Using A Mask In PSP

Part 2

11.  To make this easier to place your Selection Tool, right click on the gray bar at the top of your image.  Click Rulers.  Activate your Selection Tool .  Make your settings:

12.  Place your cursor in the middle of your image and draw an Ellipse.  You can start a little lower if you want to make it more oval.  Don't worry, if you make a mistake, go to edit and undo your selection and redo it.  You will have marching ants around your image now. 

13.  Go to Selections on your Tool Bar and click Invert.  Hit your Delete key once.  You should have just a circle in the middle of your image now.

14.  Go to Selections and Invert again.

15.  Resize your image 75% and Sharpen.  Resize layers unchecked.

16.  Keep Selected.  Add a new raster layer.

17.  Go to Selections>Modify>Contract 42 pixels.  Flood Fill with your gradient.

18.  Contract 10.  Go to Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel:

19..  Move the top layer below the first.  Select None. It should look like this.

20.  Highlight your image layer.  Go to Selections>Select All>Float.  Now go to Selections>Modify>Inside/Outside Feather.  Check Inside and make Feather Amount 20. 

21.  Keep Selected and Selections>Invert.  Go to Edit on your tool bar and click Cut.  Repeat Cut one more time.  We have a nice misted effect around the image now.  Select None. Copy and paste as a new image.  This will get rid of any excess background you have.  You can now add a name, quote, or leave it blank for a top graphic for your web page. 

Hope you had fun doing this tutorial.  You have just learned how to use a mask and make a simple frame.  Plus you have learned to use multiple tools in PSP.  Hope to see you again soon.

Annie

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