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1. Starting Off
If you are new to Fluid Mask or even if you are new to Fluid Mask 3 have a glance at these 3 tutorials. |
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a. First Principles
If you have never thought seriously about masking start here. |
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b. Venturing Further
Start off with an initial pass and then learn how to adjust your masks for quick improvements.
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c. Version 2 vs Version 3
A starter guide to this upgrade for those who worked with Version 2.
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2. Finding Edges
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a. Using Patches to Localize Edge Finding
Finding locally difficult to see edges using Patches.
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3. Edge Blending
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a. Understanding Edge Blending – Getting the Right Edge Width
An introduction to how format compression distorts edges and how to deal with this using Autofill Blend Mask. |
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b. Understanding Edge Blending – A Feather vs. Smart Blend
Why Smart Blending is better than Feather Blending but not always appropriate. |
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4. Hair and Lattices
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a. Hair Blending #1
The first of a few tutorials on Hair Blending – this time dealing with hair in and out of the sunlight. |
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b. Tree and Lattices #1
Two examples in one tutorial. The first with the background lighter than the foreground where the task is to preserve the all important highlights on the leaves; the second more difficult with well defined branches and flowers where the foreground is both lighter and darker than the background. |
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5. Workflow
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a. Workflow #1
Removing people from varied backgrounds can sometimes be difficult especially when there's hair involved. Here is one workflow dealing with this issue speedily. |
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b. Workflow #2
Submitted by a customer and friend of Vertus. The issue here was firstly finding edges with inter-reflection and white on white foreground and background; and then dealing with all the important difficult detail in the workflow using Patches. |
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