How to mask the image in AEM?

[Mario248]

I am trying to convert an image to a masked image in AEM. For example, I have an image, and I want to apply a black-and-white mask, meaning the original image should be completely black. 

I know this can be done using the ImageMagick tool with the convert feature. Is there a way to accomplish this in Dynamic Media or using any AEM Assets API?

[arunpatidar]

Hi @Mario248 
Maybe try firefly APIs

https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/guides/how-tos/using-fill-image/ 

[Mario248]

Customer is on-prem. Is firefly free ? any license required ?

[Mario248]

This is exactly want I am looking for 

Is adobe app(adobe io) same as adobe Firefly ? or Is it two different adobe products ?

[arunpatidar]

Adobe Firefly is a licensed product. you can contact sales

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/business/enterprise/firefly-services.html 

[Mario248]

Thanks for your response. customer is looking for open source. I will explore other open source tools

[Harwinder-singh]

@Mario248 You can create an image mask using any of the available tools like photoshop, ImageMagick etc. You can use dynamic media to apply these to images at scale.

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/assets/dynamicme...

[Mario248]

We want to do this AEM workflow. can you tell how do you use photoshop here? is there java api or library available ?

[Harwinder-singh]

@Mario248 You can setup a custom worker on Adobe I/O that takes care of this. You can then invoke this from within an AEM workflow. 

[anupampat]

Hi @Mario248 ,

Although your requirement is to completely back out the image but you can put watermark on AEM assets using com.day.cq.dam.commons.watermark Library. Putting it here in case its relevant for you.

Regards,

Anupam Patra

[Mario248]

can you tell me what watermark api should used ? any example you can provide ?

[kautuk_sahni]

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