Re: Easy photo knockout (masking)

["Monique Semp" <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

Oh, one more page of search results yielded a few more excellent nuggets:

* List of tools - 
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/maskcompositesw/Masking_Compositing_Software_Plugins.htm

Two that look pretty good and pretty inexpensive - 
http://www.stepok.net/eng/index.htm and 
http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/suite/perfect-mask/?ind

The latter one (Perfect Mask, 
http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/suite/perfect-mask/?ind) has a free 
trial, and it's only $70 to buy.



-----Original Message----- 

Not free, and donât know how easy, but I was curious so I googled "how to
mask knockout a photo" and the following seem worth a look:

* KnockOut 2 from Corel) -
http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod3430198&cid=catalog20038&segid=653&storeKey=us&languageCode=en#tab2

* Clipping images - a service not a tool -
http://www.clippingimages.com/application/page/related/291/34/

* The Clipping Path - another service -
http://www.theclippingpath.com/knockout-background.php

* Comparison between Photoshop & Core's Knockout -
http://www.digitalcustom.com/howto/knockout.htm

* Looks like advice for Photoshop, so maybe the laborious nature can be
mitigated? -
http://blogs.oreilly.com/lightroom/2008/07/knockout-your-subject.html

* Help file from a product called Photo Blend -
http://www.mediachance.com/photoblend/HTML/index.html?knock-out_mask.htm

* The Photo Blend product itself ($45) -
http://www.mediachance.com/photoblend/index.html

HTH,
-Monique


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