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+const LIB_URLS = [
+  'https://esm.sh/@imgly/background-removal@1.7.0?bundle',
+  'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@imgly/background-removal@1.7.0/+esm'
+];
+
+let removeBackgroundFn = null;
+let loadingPromise = null;
+
+async function loadLib() {
+  if (removeBackgroundFn) return removeBackgroundFn;
+  if (loadingPromise) return loadingPromise;
+
+  loadingPromise = (async () => {
+    let lastErr = null;
+    for (const url of LIB_URLS) {
+      try {
+        const mod = await import(url);
+        const fn = mod?.default || mod?.removeBackground || mod?.imglyRemoveBackground;
+        if (typeof fn !== 'function') throw new Error(`No removeBackground export from ${url}`);
+        removeBackgroundFn = fn;
+        return removeBackgroundFn;
+      } catch (err) {
+        lastErr = err;
+      }
+    }
+    throw lastErr || new Error('Failed to load background-removal library.');
+  })();
+
+  return loadingPromise;
+}
+
+function loadImage(src) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const img = new Image();
+    img.decoding = 'async';
+    img.onload = () => resolve(img);
+    img.onerror = () => reject(new Error('Failed to decode frame image'));
+    img.src = src;
+  });
+}
+
+async function toPngFile(src, name = 'frame.png') {
+  const img = await loadImage(src);
+  const w = img.naturalWidth || img.width;
+  const h = img.naturalHeight || img.height;
+
+  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  canvas.width = w;
+  canvas.height = h;
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+  if (!ctx) throw new Error('Could not create 2D canvas context');
+
+  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
+  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, w, h);
+
+  const blob = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    canvas.toBlob((b) => (b ? resolve(b) : reject(new Error('Failed converting frame to PNG'))), 'image/png', 1);
+  });
+
+  return new File([blob], name, { type: 'image/png' });
+}
+
+function blobToDataUrl(blob) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const fr = new FileReader();
+    fr.onload = () => resolve(String(fr.result || ''));
+    fr.onerror = () => reject(new Error('Failed to convert blob to data URL'));
+    fr.readAsDataURL(blob);
+  });
+}
+
+export async function removeBackgroundFrames(frameDataUrls, { onProgress } = {}) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(frameDataUrls) || !frameDataUrls.length) throw new Error('No frames for background removal.');
+  const removeBackground = await loadLib();
+
+  const out = [];
+  const total = frameDataUrls.length;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < total; i++) {
+    const frameNo = i + 1;
+    const src = frameDataUrls[i];
+
+    onProgress?.({
+      pct: Math.round((i / total) * 100),
+      text: `preparing frame ${frameNo} of ${total} for background removal...`
+    });
+
+    const pngFile = await toPngFile(src, `frame-${frameNo}.png`);
+
+    onProgress?.({
+      pct: Math.round((i / total) * 100),
+      text: `removing background from frame ${frameNo} of ${total}...`
+    });
+
+    const outBlob = await removeBackground(pngFile, {
+      debug: false,
+      output: { type: 'foreground', format: 'image/png', quality: 1 },
+      progress: (_key, current, stepTotal) => {
+        if (!stepTotal) return;
+        const inner = current / stepTotal;
+        const pct = Math.round(((i + inner) / total) * 100);
+        onProgress?.({
+          pct,
+          text: `removing background from frame ${frameNo} of ${total}...`
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    const outDataUrl = await blobToDataUrl(outBlob);
+    out.push(outDataUrl);
+
+    onProgress?.({
+      pct: Math.round((frameNo / total) * 100),
+      text: `frame ${frameNo} of ${total} background removed`
+    });
+  }
+
+  onProgress?.({ pct: 100, text: 'background removal done' });
+  return out;
+}