Version 3.2.4 focuses on under-the-hood improvements rather than new features:
Let’s walk through a classic use case: extracting a model with curly hair from a busy street background.
Step 1: Open & Select Mode Launch Fluid Mask as a standalone or plugin. Load your image (JPEG, TIFF, PSD, PNG). Choose "Expert Mode" for hair. Vertus Fluid Mask 3 v3.2.4
Step 2: Mark Keep & Cut
Step 3: The "Unknown Zone" The area between red and blue becomes the "unknown" (grey). Click the Compute button (or press F5). v3.2.4 will analyze every pixel in the unknown zone based on color contrast. Vertus Fluid Mask 3 (v3
Step 4: Fine-Tune Hair with the "Edge Brush" This is where Fluid Mask shines. Switch to the Edge Brush. Paint over the flyaway hair. The software recognizes that hair is a mix of background and foreground colors and preserves the strands while removing the street behind them.
Step 5: Mask Preview & Output Use the preview modes: "Mask only" (black/white), "Composite" (cutout on transparent bg), or "Overlay" (red overlay on background). Once satisfied, export as a PSD with an alpha channel or a PNG. Part 4: Step-by-Step Workflow (The "Fluid" Method) Let’s
Total time? For a skilled user: 60 to 90 seconds per image.
Modern tools (like Remove.bg or Photoshop’s AI Remove) are "black boxes." You click a button; the AI guesses. Fluid Mask 3 is different. It is semi-automatic. You guide the software using color and edge analysis. This gives the user absolute control over tricky areas like flyaway hair or semi-transparent objects (glass, smoke).