Operation Manual

280 Images, Animation, and Multimedia
3. (Optional) Set a Grow tolerance value to automatically expand the
selected area under the cursor (by detecting colors 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 selection). It's
OK to repeatedly click and drag until your selection area is made.
The
Undo button reverts to the last made selection.
To fine-tune your selection, you can switch between Keep and
Discard brushes by temporarily holding down the Alt key.
5. If you're outputting an alpha-edged bitmap, you can refine the area to
be kept/discarded within Image Cutout Studio (only after previewing)
with Erase and Restore touch-up tools. Vector-cropped images can be
cropped using standard WebPlus crop tools outside of the Studio.
Make your outline edge as exact as possible by using brush and
touch-up tools before committing your work.
Click Reset if you want to revert your selected areas and start
your cutout again.
6. Click OK to create your cutout.
You'll see your image on the site page in its original location, but with the
selected areas cut away (made transparent).
Refining your cutout area (alpha-edged bitmaps only)
If a vector-cropped image is created via Image Cutout Studio it's possible to
subsequently manipulate the crop outline using crop tools. However, for alpha-
edged bitmaps, Erase and Restore touch-up tools can be used to refine the cutout
area within the Studio before completing your cutout. The latter can't be edited
with crop tools.