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Fiery ImageViewer Object Editor

Fiery ImageViewer Object Editor provides powerful AI-assisted selection tools that let you select specific objects within an image and apply targeted color adjustments.

Limitations

  • Object Editor is available only in Fiery ImageViewer 5.0 and later and FS800/FS800 Pro and later.

  • One set of object edits can be applied per page. You can delete the object edit set and create a new one.

  • Object Editor can be open in only two instances of Fiery ImageViewer at a time.

  • Softproof for Object Editor is not supported in this release.

  • Object Editor is only supported if you use Fiery Command WorkStation from a client computer connected to the Fiery server. The feature is not supported when using Command WorkStation directly on a Fiery server that has a connected monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

Memory Usage Recommendation

To reduce memory usage on systems with limited RAM, disable Object Editor after completing object edits and curve adjustments. Mask edits remains available after Object Editor is turned off.

Keeping Object Editor enabled increases memory usage by approximately 1.5–2 GB, depending on the job. Disabling it when no further object edits are needed frees memory and can improve overall system performance.

Install Object Editor

Before you can use the Object Editor feature, you must install it.

  1. Click Object Editor.
  2. In the Fiery ImageViewer Object Editor window, click Install.

    Fiery Software Manager launches in the background and installs Object Editor. After installation is complete, Object Editor is ready to use.

Note: Object Editor is only supported if you use Fiery Command WorkStation from a client computer connected to the Fiery server. The feature is not supported when using Command WorkStation directly on a Fiery server that has a connected monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

Select objects with Object Editor

You can use Object Editor to select one or more objects and apply color edits. When you load Object Editor, it uses an object detection model to divide the page into selectable objects. The selected objects are referred to as the mask, and you can adjust the colors of the mask.
  1. Click Object Editor.
  2. Select an object in the image using one of the following methods.
    Windows macOS Description
    Left-click Left-click Select an object.
    Ctrl + Left-click Cmd + Left-click Select additional objects.
    Alt + Left-click Opt + Left-click Remove objects from the selection.
    Alt + I Opt + I Invert the current selection. Selected objects become unselected, and unselected objects become selected.
    C + Left-click C + Left-click Clear all selections.
    Shift + Left-click or Shift + Right-click Shift + Left-click or Shift + Right-click

    Add a positive point to the mask with Shift + Left-click, and add a negative point to the mask with Shift + Right-click. Positive points indicate areas that should be included in the object mask, and negative points indicate areas that should be excluded from the object mask.

    Positive and negative points help refine object boundaries when the initial object selection does not exactly match the area that you want to edit.

    Consider an image of a person wearing a shirt. Clicking on the person may initially select the entire person as a single object. If you want to apply a color correction only to the skin tones, you can:

    • Use Shift + Left-click on the person's face or skin areas to indicate that these regions should be included in the selection.
    • Use Shift + Right-click on the shirt to indicate that these regions should be excluded from the selection.

    Object Editor uses these positive and negative points to refine the mask, allowing you to selectively target only the desired areas for color correction.

    G + Left-click or W + Left-click G + Left-click or W + Left-click Select an object with object detection models specialized in graphics and font content. If one model does not produce a clean selection, use the alternative model. Try this when the cursor shows a warning icon while hovering over an object.
    Alt + K Opt + K

    Open the Mask edits window after object edits have been applied.

    When an object is selected, the background pixels are dimmed to highlight the selected object. This provides a clear visual indication of the area that will be affected by the color adjustment.

  3. Edit the colors using the Color Adjust pane.
  4. Click Apply to save your edits.

    If the job contains similar pages, the same object mask can be reused by using Apply To. Clicking Apply To opens a window where you can specify the target page numbers. Ensure that the page content is identical before applying the mask, as the mask will be applied blindly without validating whether the content matches.

Note: You can only apply a single set of object edits per page. To apply new object edits, you must delete the previous object edit set and create a new one. Object edits can be used in addition to local and page edits.

Use Mask edits to refine the selection

After applying an edit with Object Editor, you can use Mask edits to refine the selected area.

  1. After selecting objects with Object Editor, in the Edits pane, click Mask edits.
  2. In the Mask edits window, you can edit the mask with tools to Select, Add, and Remove. Use one or more of the following tools to edit the mask:
    • Select - use the Select tools to edit large regions of the mask.

      • Mask - refine the selected mask area.

      • Marquee - draw a rectangular selection around the area you want to include.

    • Add - use the Add tools to add areas to the mask.

      • Hard - paint with a hard-edged brush for crisp, precise strokes.

      • Soft - paint with a soft brush for blended, natural brush strokes.

      • Lasso - lasso a region freehand to add it directly to the mask.

    • Remove - use the Remove tools to remove areas from the mask.

      • Hard - erase with a hard-edged brush for clean, precise removal.

      • Soft - erase with a soft brush for gradual, feathered removal.

      • Lasso - lasso a region freehand to remove it directly from the mask.

  3. Click Apply.
Note: You can use keyboard shortcuts while editing the mask:
  • With Lasso selected, use Esc to clear the current lines.

  • With Lasso selected, you can finalize your selection by clicking on the starting point or by double-clicking the left mouse button.

  • While working with the Add or Remove tools, you can hold Shift to switch to the corresponding opposite tool temporarily.