longer should hair be the cutting-out nightmare it is today.
Faster than ever
Not only is image processing time dramatically reduced but we have concentrated on speeding up workflow. Check out features like saving your workspace settings from one image to the next for runs of studio shots; and our new Patch technology with its intuitive tool-set for working on those difficult problem areas with compression artefact, poor edges and complicated backgrounds.
Easy to pick up and use
Fluid Mask 3 benefits from a simplified interface and masses of on-application help to make picking it up easy and fun. For the professional user there are new features such as selecting areas for local detailed edge finding and blending that make masking challenges simple to overcome.

New Features in V3
Highlight new key features are:
+ Localized edge detection and blending – for faster workflow
+ Faster initial image processing – up to 40%
+ Better edge blending
+ New look application – full screen / no desktop visible
+ Localize problem areas for greater workflow enhancement
+ Great new tools for fine mask selections
+ Best of breed Help – now there’s an innovative in-application Tool Tips box with links to application based xml help files and tutorials

Platforms
Works on Windows XP and Vista; Mac 10.2.8 and above

Photoshop version
Now works on CS2 and CS3

Stand alone mode
Fluid Mask will also work in standalone mode (i.e. not as a plug-in) for image formats that accept transitions to transparency but only in 8 bit RGB color – e.g. TIFF and PNG.

Plug-in to other platforms
It is the intention in v3.1 (later) for Fluid Mask to plug-in to other platforms including for Quark and Paintshop Pro.
Fluid Mask - Features
Check out these great features which give you the best results faster than ever
Faster initial image processing
For multi-core machines, Fluid Mask 3 runs its initial image processing up to 40% faster. With ever growing image file sizes our everyday image editing tools need to catch up – Fluid Mask 3 runs faster than ever.
Localised edge detection and blending
It’s a true-ism when cutting out objects from their backgrounds that often 90% of the time is spent on 10% of the image – getting a difficult edge “just right”. Fluid Mask 3 now has a set of easy to use tools to isolate a difficult area (in a Patch) and apply alternative edge finding and blending techniques - making easy the tricky parts of image cutting.
Intelligent Edge Blending
Fluid Mask 3 not only finds edges but also understands the width and character of an edge.
On edges which are largely free of noise and where there is some contrast between foreground and background, Fluid Mask 3's intelligent blending is the only blending around to automatically extract the morphology (character) of an edge - remember there is no such thing as a 6 pixel feather on all edges in real life!
Use feather blending where there is no contrast or lots of noise in an edge. Fluid Mask 3 will still find the correct edge width.
Great new tools for color based selections
Use the Color Workspace and the Color Sampler to make extremely fine color based mask selections.