# Cutout Augmentation

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Cutout Augmentation is an Enhanced Augmentation, a **premium** feature.

For up-to-date information on our plans and their associated features, see our [pricing page](https://roboflow.com/pricing).
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Cutout will randomly replace a portion of your image with black boxes. Add cutout to help your model be more resilient to object occlusion.

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Many modern models apply Cutout as an online augmentation during training; applying it twice can cause undesirable results. We do not recommend using this with Roboflow 3.0 or YOLOv8.
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## Example

<figure><img src="https://662926385-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M6S9nPJhEX9FYH6clfW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-2347cf534e5a3427388b281e11477df72becafab%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Original Image</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://662926385-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M6S9nPJhEX9FYH6clfW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b5cc23a9a9d3372e2800e7448a7c5e4476e4acd0%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Cutout set to 10%, 10 Count</p></figcaption></figure>


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