Two great ways to mask.

It's always been simple to get started with Primatte. With our new AutoMask button, now it's even easier.

The one-click mask.

AutoMask allows you to automatically pull a key on your image. Traditionally in Primatte 2.0, you’ve needed to go through at least three steps to remove a chromakey background.

AutoMask lets you to skip these steps and get rid of your chromakey background with one click. Using AutoMask is pretty simple: You just turn the button on.

AutoMask for batching photos.

The main use of AutoMask is to use it as part of a batch action. For folks who process large volumes of images, this is a huge new feature.

You create an action that has Primatte as part of it, turn on AutoMask, and then apply the action via Batch to a folder full of images. Of course, you can apply AutoMask manually to individual images, but the real power is when you batch it on hundreds of images.

AutoMask is limited to head/shoulder and ¾ shots, and the images must be shot with excellent chromakey techniques. One of the ways AutoMask determines the correct color is by analyzing the right, left, and top of the image. It’s important the green/blue screen covers the entire background, and that the screen is flat and evenly lit.

The three-step breeze.

If AutoMask doesn't fit your photos, there are three easy steps to create a mask in Primatte 3.0. This is the three-tool process that was introduced in Primatte version 2.0. The steps are Select, Clean BG (Background) and Clean FG (Foreground).

1- Select Sample the target color within the image window. Basically, you are selecting your background color for removal. Select is the first step for keying, and this tool is selected by default when you first apply Primatte.

2- Clean BG The second step is to clean out background noise. Clean BG samples pixels in the image window known to be 100% background. White noisy areas in the Mask will become black.

3- Clean FG The third step is to clean out foreground noise. Clean FG samples pixels known to be 100% foreground. The color of the sampled pixels are registered as the colors in the original foreground image. Dark gray areas in your Mask will turn white.