Masking & Compositing Software & Plugins
Stand-alone software and plugins for isolating objects in your photos and combining multiple images into realistic composites.
Corel KnockOut 2 (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] An overview and summary of procreate KnockOut 2, a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for making complex masks for difficult to select objects such as hair, water, smoke, glass, and shadows. Note: Knockout 1.0, if you can still find it, was a stand-alone version of Knockout released after Corel acquired Knockout from Ultimatte Corp.
[Plug-in] An overview and summary of procreate KnockOut 2, a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for making complex masks for difficult to select objects such as hair, water, smoke, glass, and shadows. Note: Knockout 1.0, if you can still find it, was a stand-alone version of Knockout released after Corel acquired Knockout from Ultimatte Corp.
Use Group Shot for Flawless Group Photos
Microsoft Group Shot helps you flawlessly combine the best aspects of multiple group photos into one composite photo. It's free for Windows XP and higher.
Microsoft Group Shot helps you flawlessly combine the best aspects of multiple group photos into one composite photo. It's free for Windows XP and higher.
ArcSoft Cut-It-Out (Win)
"ArcSoft Cut-It-Out is a plug-in for ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5 or Adobe Photoshop that allows users to separate objects in digital photos from their backgrounds, creating a mask."
"ArcSoft Cut-It-Out is a plug-in for ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5 or Adobe Photoshop that allows users to separate objects in digital photos from their backgrounds, creating a mask."
AutoMask (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] Multi-density masking tool for Photoshop 5.5/6/7, Elements 1/2, Jasc PaintShop, Corel PhotoPaint & more.
[Plug-in] Multi-density masking tool for Photoshop 5.5/6/7, Elements 1/2, Jasc PaintShop, Corel PhotoPaint & more.
Cinematte (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] Blue and green screen compositing plug-in allows you to composite people or objects photographed against blue or green screens into stock photographs, 3D rendered backgrounds, and more.
[Plug-in] Blue and green screen compositing plug-in allows you to composite people or objects photographed against blue or green screens into stock photographs, 3D rendered backgrounds, and more.
Decompose (Mac)
"Decompose allows you to easily extract elements from a picture and use them to make composite images."
"Decompose allows you to easily extract elements from a picture and use them to make composite images."
GrowCut (Win)
[plugin] GrowCut is an interactive image cutout tool designed to extract solid or opaque objects.
[plugin] GrowCut is an interactive image cutout tool designed to extract solid or opaque objects.
Mask Pro (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] "Mask Pro 4 makes it easy to create masks, selections and clipping paths on difficult subjects like hair, glass and fog. Mask Pro 4’s tool-box lets you use the right tools for different parts of your image and lets you see and refine your mask in real-time."
[Plug-in] "Mask Pro 4 makes it easy to create masks, selections and clipping paths on difficult subjects like hair, glass and fog. Mask Pro 4’s tool-box lets you use the right tools for different parts of your image and lets you see and refine your mask in real-time."
Fluid Mask (Win/Mac)
"Built as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop, Fluid Mask is the new next-generation cut-out tool. Behind the product is breakthrough technology that mimics the way the eye, optic-nerve and brain perform visual processing."
"Built as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop, Fluid Mask is the new next-generation cut-out tool. Behind the product is breakthrough technology that mimics the way the eye, optic-nerve and brain perform visual processing."
MatchLight, Inc.
"MatchLight Software is designed to help photographers and graphic arts professionals create realistic image composites at a fraction of the time and cost compared to conventional compositing methods."
"MatchLight Software is designed to help photographers and graphic arts professionals create realistic image composites at a fraction of the time and cost compared to conventional compositing methods."
Microsoft Research Group Shot (Win)
"Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out of a series of group photos. With Group Shot you can select your favorite parts in each shot of the series and Group Shot will automatically build a composite image."
"Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out of a series of group photos. With Group Shot you can select your favorite parts in each shot of the series and Group Shot will automatically build a composite image."
Recomposit (Win)
"A photo masking and compositing tool which precisely isolates image object from its background with hair, edge, transparency precisely kept."
"A photo masking and compositing tool which precisely isolates image object from its background with hair, edge, transparency precisely kept."