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mage masking has many types of uses. Some advanced uses for background removal are discussed here. For soft edges of an image like human hair, furry clothes, dolls,s, etc. the photo masking technique is applied in combination with the clipping path technique to remove or replace the background of the photo. For hard edges, the clipping path technique is used; for the furry or soft edge, masking is used. In a situation, where it is not possible to grab more accurate details of soft edges with the clipping path technique alone, the photo masking method is called upon to isolate the object from the background.
This is another method we apply for the product or object that has the closest colored background to that of object color. To separate the product from the background with natural soft edges, we use Pen Tablet (Wacom). With this method, we can easily blend the hard area and the soft area. The accuracy of the product edge blending depends on the airbrush size and sketching pressure.