Creating a Mask using a Photo
layers / promote to
background layer
Effects / filters
unlimited / color filters / grayscale my settings i used is 100 ,130 , 130
Apply use your own judgement
Layers / new mask
layers / from image
A box opens called
Add Mask From Image / source window will have the name of the
photo or
background
cannot be changed /
settings: Create mask from / source luminance checked / untick Invert
mask data
/ ok
This is what your
mask looks like
The layer Palette
will have 3 layers which make up the mask
Layers / load/save
mask / Save Mask To Disk / Mask flies box shows saved masks with
there name /
New mask
type in the name to
call your mask / save
Now close of the working
layer now it will be automatically saved into your psp mask files
located in My Documents
You could leave it
where it is and use it by going to layers / load/save mask or remove the
mask
and save it in the actual psp
program mask files by going into my computer
Now you can use it
the same way as all your other masks and it is no longer a jpeg or
bitmap it
now has the extension Jasc
PspMask.
This Tutorial was
Created by ©Mally on Friday 21 August 2008
and Installed Friday 21 August 2008 and is the
Property of ©Mally.
It may not be Reproduced in any other Format or
"Taken"
without the express written consent of the Creator