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TLR Professional Mask Toolkit The TLR Professional Mask Toolkit is a useful set of JavaScripts for automating Adobe® Photoshop® CS/CS2 to generate edge masks and surface masks. There are separate user interfaces for Adobe® Photoshop® CS and CS2. Adobe® added more support for screen widgets in Photoshop® CS2. So, the Photoshop® CS2 has an interface with more visual appeal. The capabilities of both JavaScripts are the same.
User interface for Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 version The masking features can be combined. You can, for example, specify "Reds" for the color range, "Midtones" for the tonal range, and "Edges" for the mask type. The result will be a single channel that masks red highlight edges. You can make edge masks, surfaces masks, a pair of edge and surface masks, or even masks that capture a range of tone or colors without regard for edges or surfaces. You just select a mask type, (for edge or surface masks) a width for the edges, a tone range, and a color range. The will then generate an alpha channel that can be used as a layer mask for sharpening, removing noise, or adjusting tone and color. You should see performance improvements compared to the TLR Edge & Surface Masks action set and the mask generation in the TLR Professional Sharpening Toolkit. These scripts work on duplicates that are converted to 8-bits per channel and to grayscale at the earliest possible moment. Luminosity Masks v. Enhanced Masks One of the unique features of TLR actions and scripts for masking, noise reduction, and sharpening is the availability of enhanced masks for edges and surfaces. Luminosity masks are customary and used by nearly every Photoshop® action, add-in, or script for sharpening images. Enhanced masks start with a luminosity mask. A second mask is generated, one that is sensitive to color boundaries, not just differences in luminosity.
Roll mouse over image to see extra detail in an enhanced mask Above are a couple of test images. Just roll your mouse over the image to see how the enhanced edge mask captures more detail. The images are crops of a test image from Bruce Lindbloom’s site. Bruce is a color engineer, and his site is full of valuable resource for anyone interested in color management, color spaces, etc. http://www.brucelindbloom.com/ Below is another pair of sample images. Notice how the edge along one of the Macbeth Color Checker patches is not captured by a luminosity edge mask. he enhanced mask easily captures it. Again, just roll over the image with your mouse to see the aded detail with an enhanced edge mask.
Roll mouse over image to see extra detail in an enhanced mask The downside to enhanced masks is added generation time and extra RAM resources. The scripts generate two masks and blend them together for an enhanced mask. Enjoy! Current Version: 3.0c (RC 1.2)
Each download has one script file. For Photoshop CS, the script file ends with a .js extension. The Photoshop CS2 version ends with a .jsx extension. Copy the script file to the directory for your Photoshop scripts. |
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