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Friday, September 4, 2009

A tutorial for PSE

A friend asked me how to do the masks for tags. I said I would try to come up w/ a tut for her to follow. now this is how I do it and I'm sure there is probably an easier way but... There are lots of screen shots so bear with me and I hope I don't confuse you more!


This tutorial is written for PhotoShop Elements 5 although I'm sure it would work in other versions. It is my own creation and any similarities is a coincidence. You should have a working knowledge of PSE for this tutorial. The mask and paper i am using are for instructional purposes only..

Let's get started; remember if you wanna see the pic full size just click on it

step 1. open the mask you wanna use for your tag

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step 2. duplicate the mask **(only if background is black as shown, if it is already white you can skip to step 5)

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step 3. make the other invisible by clicking the eye icon as shown in the picture

step 4. convert the visible layer to a negative, you can find the negative as shown

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step 5. go to Edit -Define Brush -OK. Your brush is now ready to use

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step 6. now open the paper you wish to use for your tag and create a new layer

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step 7. select your brush and apply to a new layer,
now hold down the Ctrl and click on the layer thumbnail together- this should give you little marching ants around the brush

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step 8. change the opacity of the new layer to 0% and merge down

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step 9. go to Layer - New - Layer via Copy

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step 10. now click the eye icon to make the original layer invisible and you are done and ready to use the mask

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Hopefully I've not confused you even more, lol. If you need clarification just ask!





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