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Setting files as auto tone mattes
If you're using a file as a tone matte, the Image Processor can automatically ink and paint it for you:
- All line segments are inked with the Default Ink.
- All enclosed regions are painted with the Opaque paint - which is the standard matte color.
- The other regions are painted with the Transparent paint.
Here's an example of a scanned tone matte:
After the level has been processed using the auto-tone matte option, it looks like this:
To select whether or not files are tone mattes:
- Select the file(s) in the Browser window's list of Levels and Models (see Selecting files and drawings in the Browser).
- From the context-sensitive menu, choose Set Auto Tone Matte to specify that the file is a tone matte, or Clear Auto Tone Matte to specify that the file is not a tone matte. (See The context-sensitive menus).
- By default, files are not tone mattes, and all regions are painted with the Transparent paint (see The Paint Layer).
Scanning levels for auto-tone matting
Auto-tone matte levels are blurred when they are composited, so you don't need to scan the levels at such a high resolution. Typically, you only need to use half the resolution that you would use for the corresponding character level: for example, 100 dpi instead of 200 dpi. Using a lower resolution also has the benefit of making Animo 2.0 faster, and uses up less disk space.
Maximizing auto-tone matting results
Regions with gaps are left unpainted, so to get the best results you must set the Line Pickup and Line Growing parameters in the Controls panel to eliminate as many gaps as possible. You can see the results of the values you're setting by examining a typical tone matte drawing in the Results window. Using a higher Line Pickup will find more lines, and may help; Line Growing is best set to its maximum value of 254.
