Mask
An image editing device used to cover part of a digital image that can then be left untouched while you apply a filter or effect to the rest of the picture.
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An image editing device used to cover part of a digital image that can then be left untouched while you apply a filter or effect to the rest of the picture.
Quick Mask Color Change
Using Photoshop Quick Mask
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Unsharp Mask makes use of three variables: amount, threshold, and radius.
Unsharp Mask
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Photography is all about the eyes. If you can't see it, you can't shoot it. I find a black, low-profile silicone mask absolutely imperative.
MASK - (1) Opaque material (usually thin plastic) placed in front of the lens like a filter to block some of the light entering a lens.
mask
a covering or coating used to protect, cover, or conceal.
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Mask Clean-Up: Brush Tool (Overlay Mode)
Figure 21: The Mask
As seen in Figure 20, the edge of the wave is still a major problem. Any mask made from this selection would, likely, be very noticeable in the image. So, more clean-up is necessary.
Mask
A defined area used to limit the effect of image-editing operations to certain regions of the image.
Mask - To cover part of an image so it will not be affected by other operations.
Midtones - Those portions of an image with a value between black and white, usually in the 25 percent to 75 percent range.
Mask precision
The mask precision parameter controls the precision of focused areas and detection of moving objects. A "high" value is useful for small photos containing tiny details.
Mask
A filter that selectively includes or excludes certain values. For example, when defining a database field, it is possible to assign a mask that indicates what sort of value the field should hold.
Mask
In image processing or publishing applications, a mask is a defined area used to limit the effect of editing/processing operations.
Mask: In color separations, an intermediate lithographic negative or positive used in color correction and employed during the direct screening method.
Mask
This tool is used to select a portion of an image. This selection can be altered without affecting the other parts of the image.
Quick Mask mode
Temporary alpha channel used for refining or making selections
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Layer Mask : Every layer can have its own mask. The layer mask represents the Alpha channel of the layer and allows you to manage its transparency.
shadow mask
A plate with tiny holes, usually in a monitor, which helps locate and focus the electron beam. The spacing of the holes in monitors with a shadow mask determines the dot pitch. See dot pitch.
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Unsharp Mask
Unsharp Mask is a filter in Adobe Photoshop (and other image processing software) that enables one to adjust the amount of overall sharpness in a digital image.
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Mask needed in Density Units (D.U.) where 0.30 is a reading of .30 above film base + fog of mask
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Mask is an opaque material used to cover the edges of the printing paper, and thus produce borders when the paper is exposed to light.
Masking is a system of controlling negative density ranges or color saturation through the use of unsharp masks.
A mask is a grayscale image. You can do anything to a mask that you can do to a grayscale image, including filter it. Use the filters Maximum and Minimum (Filter > Other > Maximum or Minimum) to reposition a contour mask.
Death mask
Mourning
Memento mori
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Ruby, Jay. (1995). Secure the Shadow: Death and Photography in America. Boston: MIT Press.
Burns, Stanley B. (1990). Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America.
Layer Mask
Reveal Selection. Now it's time to feather the mask a little bit using Select
Refine Edge. A Feather value about 70px is OK, but experimenting is key.
Unsharp Mask is the basic sharpening tool to know and use. Smart Sharpen can be used in Photoshop, plus there are Photoshop plug-ins that help, which I'll discuss in a moment.
Unsharp Mask menu. Like Smart Sharpen, USM contains an Amount and Radius slider used to control the width of the sharpening halo and the intensity of the sharpening. USM also contains the Threshold slider which controls how the sharpening is applied.
Using a mask used to combine the 2 exposures ...
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... Yields an image that looks more like what my eyes saw at the time.
*Unsharp mask in Photoshop, Amount 220, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0
Of course the exposure compensation and white balance issues here could have been addressed by more careful parameter setting while shooting, ...
Make one mask the way you want it and you can produce large editions excellently.
Unsharp Mask
The most commonly used 'sharpening' filter in Photoshop.
