Turn an opaque image into a translucent one quickly and easily. Open or paste an image. Select the mask style (dark, light or both) and watch as dark colors become translucent shades, and bright colors opaque. Save the image as a PNG. That's it.
Free, fully functional, portable software program, with no installation or setup. Your existing computer libraries/files remain unchanged/unmodified. We take pride in this respect function.
Tip:
Mask is portable and will run from within the folder you download it to.
- WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) display
- Mask Style: None, Dark, Light and Both
- Mask Options: Soften, Boost and Boost 2
- Bias, Opacity and Quality controls
- Fit to Screen
- Options: Mirror, Flip, Grey, Sepia, Noise, Invert and Soften
- Drag and Drop support - drag image on to program to open
- Open Formats: PNG, GIF, JPG, JIF, JPEG, BMP and TEA
- Save Formats: PNG
- Preview link - view image in web browser
- Realtime status bar information of: Status, Dimensions, PNG Size and Color count
- Definable screen color
- Uniquely framed window with style, size and sparkle options
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Options" window for customising the entire look and feel
- 150+ built-in color schemes (Aqua Marine -> Wild White)
- 32 built-in frame styles (Classic -> Traditional 3)
- 9 built-in cursors (Orange -> White) + Custom + Default
- 11 GUI fonts (Arial -> DejaVu Serif) + Custom
- 10 customisable color schemes (Custom 1-10 / set your own colors)
- Simple and easy to use
- Fast, lightweight and modern user interface
- Portable - No installation/alteration to your operating system
- Built-in Help - View detailed information directly in program
- No Internet Required - Run completely offline
- Free To Use - 100% freeware, no cost, no membership, no nags, no strings attached
Additional Features
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Options Window - Detailed options for changing colors, frame style, font and various effects and settings, and creating/removing Start button and Desktop links (shortcuts)
- Curved or square controls, menus and windows
- Realtime Help - Hover over a link, control or menu item for instant, scrolling help
- Soft Close windows - Click outside window to close
- Auto-Close windows - Countdown timer close window after set time
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Options >
Color >
Menu:
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Copy - Copy color scheme to Clipboard as plain text (safe, compact to share on social media)
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Paste and Use - Paste color scheme from Clipboard and display
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Save As... - Save color scheme to file
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Options >
Settings > Effects:
+ Special Colors - Color coordinate important settings panels
+ Enhanced - Shade control backgrounds and foregrounds
+ Curved Shading - Circular shading
+ Colorise Images - Shade all images with current color scheme for a low-impact look
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Options >
Settings:
+ Large Title - 34 or 24 pixel high top title and icon
+ 32bit Graphics - 32bit or 24bit graphics (hint - 24bit is faster on older computers)
+ Frame Maximised - Display frame when maximised
+ On Top - Place Mask above all others
+ Minimal Scrollbars - Clutter free scrollbars (no arrows, less visual distraction)
+ Economy - Reduce paint cycles/CPU consumption for lower power usage
+ Scrollbar Size - Set from 5 to 72 pixels
+ Touch - Enlarge controls for easy touch access
- Uniquely Framed Window(s)
+ Decorative and functional - Click and drag to resize Mask easily
+ Size 0 to 72 pixels
+ Sparkle 0 to 20
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Options >
Font > Zoom - Automatically scale Mask for best viewing on 2K, 4K and 8k monitors
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Options >
Misc > Wine compatibility support (Wine Is Not an Emulator - see www.winehq.org for more information) - various special enhancements to improve performance in Wine on Linux, e.g. Ubuntu v20
- Customise a folder's image - Portable and independent of operating system
- And many more...