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Don, I just bought the creative bundle and I have the same problem with mask AI. The first tutorial is running oke. But during the second tutorial (bird) by selecting Auto-detect-subjects the program stops immediately.
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I recently downloaded Topaz Remask 5. I assumed that this was a trial version since no license key was provided. However, since Topaz Labs has subsequently replaced Remask 5 with Mask AI (and Remark 5 is no longer listed on their website), I am not sure if what I have is indeed the trial version. Does anyone have any info on this? Thank you.
Remask 5 is one of their old plugins and it might be free now although I did pay for most of them in the past. The old plugins still work and I use them as a plugin from PS CC quite often. I use the free version of Nik that way too. Where did you download it from if it is not on their website?
Although I do most of my post production in Lightroom (with an occasional foray into Photoshop), I also use the Nik plugins at times. Remask is not something that I would use on a regular basis since composite photography is not my orientation.
Outline your subject or object edges in blue with a paintbrush. Then fill the areas to be cut in red, such as a sky in my case. The interior of an object is defined in green, and you can use the paint bucket tool to quickly fill. Once that is done, there are tools to refine the mask.
When you are ready, you can replace the background. There is an auto-compute mode, or you can do more manually. In the auto mode, which is where the AI part comes in, the app will take a look at your image and make some guesses about what to mask and what to cut. On some images, it works perfectly. On many images, you need to help the selection along, painting in what to keep and what to cut.
Controls are pretty straightforward, but it helps to watch a tutorial or two first. In fact, when I started using the app, I could not find the button that computed the mask. Turns out, working on my laptop, I had to scroll the screen to see the button, because it was cut off my the window edge. When I made Mask AI larger, I was all set with no more hidden buttons.
Topaz Mask AI also offers a method besides AI, and that's a contrast mode for object detection. I found AI mode works best with hair, trees, fur, and detailed objects. The contrast mode is quicker, but picks up simpler objects for masking. Happily, you can try both on any image.
Still, the masking most of us want to do is not just sky replacement. On portraits with wispy hair, Luminar has no solution, and Topaz Mask AI did a very credible job. The AI was an advantage, because even while I roughly outlined people in a photo, the AI could usually figure out the difference between the subject and the background. On non-sky replacement tasks, Mask AI was able to best Photoshop and Luminar.
The AI is built into the brushes Topaz uses to define objects. They can be changed in size and are pretty good at edge detection, which is the heart of the smart masking process. As mentioned, Topaz Mask AI also uses a paint bucket tool to quickly define large portions of an image, and the bucket can be configured to cut, keep, or compute an area, same as the brush tool.
On the other hand, Mask AI moves the state of the art forward in terms of making the tedious task of masking easier, Topaz has given us some very smart tools, and they certainly will speed up your workflow.
Based on the headline, I thought the comparison was going to be with the older Topaz ReMask vs. Topaz Mask AI to evaluate the "AI" component to the equation, since from an interface standpoint the two appear to be identical and Topaz has always claimed to be kind of magical in its clipping capabilities. With the new AI version, Topaz simply claims "Less user input for an extremely high-quality mask," but for $49 on top of a previously-paid non-AI Topaz ReMask purchase, it would be nice to know specifically what AI is adding.
2. Choose between AI or Contrast buttons. Topaz says use AI for complex masking issues such as trees, fur or lots of details. Use Contrast for skylines, horizon lines, cars, and macro flower petals (according to Topaz). I have not tried out the Contrast button yet, but the AI worked great on the tutorial they have embedded in the program to help you learn the software.
If you want to make your workflow even quicker and skip the manual process, you can try your hands with an auto mode that auto-detects the subject. To challenge this feature, I tried masking the sparrow out of the following image. I made sure that the background and the foreground were a bit busy in order to push the software to its limits.
If you find yourself spending a big chunk of your time with masks I highly recommend that you try out Topaz Mask AI. It will improve your efficiency and will be totally worth the investment. If you rarely need to work with masks, the investment will not be worth it. In any case, you can download a fully functional 30-day trial of the software at Topaz Labs website or purchase it for US$ 99.99.
It is a great comfort for us to know that there is a plug-in that will save the day when we need to remove distracting or boring backgrounds and give the image more mood and emotion, although we must admit that Skylum Luminar 4 also does a fantastic job of sky replacement. We have used the original Topaz ReMask since version 3 and have been astounded by how easy it is to use when wanting to create an accurate mask. Some masks can take you a great deal of time in Photoshop, however, Topaz ReMask always gave us a fairly accurate mask in a fraction of the time.
There are not many tools on the top bar of the interface (see above). The first 3 from left to right are view options once you have created a mask. These are greyed out until you create a mask. The next 2 are the Fit and 100% tools which we have mentioned already in the Pan Tool. The next tool is the zoom slider which allows you to magnify the image. There is also a tool just under the zoom tool that allows you to toggle the Trimap view on and off. When masking you will want this turned ON. Other than that there is the Reset, Undo and Redo tools which are self-explanatory.
As we do a lot of product reviews for our blog we always use Topaz Mask AI to remove backgrounds. We usually always keep our backgrounds transparent. The image below is a product shot of the Peak Design Everyday Backpack Zip 20L. We could not use the Subject or Sky auto-detect for this mask.
When first opened the entire box is Green (Keep). The Mask Brush tool has been used to outline the bag in Blue. Then using the Fill tool select Red (Cut) to add to the background. Lastly, click on the Compute Mask button to create a mask. Once finished the screen will default to a side-by-side view of the Trimap view (above left) and the masked view (above right). To get out of this view select Single View from the top toolbar then click on the Trimap tool and select Keep. You will now only have the masked image in the working area. You can now tidy up your mask using either the Mask Brush tool or the editing tools. In the example above it has done a very accurate job with only a few minor adjustments.
Here is an example of a Sky Replacement with a landscape image. For this image, we selected the Sky auto-detect feature and it gave us the following mask (below right). It has missed a few branches in the tree however we can add those to the mask by painting over them with the Mask Brush tool.
However, the gaps between the branches in the tree have not been selected. The Sky auto-detect has only outlined between the sky and the edges of the trees. To overcome this you will need to paint in the entire area where the sky can be seen through the trees with the Mask Brush tool. The resulting Trimap will look like the image below. The mask is now pretty close to perfect.
So I use Luninar 4. While Topax Mask AI will not work as a plug in for Luminar jt is very easy in Mask AI to export the mask and then bring it in as a new image layer at 100% opacity. Create a Luminosity mask in Luminar, copy the mask so it can be pasted into any Luminar tool that has masking.
But Luminar does a great job with portraits and I used the mask to do background replace (a feature woefully absent from Luminar although they already have the technology nailed in their sky replacement tool.) just dropped in a nice bokeh BG and sent them the snapshot. It would never hold up being enlarged to hang on the wall but it looks fine on a computer screen.
Hi Tyson , I just got remask 4,my host application is PS6. I want to swap the background in an image,so I have the background to use open in cs6,When I create a mask in remask, click OK to go back to PS6 I was expecting to see the image I want to place my mask on to in the layers panel, but it only contains the masking layers , so how do I get to place the masked image on to the new background?
Probably something simple I have missed.
Many thanks Paul T
Remask now runs stand alone which allows it to integrate with other products like Lightroom and more. To support this background replacement is necessary directly in the app so this new panel gets added so you can tweak your new background directly in Remask without having to use Photoshop.
Masking in photography can sometimes be a time-consuming task in photo editing. Topaz Labs has created Mask AI to make the masking process faster. This Topaz Mask AI review will give you a quick run-through of the software.
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