GetMask

IMaskingLayer.GetMask method

Gets the image mask.

public RasterImage GetMask()

Return Value

Result image mask.

Examples

Using a segment mask to speed up the segmentation process

[C#]

// Masking export options
Aspose.Imaging.ImageOptions.PngOptions exportOptions = new Aspose.Imaging.ImageOptions.PngOptions();
exportOptions.ColorType = Aspose.Imaging.FileFormats.Png.PngColorType.TruecolorWithAlpha;
exportOptions.Source = new Aspose.Imaging.Sources.StreamSource(new System.IO.MemoryStream());

Aspose.Imaging.Masking.Options.MaskingOptions maskingOptions = new Aspose.Imaging.Masking.Options.MaskingOptions();
    
// Use GraphCut clustering.
maskingOptions.Method = Masking.Options.SegmentationMethod.GraphCut;
maskingOptions.Decompose = false;
maskingOptions.Args = new Aspose.Imaging.Masking.Options.AutoMaskingArgs();

// The backgroung color will be transparent.
maskingOptions.BackgroundReplacementColor = Aspose.Imaging.Color.Transparent;
maskingOptions.ExportOptions = exportOptions;

string dir = "c:\\temp\\";
using (Aspose.Imaging.RasterImage image = (Aspose.Imaging.RasterImage)Aspose.Imaging.Image.Load(dir + "BigImage.jpg"))
{
    Aspose.Imaging.Size imageSize = image.Size;

    // Reducing image size to speed up the segmentation process
    image.ResizeHeightProportionally(600, Aspose.Imaging.ResizeType.HighQualityResample);

    // Create an instance of the ImageMasking class.
    Aspose.Imaging.Masking.ImageMasking masking = new Aspose.Imaging.Masking.ImageMasking(image);

    // Divide the source image into several clusters (segments).
    using (Aspose.Imaging.Masking.Result.MaskingResult maskingResult = masking.Decompose(maskingOptions))
    {
        // Getting the foreground mask
        using (Aspose.Imaging.RasterImage foregroundMask = maskingResult[1].GetMask()) 
        {
            // Increase the size of the mask to the size of the original image
            foregroundMask.Resize(imageSize.Width, imageSize.Height, Aspose.Imaging.ResizeType.NearestNeighbourResample);

            // Applying the mask to the original image to obtain a foreground segment
            using (Aspose.Imaging.RasterImage originImage = (Aspose.Imaging.RasterImage)Aspose.Imaging.Image.Load(dir + "BigImage.jpg"))
            {
                Aspose.Imaging.Masking.ImageMasking.ApplyMask(originImage, foregroundMask, maskingOptions);
                originImage.Save(dir + "BigImage_foreground.png", exportOptions);
            }
        }
    }
}

See Also

GetImage