Image (Bitmap Tools)...

  
 
   
Images (Bitmap) Tools
VinylMaster supports all the major Image formats including .bmp, .gif, .jp2, .jpeg, .png, .tga and .tif along with many, many more...
Image (Bitmap) Tools

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Plus! the program comes loaded with specialist Image (Bitmap) tools as follows:


• Image Filters
• Special Effects
• Image Editing
• Image Effects
• Image Masks (Transparency)
• Image Vectorizer (Tracing)
• Image Resampling
• Contour Cutting
These tools and features are outlined below.
VinylMaster's Image Filters let you set the Image Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation along with Gamma Correction.

Image Editor (Adjustment Lab)
For even finer Image editing and specialist filters VinylMaster comes with an Image Editor that allows you set Color Correction and comes with Advanced Filters including Gaussian Blur and an amazingly powerful Color Reduction algorithm that takes full color Images and professionally reduces them down to and within a range of 2 to 256 colors.

The Image Editor
 
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VinylMaster comes with a large selection of Special Effects for images, as follows:
 
• Anti Alias
• Color Noise
• Contrast
• Darkness
• Emboss
• Fish Eye
• Grayscale
• Invert
• Lightness
• Mono Noise
• Mosaic 		• Posterize
• Saturation
• Smooth
• Solarize
• Split Blur
• Split Light
• Spot Light
• Tile
• Trace
• Twist

Just a few of these effects are shown here:

Special Effects from The Image Editor
 
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VinylMaster lets you Node Edit your Images much the same as it does curves which means you have full control over all your Image's perimeters (shape) that is very useful when designing and laying out your Artwork.

Crop Images
VinylMaster also comes with Cropping Tools that let you remove portions of the Image across its x and y axis, as shown on the right.

Clipping Paths
VinylMaster can also Vectorize (Trace) the Mask (Transparent areas) of an Image to create a Clipping Path that can in-turn be Node Edited, have Effects applied to it and be used as a Contour Cutting Path.

These tools are available using the Mask Editor and Contour Cutting Utility.

Distortions
Along with Shapes and Vectors i.e. Curves and Paths VinylMaster also lets you apply distortions to Images so that you can design and create any number of image based effects.

Transformations
Plus all the regular transformations such as rotate, skew and mirror etc. can all be applied to Images in VinylMaster.

Node Editing Images
 

Crop Tools
 
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VinylMaster has a number of Image Effects that provide you with you a set of advanced tools that allow you to design and create truly professional signage that will really impress your clients and set you well apart from your competition.

Some examples of VinylMaster's suite of Image Effects include:
 
• Duo-tone
• Opacity
• Targeted Color Transparency
• Vignettes
• Linear Gradients (Fade-In and Fade-Out)

On the right is an example of Opacity i.e. how see through an Image is.
The Mask Editor is a specialist utility used to professionally remove the background from images (Bitmaps) i.e. to make transparent and/or to create Special Effects by using transparencies within the image.

Some examples of these effects include:
 
• Professional Background Removal
• Vignettes
• Fades (In & Out)
• Image Blending
• Image Effects

The Mask Editor
 
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The Vectorizer is a specialist utility used to Vectorize an Image (Bitmap) i.e. to Trace an Image.

It does this by taking an Image and tracing around its pixels to create an editable and perfectly scalable set of curves (paths).

The Vectorizer comes with a number of Image Preparation and Correction tools to assist you in achieving the best possible results from even low-quality artwork inc. .jpg's...

The Vectorizer
 
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VinylMaster lets you resample your Images which is used to change the resolution and the dimensions of each Image.

Upsampling increases the size of the image, conversely downsampling decreases the size of the image.

Resampling Filters
VinylMaster comes with a comprehensive set of resampling Filters which are algorithms used by the Image Editor to smooth out or sharpen up Images when they have been resampled either larger or smaller than their original size.

Resampling Utility
 
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A Contour Cutting Line or Outline is a special purpose curve that can be identified by a printer/cutter to print then cut out your artwork from a single file.

Contour Cutting can also be used to print from the one device then cut from another using the Reposition Module in the Vinyl Spooler.

This feature is ideal for creating decals and stickers from adhesive vinyls and another great tool in your arsenal.

Contour Cutting Utility
 
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Loaded with  Tools & Features

  

Above is merely an outline of VinylMaster's tools with literally hundreds of tools like these at your disposal that will provide you with a serious advantage when it comes to designing, creating and outputting truly eye-popping signage no matter what industry you specialize in!

To see our detailed Feature List and a side-by-side Comparison of all versions of VinylMaster click: