====== Mask Creator ======
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This page describes the desktop extension "Mask Creator".\\

**Content Manager**\\
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===== Concepts =====

Create a mask by drawing objects on a spherical or planar image. Every mask will have a defined resolution and color. Based on the used image to optimize or to colorize a point cloud, a dropdown list with  usable masks will appear.


===== Sidebar =====

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==== Drafts ====

**Open Mapping Run** \\
Select the camera from the drop-down menu of all available cameras from the mapping runs in the dataset list.

  * **New**: Add a new draft to the list. A new window is opened where the mask can be drawn over an image from the selected camera. 
  * **Edit**: Edit the selected draft from the list.
  * **Import**, **Export**, **Duplicate**, **Delete**: Import, Export, Duplicate or Delete a draft from the list. 

==== Preview ====

A preview of the mask draft is displayed so that the shape, color and resolution can be verified. 

==== Mask ====

  * **Name**: Define the name of the mask that will be created.
  * **Create**: The location of the mask is opened at creation. Every mask is accompanied by an ini-file which contains the color and resolution of the mask.