Translucator User`s Manual
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1. Layer 0 RGB S ee ial ae Press OK button to return into Photoshop Elements ee ee Our extraction result looks like as fully 7 ee eee transparent object ImageSkill Software 2006 14 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual You can put your extracted object into other image for collage creation The image below is combined from 3 images background image boat in coast waterfall and decanter extracted on previous steps Using Translucator you can extract glass smoke fog water clouds wool fur etc and even not transparent objects ImageSkill Software 2006 15 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual FAQ and Troubleshooting I can not run Translucator or Translucator is grey out in graphic host s effect menu Graphic hosts disable the plug in if the current image is not suitable for use with Translucator Image must be in RGB format with 8 or 16 bit channel and must have a layer i e image must have 4 channels R G B and Alpha If image has CMYK LAB Grayscale or something other format you have to convert it to RGB If image has no layer you have to create it at first Why my marked zone disappears All marks are removed when you select Manual Erasing tool Use this tool at final stage of extraction What does happen if my image already has transparent area When you process image with transparent areas the final transpa2. FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Y Digimarc 2 BAY Image Skill d Background Remover mer Translucator ImageSkill Translucator is stared now ImageSkill Software 2006 10 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Extracting translucent objects In order to extract translucent object you have to mark it using Mark translucent zone brush and or Flood Fill tool After extraction marked parts will have some opacity values the unmarked parts will be transparent completely Marked areas are shown by semi transparent blue color So unmarked areas will be fully transparent or will be erased after pressing Apply button Choose Mark translucent zone brush from toolbar FA Click and drag to mark objec s place You can change brush size using Brush size parameter You can drop all marks using Delete All Marks tool A ImageSkill Software 2006 11 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Choose Flood Fill tool from toolbar lt and click to flood fill marked area This tool flood filling wide area bounded image size and marks prepared by Mark translucent zone brush Press Apply button to start extraction NOTE You must press Apply button after all parameters have been changed ImageSkill Software 2006 12 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Check result of extraction using color matted background Usually use Cyan as background
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4. Apply button You can adjust strength of extraction by Strength parameter Algorithm always takes source image as starting point So if after extraction you lost object s part decrease Strength parameter and press Apply again Or if you do not erase background completely decrease Strength parameter and press Apply Often the extracted objects look desaturated after extraction You can control saturation of the extracted objects by Saturation control You can clean received mask by debris removing and holes filling Check corresponded flags and run extracting process You can use Manual Eraser tool to correcting final mask NOTE The all translucent zone marks are dropped after Manual Eraser applying Check result of extraction using preview the extracted object against a colored matte background Installing and uninstalling Run setup file Installer finds suitable graphic hosts Choose one of them from list If you want to install plug in in other folder select item Other path and set path In this case you must set Plug ins path of your graphic host to setup folder Plug in can work under the following graphics host properly e Adobe Photoshop 7 CS CS2 e Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 4 5 e Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 8 9 e Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X X1 e Corel Photo Paint 11 12 e Xara Xtreme e Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 e XnView 1 8 and older Plug in may be compatib
5. ImageSkill Software Translucator v1 0 User s Manual Table of Contents BE OCG OT sorea nen noes sucqecignenetnceese ee seqwcsyanaderoee E E E A RE 2 FS A CAINS E e E E E A E EE E A E E E E E E T 2 System Requirements ccccccccecceseeseeecceeeceeaeeeeeeeceeeeeeaaesseeeeeeesseeeeaseeeeeesseeausseeeeeeessueaseeeeeeesssaaaeeeeeeeeseees 2 Registering ImageSkill Translucator c ccccccccccccssseccccceeeececccaessececcceaueeeeessuaueceeeseeaecessuaueeeesssaaseeeesssaaess 2 intr BR egg ers e 8 0 0 Dircon ain k i aa hie a aa ere ee eee ee ee eee 3 A A E PE A EA E EE E E pec et ers tos mie T sete E E eat once ewe a reed E toenee 4 Masking process OvervieW ie coset carers spe cttsts enc cat a pee cs cepie sean te res aceca dagen aaa gees ne sada ennaaidannenveodaesepeeeaactueraneomead 4 Installing and uninstalling cee cccccceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeecaeeeeeeeecaeseeeeeessaseeeeeseeeseeeesseaeeeeesseaeeeeessaseceeeseaeeeeeesaaess 4 Sr SMS aoe esc eevee saree ee ec E E E A E E E E E AE es 5 Ae TOODA errean E E EE 6 B Pr cessing paramo NS a neces snistiad eencaiied arainn ne eecuailad sacauliannuenadentetaslaisontaslenwnnboies Eiee poriro fasia 6 C Brush parameters cccccccccccceeceeeeeeceeeeeeeeaeeseeeceeeeessaeeeeseceeeeeeeaeeeseeeeeeesaeesseeeeeeeesssaaaseeeeeeeeessaaaaeeseees 7 De Y N aeia r E E E E 7 Working With IG AON ssassn aara anre A S A EEN SEEE ra E RR Airera o irai 8 RON E EOAR NEA E E A N AAE
