Post-Processing

Sliders

Mask AI allows you to create tricky masks in record time thanks to our intuitive machine learning technology and trimap technique.

Overview

Edge Hardness

Edge Strength

Edge Shift

Foreground Recovery

Defringe

Slider Overview

Use the post-processing sliders to perfect your mask quickly. The Edge Hardness, Shift or Strength sliders come in handy if you want to add more sharpness to a rocky landscape, or perhaps soften the edges for a portrait.

  • The Edge Hardness makes the edge softer or harder.
  • The Edge Strength shows the edge more sharp or more feathered.
  • The Edge Shift shows the edge more or less.
  • The Foreground Recovery slider revives the color of your foreground in weaker or more transparent areas. This can be a great tool for fur, whiskers, or wispy hair.
  • The Defringe slider desaturates the edges of your mask to help with color contamination and bleeding.


Read below for more information on each of these sliders.

Edge Hardness

Determines how hard your mask is applied to subject edges in your image. The higher the parameter the harder your edges will be. The lower the parameter, the softer (more feathered) your edges will be.

The Edge hardness slider comes in handy if you want to add more sharpness to a rocky landscape, or perhaps soften the edges for a portrait. 

Edge Strength

The Edge Strength slider measures the local contrast across the edge and it can offer you a more defined edge or something feathered or slightly out of focus. 

Edge Shift

The Edge Shift slider shifts the mask edge in either direction. This could be helpful when wanting to adjust the location of your mask by only a pixel or two. If for any reason the mask is not settling in exactly where you want it to, this slider can help you get the exact masking area you want for your image.

Foreground Recovery

Foreground recovery revives the color of your foreground in weaker / more transparent areas after your image has been processed. This can be a great tool for fur, whiskers, or wispy hair, by bringing back more detail in areas of your image that are desaturated by the masking process. 

Defringe

Sometimes after masking, you may see a stubborn ring of pixels around your initial selection. This is known as an edge halo, fringing or matting. The Defringe slider desaturates the edges of your mask to help with color contamination and bleeding. 
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