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On one previous job, one of the writers used Microsoft PhotoDraw. The cutout
tool was surprisingly fast once you used it a few times. And you could make
a close cut on the first pass and then a second refined cut often in less
time than trying to do a very clean cut on one pass.
Of course, good luck finding PhotoDraw today.
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What's the easiest way to get a photo knockout (mask) of a device that was
photographed against a backdrop?
I've tried Photoshop's L-A-B-O-R-I-O-U-S and inaccurate method; it doesn't
float my boat. I've taken to using the fine vector cutout control in Gimp,
it's also painstakingly slow when cutting out irregularly-shaped objects.
Know of a slick tool... most preferably open source or freeware?
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