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Topic: I need a free masking program for a Mac

I used to use Bafran on my windows, but these incidents stopped me using it:

1: It screwed up and distorted the picture.
2: No matter how many times I exported the frame, it made a hole in the guy's head.
3: It self-corrupted a frame 2 hours after I exported it. (The frame turned white with black dots all over it)
4: It kept putting the support back in.
5: It exported each pic at 30 megabytes.
6: It kept screwing up the quality.
7: It changed the aspect ratio.
8: And finally, it brightened the picture considerably.   

                    ^ Don't use Bafran.

My point is that I need a new FREE program that will mask images on a mac.  mini/smile

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

What would you be trying to mask?

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

mini/confused      I am currently filming a superhero short where the Justice King punches a thug that goes flying back about 200 yards.    And some other things. Usually minifigs. mini/blankexpression

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

does gimp work on the mac?

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

dumbbros wrote:

does gimp work on the mac?

Yes, GIMP works on Mac.

I'm not sure what else you'd really find for masking programs that are free. Unless you'd want to green screen it, then you could use iMovie, which is free with most macs.

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

NO green screening. It looks like crap. And I'll try GIMP.

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

Gimp don't work on no mac. mini/sad

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

Edmeier Animator wrote:

Gimp don't work on no mac. mini/sad

Yes it does.

http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

gimp is works on all operating systems
I know cuz I got it on Linux mini/tongue

keep trying. mini/confused I am completely dumbfounded by it
and only really use it for light effects in my still pictures

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

Aw crap. Well, I stand corrected. mini/bigsmile

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Re: I need a free masking program for a Mac

Sorry, but I really have to bump this thread.

Edmeier Animator wrote:

I used to use Bafran on my windows, but these incidents stopped me using it:

1: It screwed up and distorted the picture.
2: No matter how many times I exported the frame, it made a hole in the guy's head.
3: It self-corrupted a frame 2 hours after I exported it. (The frame turned white with black dots all over it)
4: It kept putting the support back in.
5: It exported each pic at 30 megabytes.
6: It kept screwing up the quality.
7: It changed the aspect ratio.
8: And finally, it brightened the picture considerably.   

                    ^ Don't use Bafran.

Well, perhaps it would have been a good idea to report any of these Problems to the programmer (i.e. me).
I put my email-address in there for a reason but never got any bug-reports.
I didn't know of any of these bugs.
3. seems quite impossible to me, how could my program change a picture after it is closed.
4. I don't understand
6. I don't know what exactly you mean by this
8. I thought I had fixed that somewhere.

It really is a bit frustrating if one programs a tool, but gets no feedback on if it works. It is impossible to solve such glitches if I'm not aware of them.

Anyways, the Bafran version currently online probably is only suitable for beginners or for some special masking Tasks. Gimp is not really an Animation-Program, but still is a good choice I guess.

bafran 1.9 - programming ~ 35% done ~ gave up on it

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