Operation Manual

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The choice you make really depends on the picture. A vector-edged
bitmap is better for cutting out pictures with well defined edges.
Selecting areas to keep or discard
A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to "paint" areas of
the image. The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush, and are
either used independently or, more typically, in combination with each
other.
To select image areas for keeping/discarding:
1.
In Cutout Studio, click either Keep Brush Tool
or Discard Brush Tool from the left of the Studio workspace.
2. (Optional) Pick a Brush size suitable for the area to be worked on.
3. (Optional) Set a Grow Tolerance value to automatically expand the
selected area under the cursor (by detecting colours similar to those
within the current selection). The greater the value the more the
selected area will grow. Uncheck the option to switch the feature off.
4. Using the circular cursor, click and drag across the area to be
retained or discarded (depending on Keep or Discard Brush Tool