6. color all defects on this color are more visible than on other color Set Show Mat parameter to Cyan Matte in View section There are 8 predefined colors None Background is fully transparent Cyan Gray Black White Red Green Blue Set Strength parameter to 9 we want to remove background colors more Saturation to 10 and check Clean Up flag Then press Apply again Strength has range from 1 to 10 The lower value corresponds to less background removing the larger value more background removing Default value is 5 ImageSkill Software 2006 13 Imageskill Translucator User s Manual You can make glass more transparent if set Saturation parameter to 50 i e you desaturate the decanter at all Often after background removing your transparent object looks desaturated You can adjust saturation of your object by Saturation control It has range from 50 to 50 The lower value corresponds to less saturation the larger value more saturation Default value is 0 You can also adjust opacity of extracted object by Transparency control The lower value corresponds to less transparency the larger value more transparency Default value is 2 a Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 0 Editor 5 jpg 61 1 File Edit Image Enhance Layer Select Filter View Win AA DAN ec ba FF Auto Select Layer 7 Show Bounding Box Me 5Jpg 61 1
7. ew mouse clicks with a perfect result The Translucator unmixs object and background colors in processed areas so you can then place result on other background properly The cutting objects may be used for collage scrap book and greeting card creation Using Translucator you can make a result that is unavailable with other masking programs like Adobe Magic Extractor Corel Knock Out Microsoft Expression and so on You do not need accurately draw out an object Mark translucent area and press Apply The efficiency of background removing is adjusted by moving one slider only There are addition tools for result tuning You can receive attractive results and it takes less time and efforts You can use erase restore brush for the manual correction of the resulting image In order to check result you can switch between original image and result one and preview the extracted object against a colored matte background Features at glance e Ability to cut translucent objects like glass fog smoke fur etc e Color unmixing for future background replacing e There are tools for debris removing and holes filling within received mask e You can switch between original image and result one and preview the extracted object against a colored matte background for result checking e 16 bit mode support System Requirements Computer Pentium 400MHz Operation System Win98 Win200 Win2003 Win XP Win NT3 Win NT4 Hard Drive you must have free space abo
8. le with other graphic hosts as well In order to uninstall plug in run uninstaller file uninstall exe or use Add and Remove Programs item in the Control Panel or Start Menu ImageSkill Software 2006 4 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual User interface Translucator has 4 main sections see description below A Toolbar B Extracting parameters C Brush parameters D View parameters Pressing the OK button causes returning to graphic host with applying object extracting Pressing the Cancel button causes returning to graphic host without source image changing The Help button runs short HTML help The Apply button runs extracting process You need to press Apply button after any parameters changing le Translucator 273 A aaa Disolay Original eee Fst Current image zoom factor progress bar and prompting line are placed into bottom of main window ImageSkill Software 2006 5 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual A Toolbar Zoom zoom in and out of the image when working with fine details Mark translucent zone brush use the brush to mark semi transparent areas Manual Eraser use the brush to removes restores image Reset reverts all operations NEw B Processing parameters Strength increases decreases strength of background erasing Transparency increases decreases transparency of extracted objects Defau
9. lect Filter View Window Help F B Al Ge a CBE create Cass Photo Browser er ee Auto Select Layer Y Show Bounding Box spa 66 7 RGB S mern TA mS Me H You must create layer i e add a channel for transparency in order to run Translucator Use menu item Layers gt New gt Layer form Background E Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 0 Editor 5 jpg 2 65 7 RGB 9 File Edit Image Enhance Select Filter View Window Help new OO Duplicate Layer Layer From Background 7 Auto Select a I Delete Layer i 22 a ae Layer via Copy Ctril J ShifteCtri J Rename Layer Layer via Cut 5 jpg 2 66 7 RGB You can check layer creation using the Layers window ImageSkill Software 2006 9 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual ee Normal Opacity Normal z Opacity a 3 bok O a bok E f F ki Before layer creation After layer creation Now you can run the Translucator plug in use Filter gt Image Skill gt Translucator menu item as Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 0 Editor 5 jpg 665 7 Layer 0 RGB 8 File Edit Image Enhance Layer Select aikas View Window Help Last Filter Ctrl F z Bho Browset er C Filter Gallery Adjustments Artistic Blur Brush Strokes Distort Noise Poa I Lat k Pixelate Render Sharpen Sketch Stylize Texture Video Other kA m Fr YT YT YT Y
