FWPSP~ Applying A Mask And Getting A 3D Effect By: SongLadyOne

Applying A Mask And Getting A 3D Shiny Effect

By: Sue aka SongLadyOne
Please do not copy this tutorial to any web site without my written permission as I, SongLadyOne, own this tutorial. I don't mind if you share in online groups to learn PSP as that's what I write them for ~ Enjoy If you have any questions please email me at SongLadyOne

THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN USING PSP6, BUT SHOULD WORK JUST FINE IN PSP7.

You will need a plugin with a Pool Shadow effect for this tutorial, such as Greg's Factory Output Volume II, you can get it here. or
Filter Factory Gallery A, you can get it here.

For the purpose of this tutorial, I will use this mask and the tube below. You can download them here. Once you've downloaded the attachments place the tube in your tubes folder and the mask in your masks folder. If you don't have a tube/mask folder then make one.
NOTE: You can do this with any mask. However, the more ornate the mask, the better the results will be.

I always begin by finding either a graphic, or a tube that I will want to use. I will be using this tube for the tutorial. It is included in the download above.

Choose a color from your tube or graphic and set it as your foreground color. I want my color to look gold when I'm done, so I'm going to choose the color closest to gold in the tube. Set your background color to white.

Open a new transparency. I like to work with plenty of room, so I made mine 500 x 500.

Go to your flood fill tool and set it to solid. Flood fill the transparency.

Masks>Load From Disk. Find the mask named Ribbon Frame.msk. Double click on it.

Now, I don't want the center to be solid like it looks above so I am going to go to Masks>Invert. Now I have this...

Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)

OK...here comes the tricky part. This takes practice, and each mask will be different. No mask will use the same setting so you just have to play with it. You are going to take your magic wand, set it to about 20 - 30 to start, and click on the mask. You do NOT want the entire mask selected. You want the ornamental parts of the mask selected. Like so...

Do you see how some areas of the mask are selected, and some are not? That's exactly what we want. I used my magic wand set on 30. I clicked in the upper right hand corner. You may have to hold down the shift key while you click in other areas to get as much of the mask in as you want. You may have to change the magic wand setting...lower it, or raise it to get your mask selected. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SELECT TOO MUCH OF THE MASK.

Now I will apply the pool shadow effect to the mask. I used Greg's Factory Output Volume II>Pool Shadow. Settings I used are...

You can play with these settings. They are not set in stone and as I said earlier, for every mask you do, the settings will be different.

Leave the ants marching.

Now we'll give it that 3D effect.
Image>Effects>Drop Shadow
Settings are...
Color...Black
Opacity...50
Blur...3.3
Vertical...2
Horizontal...2
Click OK

Apply another drop shadow. Same settings, except Veritcal and Horizontal will now be -2 and -2.
Kill the ants.

Now you can add your graphic or tube(s). I always finish mine with a border. I sometimes add the pool shadow to the border also. It gives it a nice effect. Then I finish it off with a small border and run that through Blade Pro. Here's my finished tag.

Here's another one using a different mask.

And another one...

Have fun, and don't be afraid of it. Just play with those settings!!!! : )

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