Monday 10 June 2013

Image Masking Gaining Popularity among Photographers



The basic operation of image processing is image masking. It is widely used by a number of picture editing companies for removing the backgrounds, and correcting the blurred edges of images. Image masking services have become an important way of eliminating, extracting, and detaching an image from its subject.

No doubt the technique of image masking is a time taking process, but you can do it through Photoshop. You can say that hair masking is a challenge for the same, and can be done only by professionals. With the help of tools and software of Photoshop, you can easily do it and give proper shapes to your images. Mask layers are more beneficial than the other forms of masking, because they allow you to change the image according to your likings. You can apply the masking technique to the objects in a faded picture that would give you a sharp and flawless image.



Image masking services help various photographers to remove background from the pictures in an appropriate manner, and give proper shapes to the turns and curves of the main subject. It allows us manipulate the images in a way which otherwise is not possible with clipping. Clipping paths can be difficult to apply with images that have curved edges. However, one can easily apply the advanced Photoshop techniques and use masking for such images. 

Various tools like quick mask, magic wand, magnetic lasso, and the pen tool helps forming a creative masking and clipping around an image, and thus achieve outstanding results. You can understand this service as the one that helps professional image editors to protect the important part of their images, with the creation of mask. 

Image masking helps improving the overall quality of the image, and has become very important for changing and removing the backgrounds, which otherwise would not be possible with the mere use of Photoshop pen tool. This service is most appropriate for pictures that portray women with flying hair, transparent glass objects, blurred edges, and other such things.

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