This tutorial uses Topaz ReMask as an alternative to Photoshop. If you haven't heard of Topaz ReMask already, you can download a free trial here and use it as a plugin within Photoshop (Filter-> Plugins) or as a standalone editor. The benefit of using ReMask in Photoshop is you can further conduct additional refinements once you've computed the mask, which I'll explain later in this tutorial.
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Interview With Fluid Mask Co-creator James Carr-JonesThe following interview between Jennifer Apple and James Carr-Jones is from July, 2005.Can you give me a little background on the origins of the company and who are its principals.A little confusing - Vertus is the customer facing expression of Heligon. And Heligon is a pure R&D company that specializes in creating image focused algorithms.It was began some 8 years ago with a meeting between a physicist and an artist both of whom were interested in applied mathematical psychology and the way the eye, brain and optic nerve perform visual processing. This continues to be the inspiration and DNA of the company. Their mixed disciplines helped them develop new ideas and hypotheses. We are now 4 developers (our disciplines include statistics, mathematics, physics, engineering, applied psychology) and there are three of us on business development and IP.Currently we are very interested in image segmentation and the nature of edges...Can you outline for us the goals of the company, what is in store, what is in the pipeline...Vertus' aim is to provide a range of tools for graphics users. We like the Adobe platform for plug-ins – it provides a loose set of rules and expectation of behavior, and a great community - so we'll try to keep in there.Some people dislike the plug-in environment because they think it's a cheap effects library (and some of it is) and others, on the developer side of the tracks, thinks it pins the price down so they develop for free standing only. I think it is a great platform and with a great community; and deep-graphic applications such as ours which offer our community real benefits (time saved, and quality of response) I'm sure will be attractive...We have an exciting pipeline coming up. We will have the next version of Fluid Mask with even better edge finding and blending algorithms.Then straight after that is Fluid Color enabling you to re-color all or separate bits of an object (stripes in a shirt – colors elements within skin) within the image (not having to go to layers) and blend those changes seamlessly in. We are also looking at two further elements for this, "clamping" colors - what to do with out-of-gamut colors - and exporting "image derived natural palettes." Further still there is this idea (work already begun) for Fluid Object – flattening colors and automatically vectoring an object's edges – like creating a vector path for a football as well as the patterns within the football.Then it's taking this stuff to the moving environment... As for Heligon, it will continue to create its own IP and licence it to third parties independently of Vertus.What are the advantages of Fluid Mask over other software of this nature, and specifically Photoshop channels, RGB procedures, and Mask Pro.I think you can only generalize and avoid absolutes when answering questions of this nature – there will always be an image, for instance, where using RGB channels in PS will be quicker. Having caveat-ed heavily in the front of this answer, I can now go on to say that in general I think that Fluid Mask is:- Really easy to learn. Cutting-out has been this dark art for so long and it needn't be. People have often asked me about de-skilling this task and managing some of the pen tool techniques almost requires a degree course unit! 2ff7e9595c
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