Masking

Different scenarios of using masks are grouped here

Working with masks
Masks are used in Metashape to specify the areas on the photos which can otherwise be confusing to the program or lead to incorrect reconstruction results. ...
Fri, 7 Feb, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Masks from background photos
Agisoft Metashape (both editions: Standard and Professional) supports automatic masking from the background. This article describes the workflow for masks g...
Fri, 11 Feb, 2022 at 5:33 PM
Aligning photos with Apply masks to Key/Tie points option
This tutorial describes the image matching parameters Apply masks to Key/Tie points and describes the cases, where Tie point masking may be reasonable.  E...
Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Volumetric masking for depth maps based mesh model generation
This tutorial illustrates how to enhance results with strict volumetric masking feature. Applying a single mask or a few masks can be enough for this approa...
Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Automatic masking from the model
The article describes the main steps for automatic creation of masks (to remove background) from rough 3D model. This scenario is suitable for a case when t...
Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 4:00 PM