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  "id": 129807,
  "title": "Image Shape..do you use square or rectangular?",
  "url": "/competitions/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/129807",
  "author_name": "Robin Smits",
  "post_date": "2020-02-10T20:59:44.162000",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>With the rectangular input shape of the images it is an interresting choice...\nDo you use squared or rectangular shaped images?</p>\n\n<p>With squared images there is some more work todo with cropping, resizing and making sure that you get all the necessary details from the source image in the crop.\nUsing rectangular images is just  a matter of resizing with a scale factor.</p>\n\n<p>I've done a few attempts to compare. On average i get the impression that rectangular images are just as good (and in an occasional run even better...) then squared images.</p>\n\n<p>So what are your experiences with using square or rectangular images?</p>",
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      "postDate": "2020-02-10T20:59:44.163Z",
      "content": "<p>With the rectangular input shape of the images it is an interresting choice...\nDo you use squared or rectangular shaped images?</p>\n\n<p>With squared images there is some more work todo with cropping, resizing and making sure that you get all the necessary details from the source image in the crop.\nUsing rectangular images is just  a matter of resizing with a scale factor.</p>\n\n<p>I've done a few attempts to compare. On average i get the impression that rectangular images are just as good (and in an occasional run even better...) then squared images.</p>\n\n<p>So what are your experiences with using square or rectangular images?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "With the rectangular input shape of the images it is an interresting choice...\nDo you use squared or rectangular shaped images?\n\nWith squared images there is some more work todo with cropping, resizing and making sure that you get all the necessary details from the source image in the crop.\nUsing rectangular images is just  a matter of resizing with a scale factor.\n\nI've done a few attempts to compare. On average i get the impression that rectangular images are just as good (and in an occasional run even better...) then squared images.\n\nSo what are your experiences with using square or rectangular images?",
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    "741631": "With the rectangular input shape of the images it is an interresting choice...\nDo you use squared or rectangular shaped images?\n\nWith squared images there is some more work todo with cropping, resizing and making sure that you get all the necessary details from the source image in the crop.\nUsing rectangular images is just  a matter of resizing with a scale factor.\n\nI've done a few attempts to compare. On average i get the impression that rectangular images are just as good (and in an occasional run even better...) then squared images.\n\nSo what are your experiences with using square or rectangular images?"
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