Manual Mode for Masking

When your source image is complicated and the contour edges of the character can not be clearly determined in Auto Mode, you can use Manual Mode to modify the details of the mask by carefully painting the mask with the tools in this mode.
Please note that you can always start with rough masks generated in Auto Mode and then modify the rough mask further in Manual Mode.

ClosedUsing Quick Select Tools
  1. Click the Mask Editor button at the tool bar to access the Mask Editor panel.
  2. If you are in Auto Mode, then click the Go to Manual Mode button to switch to Manual Mode.
    • The mask added in Auto Mode will be brought to Manual Mode.
    • Optionally click the Delete button to remove the entire mask.

  3. Press down the Color Range button and then click on the image to fill similarly colored areas with a mask.

    • Areas with similar colors will also be masked.
    • The similarity is determined by the Tolerance value.
  4. Hold the Shift key and click on another area of the image to include more colors.
  5. Hold the Alt key and pick an area of the image to exclude that color and other similar shades.
  6. Click the Preview button to check out the mask result.
  7. You are able to use the Brush Tools afterwards for further modifications to the mask.
  8. Click the OK button if you are satisfied with the mask result.
    ClosedNote:
    • If the background is relatively more simple than the character, then directly pick the background colors with the Color Range tool; otherwise, pick the colors on the character and click the Invert button.
ClosedUsing Brush Tools

To modify the mask details, you can use the Brush Tools.

  1. Press down the Brush button in the Brush Tools section.
  2. Draw strokes on the image to determine the masked area.
  3. Press down the Eraser button and paint on the image to correct the excess areas of the mask.
  4. Remove the body and the neck in the same manner.
  5. Click the Preview button to check out the mask result.
  6. Press down the Blur button and paint on the edges of the mask to smooth the jagged ones.

    Jagged edges

    Use the blur tool to remove the jaggy edges

  7. Click the OK button if you are satisfied with the mask result.
    ClosedNote:

    If you click the Go to Auto Mode, the mask you have created in the Manual Mode will be discarded.