def cutout(image_path, trimap_path, cutout_path):
    """
    Generate a cutout image from an input image and an input trimap.
    This method is using closed-form alpha matting as proposed by :cite:`levin2007closed` and multi-level foreground extraction :cite:`germer2020multilevel`.

    Parameters
    ----------
    image_path: str
        Path of input image
    trimap_path: str
        Path of input trimap
    cutout_path: str
        Path of output cutout image

    Example
    -------
    >>> cutout("../data/lemur.png", "../data/lemur_trimap.png", "lemur_cutout.png")
    """
    image = load_image(image_path, "RGB")
    trimap = load_image(trimap_path, "GRAY")

    if image.shape[:2] != trimap.shape[:2]:
        raise ValueError("Input image and trimap must have same size")

    alpha = estimate_alpha_cf(image, trimap)

    foreground = estimate_foreground_ml(image, alpha)

    cutout = stack_images(foreground, alpha)

    save_image(cutout_path, cutout)

    Generate a cutout image from an input image and an input trimap.
    This method is using closed-form alpha matting as proposed by :cite:`levin2007closed` and multi-level foreground extraction :cite:`germer2020multilevel`.

    Parameters
    ----------
    image_path: str
        Path of input image
    trimap_path: str
        Path of input trimap
    cutout_path: str
        Path of output cutout image

    Example
    -------
    >>> cutout("../data/lemur.png", "../data/lemur_trimap.png", "lemur_cutout.png")
    
pymatting/cutout/cutout.py