Frame with mask

The image you use for this tutorial, I do not know who created it. If anyone knows the author would be very grateful that I communicate so they can give their merit, or remove it if it is agreed that his art is used here.

Sha_oval4 mask and image, to practice this tutorial, you can download it here

Save the mask in your folder dedicated to it. which tengais redirected to the PSP.

We started ;)

1 º Open an image that we like, or I put in materials for example. Clicking on the top of her, while the second button, a submenu appears, go to Copy. The image can close it now, because we will make it necessary.

2 nd Open a transparent image 278/378 px. With the magic wand
press

anywhere in it, and was selected. Then hit the edge of the image and the same menu as before, go to Paste / Paste into selection. Remove the selection.

3 º Picture / Mirror (Mirror)

Go to Accent / Accent or Unsharp Mask ;)

Accent = Sharpen

and is usually applied once or twice. You will have to see yourself, as is better. Unsharp Mask Unsharp Mask =. Opens one window and you put these values:

I prefer the latter way is easier for me and for me, the image looks better.

* Note: Whenever you change the size of an image, is striking in the selection., Or resizing, or with the warp tool ... etc, apply one of these two processes, thereby recover some lost sharpness, resizing.

4 ° We add a new raster layer and fill it with a color that goes to the image,

in my case was # c0d2ea. Go to Layers / Load Mask:

Load Mask Disc:

We see this new window, press the up arrow indicates where and appear all the masks we have in the folder and clear that we redirected to Psp ;) Click on the mask chosen and this window will close itself.

To apply, click on Load / Load.

5 º Go to the Layers palette and clicking on one of the layers, which are formed by applying the mask, with the second mouse button in the submenu that comes we will Merge / Merge Group.

We have two layers, the first with a new image and the mask:

Located on the 6 th layer of the mask, let's Effects / Effects 3D/Sombra:

and put these values:

No matter merge the layers, as we will apply this edges and merge itself. You may leave a message saying it, accept it and continue.

7 º Go to Image / Add borders

Once again Image / Add borders and moved to 10 in color, will a dark image, I put the # 030551.

8 th's click on it, with the magic wand that will set all unchecked, and values ​​to 0, except that we will hardly change, the anti-alias we should have it always on ;) So we will have no unpleasant surprises with the edges. Being selected edge we created earlier, go to Effects / 3D/Biselado Interior:

And will these values:

Redondo/21/25/5/-8/23/315/49/30 / White.

9 th We signed the work and save to jpg format.

We have created a nice image, wearing masks, it was easy not? For encouragement .. hope that we work with them mostréis cute right?

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