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Steve003

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Hi,
having searched you tube and the internet and found NOTHING. Also open agisoft help, click search tab and search on mask and also *mask* and found NOTHING. not even on using Agisoft own tools.

I wish to mask out the multi subject background on ONE image which is causing lack of alignment. I presume doing so is ok, I dont have to mask the other 65 as well when they DO ALIGN , or does using mask with one mean all need masking, I hope not !
We all have photos that fail due to something in the one that doesnt appear in the others !

If I use Agisoft magic wand it gets bits of it, it will take forever, also the scissors are going to take ages as they keep wandering about onto my object.

I can do that selection in a minute in photoshop.

What are the steps involved in photoshop then in agisoft ?

something like
Pshop
1. with image open, and brush edge at preferred softness to suit image, and black selected,  hit Q and paint round the object with black , it appears in red, make good any gaps.
2. hit Q and see crawling ants, invert selection if need be, you need the background selected.
3. save as a channel using menu Select>Save Selection option.
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5.
6.
Agisoft.
7. import image with mask in the following way....
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more detail such as what it should look like in photoshop when mask done.

This needs pinning at top of threads !

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Hi
Anyone, ........does no reply to this mean one cannot use photoshop to mask up an image then take it into Agisoft ?
Looks that way.
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I am familiar with photoshop and the tools are more precise and I am comfortable with them.

I am sure there are folk using Pshop to mask out unwanted areas.
Please anyone tell us the steps required.

Steve003

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short answer is absolutely YES. You can use 3rd party software to create the masks and then import them in Metashape.

An old thread on the forum: -> https://www.agisoft.com/forum/index.php?topic=5886.0

Helpdesk Portal: -> https://agisoft.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/folders/31000119359

Other tut: -> https://www.academia.edu/34745519/TUTORIAL_CREATING_MASKS_IN_PHOTOSHOP_TO_IMPORT_IN_PHOTOSCAN_ENGLISH_VERSION_pdf

hope these helps