I found a really neat way to turn a graphic into looking like it was carved into stone. We will be using another mask that I made some time ago, please feel free to use it anytime but do not offer it for download on a website or include it in a CD for sale. We will also be using Paint Engine, Eye Candy 3.1 and did you know that Flaming Pear has some free plug-ins also? I found them a few weeks ago and have been experimenting with some of them. You receive 9 free Plugins in the download and the one we will be using in this tutorial is called Ghost.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at an intermediate/advanced level. I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*

You will need:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
My mask ~~ You can get it HERE
**unzip into your PSP Masks Folder
Fantastic Machines PaintEngine Filter - You can get it HERE
**Make sure that you unzip into both your Plugins Folder and also your C:/Windows Folder. You will NOT see the presets if you do not have this in the Windows Folder!
Flaming Pear's Ghost Plug-in ~~ You can get it HERE
**scroll down the page until you find Free Plugins
Eye Candy 3 - You can get the free version HERE
A Graphic - The one I used is called Protection by Blaze. I have been given permission from Blaze to use her work in my tutorials. You can see more of her beautiful work here. You may use this graphic (right click on the graphic below and save to your own hard-drive) or one of your own choosing.

Step 1:
Open your graphic in PSP and make a copy of it (Shift+D). The main reason for making a copy is in case I want to use the image again and forget to change the name when I save *S* You can close out your original graphic. Remember to save often.

Step 2:
Set your foreground color to a complementing color from your graphic. I chose #C1FAFF.

Step 3:
First we are going to add the mask. Add a new layer to your graphic and flood fill with your foreground color.

Step 4:
Go to Mask -->Load from Disk and find your MD-Hummingbird_mask and press open. I know it looks funny but we will fix it.

Step 5:
Go to Mask -->Invert and it will now look like this.

Step 6:
Go to Masks -->Delete and again answer yes to merging into current layer. SAVE

Step 7:
Go to Effects-->Plugins>Fantastic Machines-->Paint Engine and apply the growth preset.

Apply the Paint Engine growth preset THREE times. SAVE.

Step 8:
Go to Effects-->Plugins>EyeCandy 3.1-->Inner Bevel and apply the Low Flat Edge preset.
and SAVE.

This gave it a nice "carved" look but now we want to make it look like stone.

Step 9:
Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge all visible.

Step 10:
Go to Effects-->Plugins>Flaming Pear-->Ghost and it will all of a sudden look like this:

Yikes! That looks kind of eerie ~~ LOL. Let's fix that up just a bit shall we?

Step 11:
Add a new layer and go to Layers-->Arrange-->Send to Bottom.

Step 12:
Change your foreground color to a light beige - I used #FBEBC9. Make sure you are on the bottom layer and flood fill with your beige color.

Wow! What a difference. Add your watermark, merge all layers and you have your Carved Stone graphic.

Here are some of the other ones that I did.

I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

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