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Hi all,
I’m fairly new to this, and am trying to figure out what the best tool is for doing difficult masking jobs, particularly those involving extracting tricky, semi-transparent images. I have a pretty good handle on Photoshop 7’s abilities, and have an evaluation copy of Extensis Mask Pro 2.0 and am going to start playing around with that. But, before I start investing a lot of time or money in a specific plug-in, I suppose it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a few opinions about what software I should focus on. Like I said, I’m talking about fairly tricky extractions that are going to be a bit of a pain whatever tool I use, so I’d just like to find out which option is going to make things easier and, more importantly, give better results.
I’ve heard that Corel Knockout 2 is supposed to be fairly impressive, plus I know there are a number of other programs out there. Also, I know Mask Pro 3 is going to be coming out for Windows but is only available for the Mac at the moment. (I’m a Windows user.) So, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion regarding what I should use for the trickiest masking jobs. Like I said, I’m fairly conversant with what Photoshop 7 can do, but I’ve heard that other options get better results with less work. Is that generally true? Is trying out Knockout worth a try? Should I wait for Mask Pro 3? Is there other software I should be aware of? You get the idea. Any comments are welcome.
Thanks,
Raiser
I’m fairly new to this, and am trying to figure out what the best tool is for doing difficult masking jobs, particularly those involving extracting tricky, semi-transparent images. I have a pretty good handle on Photoshop 7’s abilities, and have an evaluation copy of Extensis Mask Pro 2.0 and am going to start playing around with that. But, before I start investing a lot of time or money in a specific plug-in, I suppose it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a few opinions about what software I should focus on. Like I said, I’m talking about fairly tricky extractions that are going to be a bit of a pain whatever tool I use, so I’d just like to find out which option is going to make things easier and, more importantly, give better results.
I’ve heard that Corel Knockout 2 is supposed to be fairly impressive, plus I know there are a number of other programs out there. Also, I know Mask Pro 3 is going to be coming out for Windows but is only available for the Mac at the moment. (I’m a Windows user.) So, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion regarding what I should use for the trickiest masking jobs. Like I said, I’m fairly conversant with what Photoshop 7 can do, but I’ve heard that other options get better results with less work. Is that generally true? Is trying out Knockout worth a try? Should I wait for Mask Pro 3? Is there other software I should be aware of? You get the idea. Any comments are welcome.
Thanks,
Raiser
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