ChromaKeys Removes or masks portions of an image
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Removes or masks portions of an image ChromaKeys is great tool you can use to remove or mask portions of an image.People often spend hours trying to remove a background from a photo, meticulously creating intricate shapes only to end with dissapointing results.The movie industry solved this problem by developing blue screens (and later green) screens. Actors are filmed against a uniform blue background when using this method.The blue background is later electronically replaced with either another image or video.Using the same exact method with a standard photo can be problematic. The background is almost never 'uniform' (unless the photo is taken in a studio or controlled environment - even blue skies tend to darken at the top and lighten towards the bottom). Very often you find colors similar the chroma key may be present in other sections of the image, resulting in undesired areas of the image being replaced.Using ChromaKeys, instead of just selecting a single color to act as the chroma key, you can choose several colors (each with a tolerance). In fact, you can just select a region of the image, and obtain all the colors within that region to act as chroma keys.You can also mark areas of the image as opaque, to ensure that the main image will remain intact in those areas. Conversely, you may also mark other areas as transparent. Here are some key features of "ChromaKeys": · background removal for photographs · general purpose image masking · icon generation · cutting out portions of an image · creating irregular shaped images Requirements: · 1024 x 768 or higher · PPC G5 or better PPC G4 - 1GHz or better Intel Core Duo or Core Solo · 512 MB RAM recommended Limitations: · can't copy or export masked image · watermark on the resulting image What's New in This Release: New ways to import an image: · dragging and dropping the image into the ChromaKeys window · dragging and dropping an image file into the ChromaKeys window · copying the image and pasting it into the ChromaKeys window · new toolbar button allows you to export the masked image to the clipboard · export file type now automatically adds TIFF extension (previously, users had to add TIFF extension manually to the filename) Notes : Importing Images Which Have Already Been Masked or Contain Transparent Areas: · these original transparent areas may not be made opaque in ChromaKeys (as there is no original information). · when viewing the original image or original image + mask, these transparent areas will be marked as black · when viewing the masked image, these transparent areas will be marked with the background color (default is bright green)

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