Power Mask
Power Mask is a realtime, interactive tool that can extract almost any object in an image -- even when you are dealing with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections.
Power Mask provides the vendor's unique stroke-drawing interface so the user can indicate the edge of the object to be extracted. The mask is created immediately by an extraction process that creates a black and white cutout. White mask areas are extracted, black areas not, while gray areas in between represent a level of transparency. In the final step, the foreground object can then be seamlessly composed onto a new background in Adobe Photoshop.
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This vendor has specialized in professional masking software. It now offers several alternative solutions, this one being one of the most powerful.
Power Mask gives you the option of applying filter and image corrections within the area defined by the mask. It can separate even the most challenging object from its background.
Tech info
- Plugs into: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and up
- OS: Windows XP onward; Mac OS X
- Price level: Approx. $50
Digital Film Tools
Digital Film Tools was founded by Marco Paolini, whose visual effects, commercials, music videos, and documentaries have brought him numerous Telly and Addy awards.
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