanup complete - Total 24 master references ready for production

scripts/remove_backgrounds.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+AUTOMATIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL SYSTEM
+Removes green backgrounds from all reference images and makes them transparent.
+Uses color-based removal (green #00FF00 background).
+"""
+
+import os
+from PIL import Image
+import numpy as np
+
+def remove_green_background(input_path, output_path):
+    """
+    Remove green (#00FF00) background and make transparent.
+    """
+    print(f"Processing: {input_path}")
+    
+    # Open image
+    img = Image.open(input_path).convert("RGBA")
+    data = np.array(img)
+    
+    # Get RGB channels
+    r, g, b, a = data.T
+    
+    # Define green background color range (accounting for compression artifacts)
+    # Pure green is #00FF00 (0, 255, 0)
+    green_threshold = 200  # Flexibility for compression
+    
+    # Find green pixels
+    green_areas = (g > green_threshold) & (r < 100) & (b < 100)
+    
+    # Make green pixels transparent
+    data[..., 3][green_areas.T] = 0
+    
+    # Save with transparency
+    result = Image.fromarray(data)
+    result.save(output_path, 'PNG')
+    print(f"✅ Saved: {output_path}")
+
+def process_references_folder(references_path):
+    """
+    Process all PNG/JPG images in references folder recursively.
+    """
+    processed_count = 0
+    
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(references_path):
+        for file in files:
+            # Only process image files
+            if file.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg')):
+                input_path = os.path.join(root, file)
+                
+                # Skip if already processed (has '_nobg' in name)
+                if '_nobg' in file:
+                    continue
+                
+                # Create output path (same location, add _nobg suffix)
+                base_name = os.path.splitext(file)[0]
+                output_path = os.path.join(root, f"{base_name}_nobg.png")
+                
+                try:
+                    remove_green_background(input_path, output_path)
+                    processed_count += 1
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"❌ Error processing {input_path}: {e}")
+    
+    return processed_count
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    references_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'references')
+    
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print("🎨 AUTOMATIC BACKGROUND REMOVAL")
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print(f"Processing folder: {references_path}")
+    print()
+    
+    count = process_references_folder(references_path)
+    
+    print()
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print(f"✅ COMPLETE! Processed {count} images")
+    print("=" * 60)