Techniques for adding interactive features to videos

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• memory accessible by the processor;
• and
• an application stored on the memory and executable by the processor, the application configured to:
• segment each frame of a video into its semantic components to identify one or more subjects within each frame scene based on a respective group of pixels, wherein the video is a part of media;
• receive a selection of one or more subjects within a given frame scene;
• track the one or more subjects from frame to frame of the video to identify the respective group of pixels comprising the one or more subjects in each frame;
• and
• alpha-matte the media to isolate the one or more selected subjects from frame to frame.

At least one computer program product encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a process for adding interactive features to video to be carried out, the process comprising:

• segmenting each frame of a video into its semantic components to identify one or more subjects within each frame scene based on a respective group of pixels, wherein the video is a part of media;
• receiving a selection of one or more subjects within a given frame scene;
• tracking the one or more subjects from frame to frame of the video to identify the respective group of pixels comprising the one or more subjects in each frame;
• and
• alpha-matting the media to isolate the one or more selected subjects from frame to frame.