WebPlus Essentials User Guide - Serif

192 Images, Animation, and Multimedia
3. (Optional) Set a Grow tolerance value to automatically expand the
selected area under the cursor (by detecting colors similar to those
within the current selection). The greater the value the more the
selected area will grow.
4. Using the circular cursor, click and drag across the area to be retained.
It's OK to repeatedly click and drag until your selection area is made.
The Undo button reverts to the last made selection.
5. If you're outputting an alpha-edged bitmap, you can refine the area to
be kept/discarded within Image Cutout Studio (only after previewing)
with Erase and Restore touch-up tools. Vector-cropped images can be
cropped using standard WebPlus crop tools outside of the Studio.
Make your outline edge as exact as possible by using brush and
touch-up tools before committing your work.
6. Click OK to create your cutout, or click Cancel.
You'll see your image on the poster page in its original location, but with the
selected areas cut away (made transparent).
Click Reset if you want to revert your selected areas and
start your cutout again.
Refining your cutout area (alpha-edged bitmaps only)
If a vector-cropped image is created via Image Cutout Studio it's possible to
subsequently manipulate the crop outline using crop tools. However, for alphaedged
bitmaps, Erase and Restore touch-up tools can be used to refine the cutout
area within the Studio before completing your cutout. The latter can't be edited
with crop tools.
The touch-up tools are brush based and are only to be used to
fine-tune your almost complete cutout—use your Keep and
Discard brush tools for the bulk of your work!