:: Making your own masks from photos ::



This tutorial will show you how to make your own masks from photos. This tutorial does assume that you know the basics of psp.

1. Start with a picture you think may make a good mask.



2. Go to Image > Greyscale



3. Go to Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image and click ok. You may get a warning saying that your layer needs to be a full layer, say yes to that as well. You will have something like this:



4. Save your mask. Go to Layers > Load/Save Mask > Save Mask to disk and name it and you are set.

5. Using your mask. You can take picture and flood fill with a texture or gradient and use your mask. This is what you would get.



Bigger version - different flood fill in step 1:



Another one, using the couple as the mask.





I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it was easy to follow. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

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