Threshold is for adjusting how many of the colours are kept from the Drop box.įinally, the tick box at the bottom is something that OnOne are very proud of. Transition decides how hard the change between colours will be, making the image blend more, the softer it is. The bottom sliders two markers adjust the Transition and Threshold. The sliders have two markers on each and the top slider adjusts the hardness of the brush edge and the size of the brush. Interestingly, when the different tools are chosen, the Tool options box will change its parameters and the Magic Brush will have two sliders and a tick box for Colour decontamination. The Magic Brush is used for deleting the area of the image you no longer require. When I used the program, it skipped corners, deciding that the defining edge of the image was more appealing. The Magic Pen does seem to have problems with corners. The good thing about the Magic pen is that it can be released and returned to without automatically joining with itself and if you go over a place you want to keep, just retrace your steps and the line will backtrack. This works like a magnetic lasso in Photoshop and finds the edge of your subject, sticks to it and once the area has been masked, a Gavel will appear in the area to remove and this will remove the Drop colours from that area. The Magic pen tool is the icon shaped like a fountain pen nib and has stars around it. This is the background image that I'm going to paste my cut out image over. Solid edges and wispy hair should test the features available. These colours will appear in the Keep and Drop boxes and are used for when masking semi-transparent items such as hair or leaves. The main tools used in everyday masking will be the Pipette dropper icons, which are for selecting which colours you'd like to either keep or drop and you have to use the Red or Green pipette dependant on their importance. The tools are relatively simple to understand. As a default, you will have the Tools box, Keep and Drop boxes, a Tool options box and a tips and shortcuts for if this is your first time using it. When the application launches, Photoshop will disappear and the image will be left with the Mask Pro windows. When first trying to export the image to Mask Pro, the background image must be converted to a layer or a duplicate made and this can be done by simply right clicking the layer in the Layers Pallet and choosing duplicate. The shot of the model has curly hair to test the Masking ability of the program. I had already prepared the shots I want to blend. If you already have Photoshop open when you install Mask Pro, you must close it down first and reopen for the plug in to show up in your filters. Launching the program will pop up a basic step by step tutorial and this backed up by several more in depth tutorials on the OnOne website as well as separate mini tutorials on the hints window in the program. I registered online which is a simple affair and got started. It should be a necessary requirement these days that any software program is easy to install and Mask Pro is no different.Īfter inserting the CD, I was asked if I wanted to register and launch the read me file. This is designed to make masking images easier for merging onto another image. After being impressed with Photoframe 3.1 from OnOne software, I'm keen to take a look at another offering.
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