Using Auto Mode for Masking
When your source image contains a simple background area with similar color or when the contours of the character are not complicated, you can use the Auto Mode to quickly define the mask for the background area. This mode is suitable for characters with sharp and clear contour edges because Cartoon Animator can quickly auto-masks areas according to the edges.
Before you add mask, you need to create an head from an image. After the head is generated, it is by default without a mask. Therefore, even if you replace the background, the original background of the image still conceals the custom background of the project.
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An unmasked head |
The background of the original image conceals the custom background. |
Using Auto Mode of Mask Editor
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Click the Mask Editor
button on the tool bar to access the Mask Editor panel.
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If you are in Manual Mode, then click the Go to Auto Mode
button to switch to Auto Mode.
- The mask added in Manual Mode will be abandoned after you switch to Auto Mode.
- A new mask will be automatically be applied to the image.
- Modify the mask with the following steps.
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Press down the Foreground Brush
button and roughly draw
contours to frame around the character (do not worry if the contour is enclosed or not).
- Cartoon Animator calculates the estimated character edge according to the contours you draw.
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Even if you draw strokes, Cartoon Animator can still find the edge of the head.
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If the edge goes out of the character, then press down the Background Brush
button.
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Draw strokes on the desired area to convert the area with similar color to background.
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Remove the body and the neck in the same manner.
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Click the Preview
button to check out the mask result.
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If you think the edge of the mask is too jagged, then increase the Edge Blur value.
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Click the OK button if you are satisfied with the mask result.
Note:If you want to modify the details of the mask, then click the Go to Manual Mode
button to enter the
mode with current mask result.
