5/31/2023 0 Comments Topaz remask 3 hair![]() If you do not do this, your saved layer after remasking will only be the extracted layer. Making a layer mask allows for your extraction work to be saved on the mask. This is really useful if you want to further refine the mask in Photoshop. I usually prep images using a Levels Adjustment on a duplicated background layer. This accentuates the contrast between your image and the background, making life a little easier once you open ReMask. Since the work will be saved on a layer mask it is then easy to move the layer mask to your original (un-adjusted) layer. This is where you select what you want the program to compute. The basic brushes in are Green (keep), Red (cut) and Blue (compute). The blue areas are where the program works the hardest, deciding what the boundaries for what is kept and what is removed are. When I first started using ReMask I mistakenly thought that the more precise you were in prepping the image with these brushes, the better job ReMask would do. This is, however, most often not the case as ReMask does an exceptional job of problem solving. The default on opening the program is that everything is filled in green (keep). Here I have traced around the model and her hair using the blue brush, containing the green within these boundaries. Next I use the red ‘Fill’ option to select the areas to remove. ‘Compute Mask’ calculates the initial extraction and you can select various ways to view the results. ![]() You can see from the traditional, layer mask view, that ReMask has done a pretty good job. In the top right hand corner of the window there are options for viewing either a single image, side by side image (which you select your preferred view from the top of each of the 2 images), or 4 images. Screenshot 4 shows the Trimap, the Mask, the Original image and the extracted, Keep image. ![]() You can work within any of these views and indeed can switch between them. There is a quicker selection method that actually works very well when you have difficult to define areas such as hair. ![]() When you open ReMask, as mentioned above, the default is for the image to be filled in green. BUT it is actually better to fill the image in blue. This will extend the regions that ReMask has to compute but the program is extremely efficient. Make some broad lines and marks in green within the area you want to keep. Make a rough outline in red to show where regions are to be removed. Screenshot 6 shows what a great job ReMask does using this minimal information. So really, there is no need to carefully trace around the edges of everything prior to hitting the Compute button. Here is a closer look at the result in the four view option. When you are working on the extracted, ‘keep’ image it is usually easier to view it against a background. (I didn't ask the question, but your response answered another one I had.You can add a background of either solid colour (screenshot 8) or an imported image. The best program is Vertus Fluid Mask 3I have been using Topaz Mask3 ($70 often offered with up to 30% discount) and just downloaded Vertus ($140, don't know about discount availability). I really like the Topaz interface and work flow options. I use Topaz and have tried others in the past. quote=william48 The best program is Vertus Fluid. Vertus might be the superior product, but to be honest I don't have the time or energy to learn a new work flow, and I can achieve equal results, using fewer tools, with Topaz. The results can be very gratifying but attention to detail can be exhausting. You've got to like doing this sort of stuff. Meticulous masking, down to the single pixel level, is very time consuming.ħ. Topaz has excellent tutorials, but they often make the work look easier and less complicated than the difficult cases necessitate. There is a learning curve with every product. Topaz uses a nice uniformly white bridal veil against a pretty uniform background.Ĥ.The demos always make it look easier than it is.ĥ. Vertus uses black hair against a uniformly blue sky. Every software manufacturer uses relatively ideal examples in their demos. The hardest thing to mask out is fly away hair on a complex background, or translucent objects like smoke or a bridal veil.Ģ. I have been using Topaz Mask3 ($70 often offered with up to 30% discount) and just downloaded Vertus ($140, don't know about discount availability).ġ.
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