10. lt resets parameters to default values ImageSkill Software 2006 trength 5 Saturation E Transparency f Clean up s Fill Holes Default Apply process an image with set parameters Pan let you scroll image in any direction Flood Fill use the tool to flood filling semi transparent area Delete all marks deletes all marked zone Saturation increases decreases saturation of extracted obiects Clean up check this flag to remove debris within received mask Fill Holes check this flag to fill holes within received mask ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual C Brush parameters Size Determines Eraser Translucent Opacity Determines brush size in pixels ize 0 B the opacity of a brush Opacity i OU ardness i Ti Hardness Step Determines the Determines the step i step of a brush hardness of a brush D View View Display Switches TESS between source and Display ie na processed images Show Green Matte Blue Matte Show Mat Use to preview the extracted objects against a colored matte background ImageSkill Software 2006 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Working with Translucator All example commands and image are valid for Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Source data Plug in can process RGB layer data with 8 or 16 bits channel only If your image has no layer you must create one at firs
11. rency in such points will not less than source transparency l e plug in does not increase alpha value in transparent areas How does plug in process selection The Translucator affects to selected area only The unselected area is still unchanged The unselected area is shown a red semi transparent color in main plug in window Plug in deals with the bounding box selection Image with selection The unselected areas is filled Result of processing by semi transparent red color ImageSkill Software 2006 16 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual What to do when object too much Is erased Try to decrease Strength parameter and press Apply button again Check flag Fill Holes in order to fill small holes into extracted object What to do when background not enough is erased Try to increase Strength parameter and press Apply button again Uncheck flag Clean Up in order to remove debris within received mask Try to correct marks of translucent zone Translucator unmixs object s and background s colors for calculation alpha value in each point When you mark translucent zones do not afraid of mark background It is better than unmark translucent object NOTE If you did not find answer on your questions write your questions to support imageskill com or send them to support forum http forum imageskill com ImageSkill Software 2006 17
12. t If you try to run ImageSkill Translucator under other image data CMYK Background RGB LAB Grayscale etc you receive the following message Wrong source image format E4 Image has wrong Format Possibly missing layers Program requires RGE layer image 8 or 16 bit on channel Starting Translucator Run your graphic host for example Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 run it in Edit and Enhance Photos mode If you run it in other mode a few possibilities like layers will be locked Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 0 x Adobe Photoshop Elements4 0 FR Tutorias ee Q E Q view and Quickly Fix Edit and Make Photo Start From Organize Photos Photos Enhance Photos Creations Scratch Edit and Enhance Photos E Perfect and transform your photos with the full array of editing tools and palettes E Add text graphics and artistic effects e Brush away flaws and wrinkles with the new Spot Healing Brush m Use layers to create composite images a Create a panorama with Photomerge Start Upim Welcome Screen Y ImageSkill Software 2006 8 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Open an image for example camera shot in JPG graphic format This is background image in RGB graphic format 8 bit channel This image has no layer data yet You can check it by Layers window Use menu item Window gt Layers ep Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 0 Editor 5 jpg 65 7 RGB S File Edit Image Enhance Layer Se
13. ut 3 Mb RAM 64Mb Miscellaneous mouse or other pointing device You must have suitable graphic host software see below Registering ImageSkill Translucator You can order full version of this plug in via Sharelt and RegNow services the latest accept PayPal If you buy Translucator through these services you receive user name and unlock key Please enter their carefully without additional blanks Use copy paste method If you have any trouble with unlock key write sales imageskill com ImageSkill Software 2006 2 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Registered users receive our email newsletter containing information about new product releases and updates free downloads articles tips and special offers Just now we upgrade our products for registered customer free of charge Getting Technical Support If you have any trouble questions feature requests or notes you can get help in one of the following ways E Mail support imageskill com Web site http forum imageskill com ImageSkill Software 2006 3 ImageSkill Translucator User s Manual Getting Started Masking process overview In order to extract translucent object you must set areas where these objects are placed You can do it using Mark translucent zone brush and Flood Fill tool Marked parts after extraction will have some opacity values the unmarked parts will be transparent completely Extracting process is started by pressing
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