flattening tiff with layermask on it

[db2346]

OK, I have been fighting this one for a few days. I am needing to flatten tiffs with either a feathered layer mask on them or transparency made by said masks. I can feed either I need into the system.

I have a flattened tiff now, but I am getting horrible noise connected to the edged of the mask. Anyone know what Image Magic I need to use in the the command line world got make this go away?

http://i.imgur.com/hxj3j.jpg

sorry, vital stats
ImageMagick-6.2.8.0-4.el5_5.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)

[anthony]

Can you give use the source image, and command you use.

It is hard to tell what is going one without known your exact input and process you are trying to use.

You can crop the images to a section if they are large or you don't want to supply the whole original.

[db2346]

Yse, sorry, I am using the convert -background white -flatten

at least that is the one that has a few successes.

not sure how to post a tif but here is a imgur processed tiff. if you can help me i would be happy to pass the tiff on.
http://i.imgur.com/uHcpq.png

[fmw42]

post the tiff the same way you posted the png. then give us the exact full command line you used and explain what is wrong. To feather the edges of the mask, you can use -blur radx65000 -level 50x100% assuming the mask is white and black and white is where you want to keep your image. see http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/ ... composite2

[db2346]

http://ftp.iridio.com/

login bob
pw bob

I am actually calling the program out of a thrid party but I can call any shell scripts out of it. I am using

convert -background white -flatten bob.tiff

I can not feather the mask in that it is a cut mask by a photoshop operator that we are sometimes flattening, sometimes disabling. When we flatten the image, we want the mask to represent the work of the operator.

we have an automated process that picks up the images and flattens them.

[fmw42]

I can not feather the mask in that it is a cut mask by a photoshop operator that we are sometimes flattening, sometimes disabling. When we flatten the image, we want the mask to represent the work of the operator.

Then please explain your request or clarify the problem as you first asked about feathering.

OK, I have been fighting this one for a few days. I am needing to flatten tiffs with either a feathered layer mask on them or transparency made by said masks

So now I am not sure what you want to do

[db2346]

I am sorry, I am complaining about the noise in the feathered edge. Where you see that noise in the initial image, that is where the edge of the mask is feathering out. If I blur/feather more then the integrity of the mask will be damaged.

[fmw42]

I am sorry, I am complaining about the noise in the feathered edge. Where you see that noise in the initial image, that is where the edge of the mask is feathering out. If I blur/feather more then the integrity of the mask will be damaged.

How did you create that image? What were you exact commands? Can you provide the input images so others can test you commands?

[db2346]

convert -flatten -background white jeff.tiff bob.tiff

I know i am hardly scratching the surface of this tool. I really have only been working with it a few days trying to get this automation done but I can see already the usefulness of it. I can see pulling it more and more into workflows.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[fmw42]

Can you provide the input images so others can test you commands? How did you create the mask or alpha channel?

[db2346]

the ftp link above is the input image. it was a photoshop tif that had the mask applied through a program called Claro which is a java image enhancement software product.

the mask was made in photoshop and is a testing image to identify the problem i am seeing.

[fmw42]

without seeing the image and mask before the result, it is hard to tell what is happening. sounds like your other program that applied the mask may be the culprit.

[db2346]

I am sorry. Can you not access the ftp site? It is an enterprise FTP solution.

FTP://Iridio.com
Bob is both the log in and the password all lower case. I made this just for you. Please let me know that you can or can not access this. It is difficult to find a online hosting site that will allow for tiff upload.

[fmw42]

I got your file. The lousy aliasing appears to be coming from the broad white outline in the underlying image and not the alpha channel itself. Look at the result of

convert bob.tiff -alpha extract bob_alpha.tif

convert bob.tiff -alpha off bob_aoff.tif

and your original.

[db2346]

I am getting a Unrecognized command error on my 4 boxes. I notice that Red Hat version is behind the common listed frequent version. It was explained the Red Hat is "controling" versioning from a friend. Does anyone know if this is the cause of Unrecognized command. Does anyone know if bumping forward will cause a problem with Red Hat?

IM version on this box

6.2.8.0-4.el5_5.3

Red Hat version

Red Hat Enterprise Release 5.5