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As always the folks at Topaz are always trying to improve their products. When I got an email alerting me to the fact that ReMask 3 was now out, I decided to download the trial and play with it.
My first task was to grab ANY old photo and ReMask it quickly and create something fast. I wanted to compare it to Elements Magic Extractor.
Original:
[this original has been horizontally flipped so it doesn't match some of the other photo presentations]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoTu1bdbBYdfZZXYM-TveobfNNSul5AbWFiWZwAw4YH01vD5K5HCZuCkaarljIVC76tj_mLkMsDgu8OzY1bzEgbFQ8IEYNaqvhOUsjZ_mBop-9VNSfpDnOuagr6QlG-_c7Lg8/s400/a-donk.jpg)
[simple fast about 5 seconds]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKoAbzd6Pwkn73i5j8k9-HhaQGvtbWjvckFr6LEXHiJlcHVdwa_qsmxIHMQZt3-YdEKNtAabhlG8lY3HHweQNv93eihai4o00amho9KutT-qD_pXwbpprCblMKNCzXihP9C3q/s400/topaz+remask3.jpg)
[not perfect, I could have edited more but I was going to put the 'cut out' on a black and white back-round]
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZD8VUL4OhOgHBONOPpLHVYUbMMHkJ_5ujG5-06EtZ3Ei3uJWqNRnX8TVHfXKQv1r9eSiQIqZaeRatm-MkgooEvR1LvVXhfnCuQnpSexQaTriQtFsWo8qrG4xByjCUy4NzEJk/s400/bckrnd+added+tpz+mask+copy.jpg)
[Not quite so easy, a bit harder to work with]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFIECIrUpmCipZIzW73BoK9SYP1BOYYsOGTJ3EXPO2tOGJDIpq4-JEsRDn8h2oLkVmEcw4GiT-PHo40YqXLIFZFrtCxVsZduyRmwalP7PifxXvndPMZy2U-Pg90jocoFKsYFH/s400/Magic+Extractor.jpg)
[Areas are missed and I had to spend quite a bit more time editing the mane area and other areas that the Magic Extractor missed. Well, actually parts that I missed. This experiment was done rather quickly also. This was a result of 3 minutes work.]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjh9w00pmDd62KtmIoy9caTnmjaykJqyp8Rgqy68kj3FZf5p0_t3sHOj00uCWIa3qeQtWhhnfZc2xSIlNTOBvP_loGFpnM1Cr8XDgGwVYv7zzJezG-dUZcm6ZI5aM65YUkLyg/s400/magic+extractor+file+copy.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOKlvFfPSt0wCBVTBTdA7n-jqfwQ1gqim9GRvT2gv97dJzSgkQolJntjuEYy9No_HVbFNzXKA6_3UqzM2RiGP1blcFIiMJkkWPBkGDI2ZozY6VUwSUH4JLXQob5cIukDbfBPV/s400/a-donkey.jpg)
Hands down, I saved time with ReMask 3.
Next I'll try ReMask 3 with a more difficult subject and see how well it does for the average user like me.