Operation Manual

Images, Animation, and Multimedia 277
Using Image Cutout Studio
Image Cutout Studio offers a powerful integrated solution for cutting objects
out from their backgrounds. Depending on the make up of your images you can
separate subject of interests from their backgrounds, either by retaining the
subject of interest (usually people, objects, etc.) or removing a simple uniform
background (e.g., sky, studio backdrop). In both instances, the resulting "cutout"
image creates an eye-catching look for your site.
To launch Image Cutout Studio:
1. Select an image to be cut out.
2. Select
Image Cutout Studio from the displayed Picture context
toolbar. Image Cutout Studio is launched.
Choose an output
It's essential that you choose an output type prior to selecting areas for
keeping/discarding. Either an alpha-edged or vector-cropped bitmap can be
chosen as your output type prior to selection. The choice you make really
depends on the image, in particular how well defined image edges are.
Zoom into your image to examine its edges; this may influence the
output type chosen.