Masking woes? Simplify your life with a Fluid Mask

Edvarcl Heng | Sep 24, 2007

That fancy masking software we last saw at CeBIT has been improved yet again. Now you can save your edge detection settings, activate localized edge blending (great for etching out hair) and seek aid with an improved help feature (hugely important since Fluid Mask 3 does have a learning curve).

But the US$239 price tag for this software comes with an additional cost of owning a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3 or Elements as well. Yes, Fluid Mask 3 is available mainly as a plug-in, and no, it does not support non-Adobe photo-editing programs as yet, though Vertus has plans to do so for version 3.1. However, there's a silver lining if you work with TIFF and PNG files--Fluid Mask 3 can work in standalone mode for these image formats.