Darkroom masks

2026-10-10 · drafted masks for 06 and 07 · organic redraws for comparison

Blue: fog never lands (a plant). Magenta: fog never lands, and the area develops last (the tell). The phone softens every mask's edges by a further 20 px by default; the Mask feather slider in the lab changes that, and Show › Mask displays the result.

06 The Sweater

1961 with the boy and both sisters protected — 1961: plants on the boy and the two young sisters, so their ages are never fogged away.

1971 with the crouching boy and both sisters protected — 1971: plants on the crouching boy and the teenage sisters.

1981 with the boy held back and the grown sisters protected — 1981: the tell is the boy, still thirteen; plants on the grown sisters and the toddler.

07 His Side

The park with the jogger, vendor and feather-hat woman protected — The day we met: plants on the jogger, the vendor, and the woman in the feathered hat with her pram.

The church with the groom's three guests held back — The pews: the tell is the groom's three guests; a plant on the pram. Frame 2, the close wedding view, has no mask.

The pack's masks, redrawn organically

Left: the pack's rounded rectangles, as delivered and as the game uses them now. Right: the same regions drawn as organic blobs. These are previews only; say if you want the redraws to replace the pack's eleven masks.

Extra Passenger frame 3, pack mask and organic redraw — 01 frame 3: the handbag and glasses.

Her Handwriting frame 3, pack mask and organic redraw — 26 frame 3: Nell on the road.

Height Chart frame 2, pack mask and organic redraw — 05 frame 2: the chart and the new mark.

About a Minute frame 3, pack mask and organic redraw — 04 frame 3: the shadow over the farm.