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Red Luchador Mask
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Unsharp Mask (USM) Unsharp mask is an image-processing technique used to sharpen an image and enhance detail. True unsharp masking is done by subtracting a blurred version of an image from the original.
Using the Quick Mask
Masking parts of your picture to edit certain areas.
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Use the "Unsharp Mask" plugin to give your photos a sharpness kick. Do it selectively, as was done with this photo.
I use the unsharp mask but never in RGB mode. I always convert to LAB and then sharpen the lightness channel only, then convert back to RGB. This way, I can sharpen more without developing those annoying little coloured edge artifacts.
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Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter does a great job sharpening a soft image. It can't fix an image that is out of focus, but it does add an extra sparkle that makes an image come to life.
com/alc/article/8491 Article: Look sharp with Unsharp Mask.Unblur your photos "What is Unsharp Mask, and how do you use it to sharpen pictures?" is a question that we get often from readers.
Place the negative emulsion-side up on the printing glass and arrange them under the mask until the desired composition is obtained.
If by chance your film brand is not represented by a profile, SilverFast has two alternate methods of removing the orange mask. NegaFix has an optional 'advanced' dialog that allows you to fine tune the removal of the orange mask.
(If your program offers you a choice, use bicubic interpolation.) Once the resizing is complete, use the unsharp mask filter to sharpen the image (that’s right, the unsharp mask filter actually sharpens an image!).
The final step is to reveal the color image in the area around the filter by creating a layer mask to control how different areas within the layer are hidden and revealed.
I will make adjustments to my image like brightness/contrast (or levels) and saturation, then maybe an unsharp mask all depending on what needs to be done to the image.
Mask Pro 4.1 creates high-quality masks and selections even from tough subjects like hair and glass, making it easy to place a subject in a new background. PhotoTune 2.2 provides professional-quality color correction in an easy-to-use interface.
It's a typical high-contrast scene, with overexposed highlights in part of the scarecrow mask and deep dark shadows behind. For the fix, I employed several techniques (Figure-2).
A process called 'unsharp mask is really the only fifter you require here.
Fins, mask, snorkel and wet suit (with hood, see below) are all you need pack. Underwater, you will only be shooting wide-angle, and the wider the better. Do not take strobes, arms, spotting lights etc, as you can’t use them.
You may already be familiar with a cousin of High Pass--Unsharp Mask-- in Photoshop. But where Unsharp Mask (despite its contrary name) sharpens an image, High Pass is Unsharp Mask on steroids.
First we'll take the picture, make a mask for the ground I want to lighten, and lighten it.
I then mask out areas on this layer to retain the brightness in the centre of the image. This gives me a controllable and very subtle vignette. I would also use this layer at opacity of between 30% and 50%.
For your face, consider a ski mask to reduce the amount of skin exposed to the wind and cold. This can also help reduce the amount of water vapor you breathe onto your camera.
Using a mask of some sort (your hand, a board, any variety of tools), part of the print is exposed for longer than the rest. This is done most often in sky areas. Dodging, the opposite, is done most often to bring out shadow detail.
In Photoshop, with a combination of using the Magic Wand and then hand-painting to refine the multi-leaf selection (See "Real Leaf Mask"), I isolated on a good grouping.
I had to get his mask and snorkel on right, get him started, and then swim around in front of him to snap a photo before he got water in his mask and came up. The best I got were some shots of his back and half his face.
First a tone mask is made by exposing panchromatic black- and- white film to a color image through a color filter. The film is solarized.
Simple solution: apply the mask just a bit. In this example, I am still going pretty extreme. But I couldn't help myself.
The bizarre mask seemed appropriate for a technique that distorted it. Notice also in both this image and the one of the Samburu girl that the background is in focus.
If your image is somewhat soft, and this often happens during scanning, it can be made sharper with the unsharp mask. Sharpening can change colors, so when working with a color scan, do the following to minimize color shifts.
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