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Vignette
Mask
This tutorial
is written in and for PSP8 and assumes you have
a working knowledge of PSP.
YOU
WILL NEED:
JASC's PSP8 (30
day free trial) - You can get it HERE
A graphic - For my graphic I am using a picture
of Larry and myself when we were in Laughlin, Nevada
this past May.
Many people have asked the easiest
way to create a vignette photograph. What is a vignette?
A vignette is a photograph whose edges shade off
gradually. One way of doing this is with selections,
feathering, inverting, deleting, etc. Another way
is to do it with the show all mask feature in PSP8
and the black and white gradient.
In this lesson, we are going
to create our own vignette and add a simple border
or frame.
Screenshots
are resized and compressed for faster loading.
Step 1:
Open the image that you want to apply your mask
to. Duplicate your image (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.
This is the original picture
that I used for this lesson. I am showing this to
you so you see the differences with each step.
Step 2:
If your image is on a background layer you will
want to promote it to a regular layer. Go Layers-->Promote
Background Layer.
Step 3:
Go to Layers-->New Mask Layer-->Show All or
on your layer palette click on the Show all mask,
as we have discussed in previous lessons.
Double click on the foreground
color on your Materials Palette. You will get this
dialog box. Choose Gradient.
Click on the down arrow next
to your gradient that is showing and choose the
black & white gradient.
Change your style to sunburst
and check invert. You will now have white in the
center of your gradient.
Activate your flood fill tool,
the paint can on your tool palette, and fill your
mask. See how the edges shade off gradually?
Step 4:
You can now add a color, gradient, or pattern to
your image. Go to Layers-->Add Raster Layer.
Layers-->Arrange-->Send to the bottom.
Step 5:
For the top graphic I went to my Materials Palette
and activated the Patterns. You get to this the
same way as you did for the gradients in step 3.
I chose the RicePaper1 pattern. Flood fill your
layer, the one you just sent to the bottom. This
is how my image looks now.
Step 6:
To add a border you will need to merge your layers
flatten. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Flatten. Go
to Images-->Add Borders. You will get this dialog
box. Check Symmetric. I made my border 20. I changed
the color to match Larry's shirt ~smiles~. Of course
you can add whatever color border you like.
Step 7:
Activate your magic wand from your tool palette.
You will find it hiding in the selections flyout.
Select your border, you will have marching ants
around your border. Go to Effects-->3D Effects-->Inner
Bevel and use the following settings. This will
give it a cutout effect.
(Width=8; Smoothness=40; Depth=2; Ambience=0; Shininess=10;
Color=white; Angle=130; Intensity=50; Elevation=20)
Step 8:
Go to Effects-->3D Effects-->Drop Shadow.
I used the default settings of Offsets=10; Opacity=50;
Blur=5. You can easily get to the default settings
by clicking on the curved arrow on the top of the
dialog box.
Step 9:
Add another border of about 4 or 5 pixels with the
color black. Save your image.
You can get different effects
depending on the background that you choose. It's
a lot of fun to experiment and think outside the
box. Using the black and white gradient with the
backdrop texture I created this effect.
I think it gives it a cloud effect
and then I used one of the frames presets provided
from JASC.
Follow steps 1-4 above. When
you get to Step 5, choose your black and white gradient,
inverted and using the sunburst setting. Place a
check next to your Textures and choose the backdrop
preset.
I then flood filled the bottom
layer with this gradient/texture.
I then went to Images-->Picture
Frame and chose the Corners Album provided by JASC.
This is placed on a separate layer. I applied the
same drop shadow to that layer. I merged flatten
and saved my image.
There is so much that you can
do, so remember to experiment.
I hope this part of the Mystery
of Masks helps you understand creating a Vignette
Photograph using a Mask. Remember, these instructions
are only guidelines to help you achieve a certain
effect. The results that YOU end up with reflect
a part of you.
There will be more tutorials
on Masks coming soon for this series.
If you have
any problems, comments or questions please do not
hesitate to E-mail
me.
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