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21 Creating Masks and Cut-outs
Mask Types
Masks are mainly used for creating cut-outs. They define the image area
which will be placed on a layout. Masks can also be used for restricting
image manipulations (e.g. color transformations) to specific image areas.
Such masks are referred to as restricting masks.
Cut-outs can be placed on a layout
• as foreground images (see page 11-1)
• as mixground images (see page 11-2)
• in a way that background images are overlapped (see page 11-3)
When you create a mask and use it (e.g. for placing a cut-out), the mask
is stored automatically and can later be loaded, modified and used
again. For more details refer to Working With Masks (page 22-1).
Vector Masks
Vector masks define the outline of the image area to be cut out. This outline
is defined by paths. To create these paths use the toolbar buttons
or the functions on the MASKS | PATHS menu.
The tool (MASKS | PATHS | OTHER PATHS) starts the Path Editor (see
page 9-1), a useful tool for creating irregular and complex outlines.
Fig. 21-1
Vector Mask Created with Path Editor and Placed on Layout
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