photomask & mask questions

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 26 avr. 2006 18:02

i never understund well how to use the photomask module

There is a way to have something similar to the Gimp quickmask
( quickmask allow
1 see the partial selected pixel
2 correct seletions with brush or airbrush
= painting with black cancel seletion ,with white create seletion,shades of grey create partial selected area)

It will be useful at least a way to see the real seletion not only the fully selected or fully unselected pixel

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 28 avr. 2006 13:52

My question is clear

Here http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-image-wind ... utton.html more about
quick mask with clear screenshoot.
PhotoS has a similar tool,basic point for me isn't edit the seletion but at least be able to quickly check it in a more accurate way than with marching ants

Message par **Antonio** » 28 avr. 2006 13:59

You need to save your selection as pfs and open it as mask for example. After you can retouch the mask with paintbrush or blur tool...

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 30 avr. 2006 1:53

You need to save your selection as pfs and open it as mask for example

I can save as pfs...but after i didn't find any way to open it as mask

neither i could open it as image or import as new layer...it seem i can only load it again as seletion...

Any idea about what is wrong

Message par **Antonio** » 02 mai 2006 10:46

You can use your new mask with the module PhotoMasque to create transparency or use the function special paste with mask. (see tutorials "Artistic Blending" and "Optimised clipping and special joiningh" in photofiltre web site to understand this function)

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 02 mai 2006 13:21

You can use your new mask with the module PhotoMasque to create transparency or use the function special paste with mask.

But when i save a seletion as pfs , i don't get any new mask!!

in the saved file i don't see a mask,i mean i don't see really nothing if i try to open it,PFS did not even allow me to open or load that .pfs file format as mask....(at the end i even try to open it with Xnview,no image was displayed ..instead a few numbers values was displayed)

Instead if i open any " mask " file i see a B& W images that i can edit in a lot of ways...

Basically the question is really this
how i can i convert a seletion in a mask

Message par **Antonio** » 02 mai 2006 17:31

just open it with pf (menu file open) and save as png

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 02 mai 2006 21:42

That was the 1 thing i try!.... but i will try again with a different seletion

Message par **Antonio** » 02 mai 2006 21:48

I don't understand what is the problem ?

carlo taradel · Message par **carlo taradel** » 02 mai 2006 23:17

You need to save your selection as pfs and open it as mask for example.

i was not able to open .pfs as a mask with PFS:!:
i will send screenshoot soon

Message par **Tom** » 11 mai 2006 10:27

Hi Carlo,
if i have something understood, here is a simple way to do a mask :

- your image is opened in PFS, right clic on the background layer thumbnail and Duplicate. You get a Layer 1.
- open the saved selection : menu Selection/Load shape
- apply the saved selection on Layer 1, and erase the part you don't want to keep.
- menu Layer/Export layer as PNG.
- open the exported layer as new image and copy
- come back on the first image, Deactivate visible on Layer 1
- menu Edit /Paste special/Mask and a new Layer 2 appears as mask.
- but don't forget that this mask appears whit the foreground color of the palette.